User talk:Art Resources

July 2016
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Copy and pasting
We run "copy and paste" detection software on new edits. One of your edits appear to be infringing on someone else's copyright. See also Copy-paste. We at Wikipedia usually require paraphrasing. If you own the copyright to this material please follow the directions at Donating copyrighted materials to grant license. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:49, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

August 2016
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without verifying permission. You have been previously warned that this is against policy, but have persisted.

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 * You edits appear to copy from other statement about her around the web most recently . Also per WP:COI you need to disclose your relationship with the subjects you are writing about. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 05:20, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Seeking clarification about 'ongoing copyright issues'... the references added were all from major newspapers, published books, state institutions and their official channels. One example, Tomescu's education is discussed in several major publications on Australian Art, two of which were supplied in the now deleted section. The entry as it stands provides no details about the artist's practice, so the (now removed) critical reception section was to give a brief insight into the artists' work using references from a national newspaper. Art Resources (talk) 05:33, 17 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Here you added "Tomescu studied at the Institute of Arts, Bucharest, was awarded a Diploma of Visual Arts in 1977 and shortly after her arrival to Australia completed a postgraduate degree at the City Art Institute in 1983."
 * This ref says "She studied at the Institute of Arts, Bucharest, was awarded a Diploma of Visual Arts in 1977 and shortly after her arrival to Australia completed a postgraduate degree at the City Art Institute in 1983. " And at the bottom it says it is copyrighted by Ocula LTD Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 05:43, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Art Resources. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:52, 17 August 2016 (UTC)


 * By the way you still have the ability to edit your user page. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 16:31, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
 * No, only this user talk page. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 19:49, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah thanks User:JamesBWatson. You can create a section on this page to disclose though. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 20:44, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

In the future I will merely propose changes by using the request edit template on the Aida Tomescu talk page as you suggest.

My name is Adam Free, an art historian, formerly:

Curator of European Paintings & Sculptures at the Art Gallery of South Australia; Curator, Kaldor Public Art Projects, Sydney; Project Development Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Manager, Paintings Department, Sotheby’s Australia; Paintings specialist, Paintings Department, Sotheby’s Australia;

Education qualifications include an MA, Renaissance Art & Grad Dip (Art History), Courtauld Institute of Art, London; BA, University of Sydney.

I have met the subject of this article, Aida Tomescu, but otherwise have no particular association with her. However the next entry to which I would like to suggest additions is Margel Hinder, who (COI) my mother once wrote a book about. I will code the appropriate WP:DISCLOSE and propose changes only by using the request edit template on the Margel Hinder talk page. Art Resources (talk) 02:56, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Unblocked. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 03:11, 18 August 2016 (UTC)