User talk:Link Osorio/Archive 1

Imitation and flattery
They say that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," but in this case, I think you really need to examine your recent edits to your user and user talk pages. You've copied the header sections of both my user talk page and my user talk page as well as the edit notices for both pages. You have not customized the text or graphics very much, so it looks like you are impersonating me. I would please ask you to either change the text and graphics to individualize them to yourself, or you should discontinue their usages.

On a side note, you've violated my copyright to the text and overall designs of these elements. While all of our edits to Wikipedia are made under free content licenses (currently the GFDL and CC-BY-SA-3.0), those licenses require attribution to the source of the content. You'll want to read Copying within Wikipedia for further information, but in short, you've violated my copyrights to the BGS-inspired design of my page headers because you have not attributed me as the source for those designs. So please, just customize them already to remove the Michigan-specific references (I-296 and M-28) and things. I'm more concerned that you're either impersonating me, or that people will start to confuse you for me.  Imzadi 1979  →   18:58, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Ping. A reply would be appropriate. Also, you shouldn't set your archiving to 48 hours like mine if you aren't active on a daily basis. The usual default is a month on WikiProject pages, and maybe as low as seven days on user talk pages
 * Also, you're displaying top icons on your user page that state you maintain user rights you do not have. You do not have the rollback permission, you do not have the template-editor permission, you do not have the MassMessage sender permission, you are not autopatrolled, you are not a reviewer, and you do not have file mover rights. Such claims are very problematic. It is also problematic to not respond to valid concerns raised on your talk page. It's hard to collaborate with people who won't reply.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:15, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I have removed those icons as an administrator action. --Rschen7754 02:20, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I have replace I-296 by I-269 and M-28 by PR-53.  Link Osorio   →   15:31, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * And now you've copied my signature. It looks like I will spend tonight redesigning my user page and coming up with a new signature because you are intent on imitating me. What was once my individual style has been co-opted by yourself. The polite thing would have been to develop your own style for your signature and user pages. Instead you've decided to impersonate an established editor. Imzadi1979 (talk) 22:08, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Because i like your userpage style and is curved shaped boxes  Link Osorio  →  18:27, 5 February 2014 (UTC-04:00)
 * And in the process, you've alienated an established user. It's not just using some elements of my user page, but rather you've copied it almost word for word. You've copied what I used as my signature, you've copied the editnotices for my pages and you've copied the code that alters the page header to match said signature. I've asked you to substantially alter your pages, and I-296 → I-269 is not substantial. No, I'm offended that I feel like I have to give up my design because you seem intent on impersonating me. Whether you realize it or not, your actions are making it look like we are connected to each other, which could not be further from the truth. Imzadi1979 (talk) 23:07, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

February 2014
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from User:Imzadi1979 into another page. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted copied template on the talk pages of the source and destination. The attribution has been provided for this situation, but if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. Imzadi1979 (talk) 23:27, 5 February 2014 (UTC)