User talk:Jrumford

May 2015
Your addition to World Coffee Research has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:17, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

I am the webmaster and communications coordinator for World Coffee Research. I would like to duplicate the text from the site to the Wikipedia entry. What do I have to do to be allowed to do this?

Jrumford (talk) 14:23, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Please read and follow the instructions above to do so. Also, please be aware of our conflict of interest guideline. The text you are wanting to the add to the article is neutral in tone and thus acceptable. But, be cautious with editing about subjects with which you are closely affiliated. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:41, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I've reverted your re-addition of copyrighted, non-free content to the article. Please, follow the directions at the page indicated. We take copyright very seriously here. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:33, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Okay - I guess this is the best we can do. I wrote the copy on the website and I am responsible for it. If I can't use it on the wikipedia site I guess the wikipedia site will have to be out of date. Please do consider allowing the change from 501(c)(3) to 501(c)(5). (3) was incorrect - we are actually a (5).
 * It's not the best we can do. If you follow the instructions at Donating copyrighted materials, we CAN use this text. We simply can't just copy it and say we're ok. With all respect, you could be anybody. We have no idea if you are an authorized copyright agent of this organization. As such, we have no way of confirming if your organization is authorizing the release of this text under a free license. That's why we have to follow Donating copyrighted materials. I've corrected the 3 to 5, though it points to a non-existent (for now) category. --Hammersoft (talk) 16:20, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

The copy is our standard slug - we put it on everything - news releases, etc. If it can't be used, that's fine. I can't rewrite it without the approval of board of directors. Jrumford (talk) 16:27, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I'm being clear. YOU CAN USE IT...BUT...BUT...BUT...we MUST follow the instructions found at Donating copyrighted materials. If we didn't have instructions like that, and just allowed people to post whatever they found on the Internet (even if they claimed to be the rights holder) then Wikipedia would become hopelessly mired in copyright controversy and we would have lawsuits from here to eternity, forcing us to shut down. It isn't that we don't trust you. That's not the issue. We MUST have verification that the text you are copying from a website to this site is authorized for release under a free license. We can not simply take your word for it. We have no way to verify you are who you are unless you follow the linked instructions. --Hammersoft (talk) 16:48, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Okay - I put the creative commons statement on the page on the site, and put OTRS pending on the page. I guess the directions on how to use wikipedia must fulfill copyright laws world-wide. I find them very difficult to follow. But I hope that I have now. And I sent the email message to permissions. Jrumford (talk) 17:03, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

While I have your attention...can you tell me how this organization meets or exceeds our notability guidelines for organizations? See Notability (organizations and companies). --Hammersoft (talk) 17:12, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

We are only notable if you are interested in coffee, the second largest commodity in the world and the commodity with the least amount of scientific research on it. We are the primary scientific research group for Arabica coffee - so for those who prefer Robusta coffee, we may not be notable at all. In 2012 we brought the news of coffee rust in Central and South America to the world, and in 2014 we did the research that proves that coffee has minimal genetic diversity and therefore the survival of coffee is even more threatened. Jrumford (talk) 17:21, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Do you have any news website links with stories about your organization? --Hammersoft (talk) 17:56, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Here's some from the week the rust story broke. Coffee Rust – GDA links AP http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-newsbreak-brewing-troubles-coffee-fungus PBS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/devastating-coffee-rust-fungus-raises-prices-high-end-blends/ CBS http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/devastating-coffee-disease-could-raise-worldwide-prices/ AgriLife http://today.agrilife.org/2014/05/19/wcrcentralamericancoffee/ Global Coffee Report http://gcrmag.com/news/article/wcr-and-the-us-government-commit-us-5-million-to-fight-coffee-rust Sergio Sanchez NEWS TALK 710 KURV McAllen / Brownsville Kurv.com Cell 956 655 8876

the day Connecticut Coffee fungus raising prices for high-end blends http://www.theday.com/article/20140528/ENT04/305289998/1044 Seattle Times Local firm’s coffee farm struggles to fend off fungus http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2023690978_coffeerustxml.html WPR NEWS PRO Coffee Prices to Increase Due to Fungus http://www.630wpro.com/common/more.php?m=58&ts=1400578503&article=C5503D80DF8E11E3B51EFEFDADE6840A&mode=2 Cafesguide.com World Coffee Research to Lead Groundbreaking Alliance Against Leaf Rust http://cafesguide.com/pages/26941551-world-coffee-research-to-lead-groundbreaking-alliance International Biosecurity Intelligence System Rebuilding the Central American coffee industry | World Coffee http://biointel.org/article/rebuilding-central-american-coffee-industry-world-coffee-research Latin Times – Houston Chronicle affiliate Coffee Disease In Brazil And Central America To Raise Prices http://www.latintimes.com/coffee-disease-brazil-and-central-america-raise-prices-174902 Business Recorder US acts to fight disease harming 'fair trade' coffee http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-a-allied/183/1185910/ Edmonton Journal Will the coffee rust fungus drive up prices for a cup of joe? Outbreak in Latin America threatens livelihoods of coffee farmers http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Will+coffee+rust+fungus+drive+prices/9871379/story.html Global News Channel USAID, Texas A&M Invest $5 Million to Combat Coffee Rust Crisis http://finchannel.com/news_flash/World/130917_USAID,_Texas_A%26M_Invest_$5_Million_to_Combat_Coffee_Rust_Crisis/ International Business Times Coffee Rust Has Claimed $1B In Losses And 250,000 Jobs In Central America, US Fears Increase Of Migration http://www.ibtimes.com/coffee-rust-has-claimed-1b-losses-250000-jobs-central-america-us-fears-increase-migration-1588078#.U35ES5wuXxQ.gmail Supply and Demand Chain Coffee Fungus Raising Prices for High-End Blends http://www.sdcexec.com/news/11474830/major-us-coffee-companies-are-finding-enough-supply-to-avoid-price-increases-but-some-smaller-outfits-are-seeing-higher-prices Houston Chronicle Feds turn to A&M to help fight coffee field fungus http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Feds-turn-to-A-M-to-help-fight-coffee-field-fungus-5493615.php TAMU Times – May 20th Lehigh Valley Live Coffee rust fungus stirs prices upward for high-end blends http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/food/index.ssf/2014/05/coffee_rust_fungus_stirs_price.html

http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_16083.shtml http://www.vendingmarketwatch.com/news/11473213/usaid-texas-am-invest-5-million-to-combat-coffee-rust-crisis http://dailycoffeenews.com/2014/05/19/world-coffee-research-to-lead-groundbreaking-alliance-against-leaf-rust/ http://rt.com/usa/160016-coffee-rust-fungus-raises-prices/ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/05/18/us-to-help-central-american-coffee-farmers-fight-fungus-on-high-end-coffee/ http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/05/19/usaid-to-invest-5-million-to-combat-coffee-fungus-epidemic-in-central-america http://www.kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_11352.shtml http://news.yahoo.com/trouble-brewing-coffee-crop-thanks-fungus-002647432.html http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Coffee-fungus-raising-prices-for-high-end-blends-259714961.html http://investorplace.com/2014/05/coffee-fungus-arabica-beans/ http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/18/us-to-help-combatcoffeediseaseincentralamerica.html http://keranews.org/post/texas-am-help-fight-nasty-central-american-coffee-fungus http://www.nationaljournal.com/economy/the-u-s-is-pouring-millions-into-latin-america-s-fight-against-coffee-disease-20140519 http://www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Coffee-Rust-Threatens-to-Send-Prices-Sky-High.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coffee-rust-battle-intensifies/ http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/05/19/u-s-to-spend-14-million-to-battle-coffee-fungus/ http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/USAID--Texas-A-M-invest--5m-to-combat-coffee-rust-crisis http://durangoherald.com/article/20140518/NEWS03/140519507/Coffee-fungus-raising-prices-for-high-end-blends- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/18/us-usa-coffee-rust-idUSKBN0DY0O320140518 http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/05/19/federal-cash-coffee-rust Brooklyn News Word on the Street: Coffee prices http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/word-on-the-street-coffee-prices-1.8072581 http://www.yourwestvalley.com/business/article_f5d8de28-df6f-11e3-9b59-001a4bcf887a.html The Wire Climate Change May Be Killing All Our Fancy Coffee http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/05/climate-change-may-be-killing-all-our-fancy-coffee/371110/ Copies of AP Story http://www.yourwestvalley.com/business/article_f5d8de28-df6f-11e3-9b59-001a4bcf887a.html

Mitch Carr – Texas State Radio

Jrumford (talk) 18:06, 6 May 2015 (UTC)