User talk:Megalaser

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License tagging for Image:Simon2web.jpg
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December 2007
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.  Acroterion  (talk)  13:08, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

October 2008
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from. When removing text, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the text has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Waterden (talk) 21:28, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Simon Harris
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Simon Harris, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a copy from http://www.harrismix.com/about/, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Simon Harris and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, Simon Harris, in your email. See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0, or that the material is released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Simon Harris with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License, and note that you have done so on Talk:Simon Harris. See Donating copyrighted materials for instructions.

It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at [ this temporary page]. Leave a note at Talk:Simon Harris saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing!

If you could also provide reliable third-party references as required by Wikipedia's guidelines, that would be helpful. Plad2 (talk) 20:53, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

How to verify permission
Mr. Harris, as you were advised above, there are two ways that you can verify permission for this content. You can release it under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA) at the source (you will also, as the copyright owner and the person who placed it here, need to release it under the similar GNU Free Documentation License) or you can send an e-mail to the Wikimedia Foundation releasing it under those licenses. These licenses are not compatible with one another, but are similar in that they each permit your content to be reused (even commercially) and modified, so long as the licensing conditions are met. Please let me know if you need clarification on either of those processes.

However, while I understand your desire to make sure that your article is free of inaccuracies, I do need to point out that Wikipedia strongly discourages people from editing articles about themselves. Please read over Conflict of interest and Autobiographies and also see Biographies of living persons/Help for your best approach to maintaining quality article content related to yourself. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 23:56, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you - the new text that is currently shown on my wikipedia page contains many errors and inaccuracies about me and my history, it says I live in Chigwell, i do not, it has all of my business partners listed wrongly, wrong details about what I am doing now and it says that one of my records will be re-released in 2006 when it is now 2010. The article I had there before was completely accurate. I did not post this on my website until after it was on wikipedia so the wikipedia page could not and was not a copyright violation of anything. You mentioned references, all of the details in the article are well known for example the list of music that i have produced and remixed - all of these were commercially available releases. As I have mentioned I am no wikipedia expert, I am just trying to present the most accurate and factual article which falls within the wikipedia guidelines:'Living persons may publish material about themselves' - there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity;

As mentioned I am very happy to release this text for use on wikipedia and grant the creative commons license. The part that confuses me is how to do this because I understand that before I send the email I should have the correct text on my page but you have removed this and it is now grayed out in the history. Sorry but I am finding this very very complicated, I understand that you want me to grant non exclusive permission via creative commons which i am very happy to do, the information is true, verifiable and accurate but I do not understand the steps involved.

I am just trying to make sure that the information that appears about me on wikipedia is true, accurate, as detailed as possible and informative. Nothing more - I do not understand the steps involved to make this acceptable to you so that wikipedia has the very best Simon Harris page that is true and accurate.

UPDATE: I have corrected some of the factual errors on the current page, I hope this helps. Many Thanks


 * The directions were written under the presumption that you would read them and respond within the seven day window initially provided. That you did not is no great problem; the volunteers who work that e-mail list can see the text, just as all admins can, and they can easily restore it. I'm sorry for the additional obstacles, but as this is a legal matter and we do not have any means to verify your identity on your account creation, we do have to take this additional step. It's one that all of us must follow, even administrators. It is intended to protect Wikipedia and its users from inadvertent violation of copyright and to protect copyright holders. The text is grayed out to prevent its being accidentally restored before we finish the verification process.


 * You say that the text was on Wikipedia first; if this is the case, then all you need to do is write the address above from an e-mail address clearly associated with the website and verify that. If you let me know you have sent the e-mail, I'll make sure that it is processed quickly.


 * I do not recall having mentioned references, but I see that the contributor who first notified you of the copyright concerns with the article did. What he is asking for is reliable sources to verify information. Becuase Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit, we rely on previously published sources to permit our readers to check and make sure that what they're seeing is accurate. As you yourself noted, there were inaccuracies in the earlier text of your article, and references to published sources help guard against these. Your website can be used to source some information, but most information should be sourced to independent references, such as newspaper articles, magazine profiles or separate industry websites. This also helps to avoid "original research": material that you may know to be true, but that has not been previously published. For example, this section needs references:


 * To keep articles neutral, we don't add text like "widely acclaimed" without independent references proving this is true. We also need an independent source to verify that it is "the world's best selling breakbeat collection". And where is it published that you received a standing ovation? If it is not published, we can't retain it, even if it is true. We are a "tertiary source", a compendium of previously published information. We are not intended to serve as a primary source. See WP:PRIMARY. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:33, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you sincerely, I agree to the removal of the words 'widely acclaimed' if they cause a problem, I do have various press releases that show this but it may be easier to just remove those words and also remove the words 'the world's best selling breakbeat collection' because even though this is also true, it would be a lot of work to provide documentation to show this because the albums have been available since 1986 and many of the sales figures would be difficult to obtain for this article.

Once again sincere thanks for your kind help and assistance and i look forward to my old wikipedia page being reinstated if possible. My deepest apologies also for not being experienced enough with wikipedia to know some of the rules and how to deal with them and i thank you so much for your kind guidance.

I have sent the following email to: permissions-en(AT)wikimedia.org from:  simon(AT)harrismix.com  with the subject line:  Simon Harris page creative commons agreement

Dear Sir,

I write in reference to the following Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Harris

I hereby agree to allow all use and grant full permission under creative commons license for any text from the following web page to be used on wikipedia and in the public domain without restriction:

http://www.harrismix.com/about/

This is the same text that was used previously on wikipedia and I confirm that there is no copyright restriction, privacy concerns or conflict for use of the text and that it can be used freely without any restriction. I am the subject of the text and agree to whatever use may be required and I would be most grateful if the recently removed text matching that on my site that was recently deleted from the above wikipedia page could please be re-instated as it represents the most factual, truthful and informative information available.

I am happy to provide full verifiable identification upon request.

Thank you sincerely

Simon Harris

http://www.harrismix.com/about/

Copyright (c) 2010 SIMON HARRIS. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

I hereby affirm that I, Simon Harris am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the biography of Simon Harris that can be seen at: http://www.harrismix.com/about/

I agree to publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0" (unported) and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).]

I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Simon Harris (my street address also included and todays date)

Your recent edits
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Music of Life
"Accurate" is not a problem. The article must have reliable secondary sources. Newspaper articles, magazines, reputable websites that are in-depth about the label. I was unable to find anything of substance. A directory listing on Discogs verifies that the label exists, but it doesn't go into any sort of detail. Detail is needed.

Also, did you not read the big warning saying NEW POSTS GO TO THE BOTTOM?!?! Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:49, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Cite it yourself in the article, with cite news or the like. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:04, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

My apologies for not understanding the way Wikipedia works, I am happy to send you press materials if you can please let me know where to send them. Many Thanks

Your recent edits
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Proposed deletion of File:Simonharris.jpg


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