User talk:EGorodetsky

Creating a new page
To create any new article, what I do is search for the exact name of the new intended article. Click on the red link at "Create the page " " on this wiki!", and you should be able to create the new disambiguation (dab) page. Or you can try Article wizard, although I have never used it myself. If you still have trouble, let me know the name of the new page and I will create it for you.—indopug (talk) 03:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, not sure. Although what you're looking for might be found at Article titles; if not, ask on the talk page there?—indopug (talk) 03:53, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Comedown Machine
Hello, EGorodetsky. Would you mind explaining why you reverted a couple of my edits without any explanation on the Comedown Machine article? I am simply trying to improve the article. Thanks! --TheOnlyOne12 (talk) 01:35, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Not My Talk Page
I am not sure what your referring to but when you want to leave me a message leave it on my talk page not my user page. Koala15 (talk) 20:07, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

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Copyright problem: Ed Doheny
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 * Ordinarily, I would issue a limited time block here, but your irregular contributions make that impossible. It seems that for years you have been mixing contributions in your original language with major copy-pastes from other sources, including book sources. It's imperative that you understand that while the former are welcome the latter cannot continue. I have had to strip all of your work from Jen Hudak since it is difficult to determine what you copied (we can definitely see that major parts of it were copied) and what you wrote. I had to take some of the content you added out of Borders Group and the article on Ed Doheny will probably be set back years in its development as we will almost certainly simply delete everything you've added to it as well (hopefully, somebody will answer the call to rewrite it so that it is acceptable and we won't have to). For legal reasons, this is not an area in which we can compromise.


 * It seems clear that you're capable of contributing valuable content, but we really need an indication from you that you understand that you can't copy-paste from other sources or closely follow them. I hope you will review Copy-paste and the policies and guidelines which it links, indicate your understanding of these policies, and request to continue. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:04, 16 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I feel as though you've singled me out and deleted topics which I am passionate about. My intention was not to plagiarize anything. Ed Doheny was a stub article that I fleshed out to build an actual framework of his life. I drew the content from many sources, including books which I've purchased from my fascination with the topic. I've been in email correspondence with Jen Hudak to generate more content. What I had on her page wasn't finished. It may have violated certain rules, but there was literally nobody going to her page so it was just serving as a template which I was then going to modify. I'm kind of upset that I can't even look at what existed so that I may go through it and fix it as you've requested. Is there any way I can work backwards from what I had on both of these articles, instead of starting from scratch? And how does any content get developed if it doesn't come from interviews and resources? I do believe I cited everything. Also, I'm unable to request to continue if I'm blocked. Please respond. (EGorodetsky (talk) 23:24, 17 February 2014 (UTC))


 * I'm afraid that you were singled out - after the contributor above discovered copied content in multiple articles, I looked back at your history and discovered that you had been warned about copying content from other sources and linked to our copyright policy as early as 2009. Since you have continuing copying content right up until this year, it was necessary to look back and see if other copied content remained.


 * There's a difference between taking information from sources - which is required - and taking content from them, which in most cases is forbidden. It isn't a question of citation. We are permitted to use brief quotations (clearly marked as quotations) from copyrighted sources but otherwise must put information we take from copyrighted sources into our own words and structure. You can't create articles by compiling content copied from multiple sources. If you wish to be unblocked to work on this content further, please read Copy-paste and the policies and guidelines linked to it. I'm afraid you do not offer much suggestion here that you have done so yet or that you understand why you cannot just copy content from a page like this, even if you cite it, to create an article. These certain rules you mention are core legal policies on Wikipedia - by pasting content from copyrighted sources you are violating our Terms of Use, even if you intend to come back later to fix it.


 * If that was your intention with Ed Doheny, it seems you never did. In 2009, as one example, you added the following paragraph:

"Ed was first suspended after brawling with the Giants during a 3-2 victory. He eventually went AWOL from the team after exhibiting some strange behavior, arguing with his teammates, especially after he drank. As it turned out, Doheny had been convinced he was being followed by detectives and went home to Andover, Massachusetts."
 * This is lifted verbatim from this book.
 * At the time the article was blanked, only the first sentence had been changed, creating a derivative work:

"In lieu of his customary jovial approach to life, he turned caustic and bitter against his teammates and himself. He eventually went AWOL from the team after exhibiting some strange behavior and arguing with his teammates, especially after he drank. As it turned out, Doheny had been convinced he was being followed by detectives and went home to Andover, Massachusetts."
 * At the top of every edit page, it says, "Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted." This is necessary to protect Wikipedia and our reusers as well as the copyright holders whose work has been lifted. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:25, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Understood. I will check out the rules later on and do all that. But regarding my question, is it at all possible to retrieve the content I wrote for Jen Hudak? I spent so much time formatting and gathering information. Even if it was reworded or lifted or whatever, I'd still like to draw from what was written rather than starting from scratch. Please. (EGorodetsky (talk) 04:44, 18 February 2014 (UTC))
 * I occasionally return such articles to the state that Ed Doheny is currently in, where material can still be accessed in history, to permit rewriting. If you read the policies, I see no reason not to offer you that opportunity. However, you need to be careful in terms of drawing from what was written - a rewrite that is derivative can't be accepted. I'd recommend you also read Close paraphrasing as this can help you avoid wasting your time. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:28, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Alright, I've just read both articles that you provided. I understand them. What happens now? Thanks. (EGorodetsky (talk) 16:26, 20 February 2014 (UTC))

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Soldier's Home
Hi EGorodetsky, thanks for pointing out the copyright violation at Soldier's Home. I just wanted to let you know that I have declined the speedy deletion because there was a previous clean version of the article, which I have now reverted back to. If you come across any more articles like this please remember to check the article history, as WP:CSD is only valid if all the previous versions also contained copyrighted material. In cases like this you can revert the addition or manually remove the problem text. Sarahj2107 (talk) 08:15, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

April 2020
Your recent editing history at The New Abnormal shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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 * Oh and by the way, editors besides yourself add countries' charts. I add charts all week every week, and generally I (and other editors) source where the charts first update, on their publishers' websites. Not at australian-charts.com, charts.nz and so on. They won't update at most of the address you've provided until days later. I and, who usually adds German charts, won't be using the links you've provided. Template:Album chart is far easier to utilise in most instances. You do not need to add an entire 7,000-byte wikitable when you probably won't even be the one adding the charts. It does not matter what is at Comedown Machine; they're two separate articles, and besides, chart tables largely don't use weeks on chart anymore anyway because this was deemed to be getting into WP:CHARTTRAJ territory. If you wish to reply, reply here. Please don't start a new discussion on the same topic on my talk page. Also, do not revert again on The New Abnormal. You're the one who made a bold edit by adding the content, and it was reverted. You disregarded WP:BRD by not discussing and just going ahead and reinstating it, and by so doing you are edit warring, so stop. Thank you.  Ss  112   15:19, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi User:Ss112, I'm confused. Mostly by the attitude, but also how this means I'm engaged in a war. According to the above, a war means repeatedly changing content back to how I think it should be. I added it once. It was deleted without discussion. The comment on the edit included "lol," which I felt was unwarranted when I spent a good two hours compiling what I thought was helpful, so I added it back. The end. I hardly see that as a war. I'm open to discussion. And I'm not a regular Wiki user, so it's been about 4 years since I've edited a page. Cool, thanks for the explanation of how things work. But this whole "I add charts all week every week" thing kind of discludes people who are trying to help. It's not like I had bad intentions. I've been removing the person's edits trying to add DIY Magazine to the ratings because I was keeping it at ten noteworthy publications, and I commented that as well to explain to a person who may not know any better. This chart thing is me not knowing any better. I don't think labeling it a war or the nasty attitude was necessary. EGorodetsky (talk) 00:14, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

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