User talk:Alalga

Hgi
The Hgi article you recently created was a copy/paste job from. Please do not do this. Wikipedia cannot have copyvio material. If you feel the subject deserves an article, write one yourself, don't just grab text from another website. - C HAIRBOY (☎) 14:46, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Recreating deleted content
Please do not recreate Hgi again per my above message to you. If you persist, you may be blocked to protect the project. - C HAIRBOY (☎) 14:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

HGI blocked
I'm sorry, but I'm not sure about the way to contact you. I hope this run. I'm part of the Home Gateway Initiative and this is the official text provided by the Secretary, and ussually is the text we use for providing a brief description of our activities. What do you need to unblock our contribution?

--Alalga 15:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * You realize that other people will edit your text on Wikipedia, right? It will not stay in the format you provided, and will change significantly as other people see it and modify it.  The problem with this situation is that there is no way for us to verify that you own the copyright for the text.  You could conceivably provide extensive documentation of some sort, with proof on the other websites by modifying the text and arranging conferences and whatnot, but the amount of effort required would be an order of a magnitude larger than simply writing a new, non-copyvio text describing the technology.  If you're concerned that the new text would be different from the perfect text you've spent all your time creating initially, remember my first point: It will _not_ remain that way, it will be edited mercilessly.  Basically, if you feel the subject deserves an article and can be presented as something other than marketing-fluff (the other main danger following copyvio that I foresee), then write something original under GFDL instead of pasting. - C HAIRBOY  (☎) 15:06, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


 * We know that the text could change, and we think the topic deserves an article, and we understand that providing the official description won't run because nobody will check is we can or not do that. So, the solution will be to provide a descriptive text different from any other that can be found in the web. That's right?
 * Thank you for your help.
 * --Alalga 15:12, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Yup! It's a hassle, but it's the smallest possible hassle we can come up with considering the complexities of copyright law.  A word of advice: The next barrier you face is convincing other roving admins that your text is not an advertisement.  I suggest that you work to write text that describes the technology or initiative or whatnot is a clear, non-marketspeak sense and provides citations where possible.  Best regards, C HAIRBOY  (☎) 15:19, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, we will write a different, more Wikipedia-style text. Thank you for your help.
 * Best regards, --Alalga 15:22, 12 July 2006 (UTC)