User talk:Donatj

English spelling differences
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Proposed deletion of File:SamurizeMeter.jpg


The file File:SamurizeMeter.jpg has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Orphaned file, no foreseeable encyclopedic use"

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the file's talk page.

Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and files for discussion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Jon Kolbert (talk) 00:50, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Andrew Heaton
Hello, Donatj, and welcome to Wikipedia. I edit here too, under the username Tamingimpala, and I thank you for your contributions.

I wanted to let you know, however, that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, Andrew Heaton, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Articles for deletion/Andrew Heaton.

You might like to note that such discussions usually run for seven days and are not ballot-polls. And, our guide about effectively contributing to such discussions is worth a read. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

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Tame (talk) 18:56, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company


A tag has been placed on Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://web.archive.org/web/20150801004446/http://jetstar.minneapolis-moline.com:80/minneapolis.htm. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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 * @M.Ashraf333 - So what happened here is I had taken the text and citation from https://tractors.fandom.com/wiki/Minneapolis_Threshing_Machinery which clearly states "content is available under CC-BY-SA" so I had assumed it was fine to use. (Re-reading that license, that probably wasn't a correct assumption either)
 * What I hadn't considered the text itself would have been directly lifted from the cited page. I had to go look the page up from the wayback machine as the citation on that page is broken, gave it a scan without realizing what I was reading was identical to that of the fandom page, and used what I'd assumed was CC-BY-SA.
 * Well, I certainly won't do that again. Donatj (talk) 00:31, 30 December 2022 (UTC)