User talk:Norman20c

Managing a conflict of interest
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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 09:45, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Copyright issues
As I can see that this has been copied from elsewhere and I do not see any evidence your replacement article was not covered by copyright laws, I have to delete it from the history of the article so that ordinary readers cannot access it. I've already reverted to the earlier version and explained why. I'll also have to do it from your edit to the talk page. Sorry, but this is required by our policy. Doug Weller talk 09:48, 5 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I cannot see the edits, but if the material was copied from publications of the US government (not a state government), then it is in the public domain and you were not infringing a copyright. However, you would need to attribute, not just cite, the work from which it is copied to comply with our guidelines: see Plagiarism. Basically, the citation would need to include wording like "some text copied from work in the public domain: ..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arch dude (talk • contribs) 16:30, 14 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I began looking into the Wikipedia page on the Indian Claims Commission in May, but after finding the process of editing a bit overwhelming, I decided to postpone until I had more time. I went back to it today because I'm getting assistance from family members who are more computer savvy. Today I found the notes below. FYI, I am the author of two books on the Indian Claims Commission and the editor of five microfiche collections. To correct the current Wikipedia page I tried to insert an article by Harry Webb, who was Chief Counsel of the Commission, an article I solicited from him in person as I knew him well for several years, during which I had free access to the files of the Commission. I copyrighted the books and although I sold the rights to all my microfilm and book publications in 1987, I did not transfer the copyrights. So I have no financial interest in any of those materials; I do not receive any royalties and I have had nothing to do with the project since I sold it.
 * But the current entry about the ICC, as I noted previously, is filled with errors and shortcomings. Your concerns about copyright aside, if you compare the article by Webb with what's on Wikipedia right now, I'm sure you can see how poor the current article is, and unless you think Webb as Chief Counsel didn't know what he was writing about, I think you should accept the article. I think I probably know more about the ICC than almost anyone else, and anyone who knows a lot about it had to have used my work. Here's the article I tried to post in May. Norman20c (talk) 22:49, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

May 2020
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Indian Claims Commission, appears to have been inappropriate, and has been reverted. Please feel free to use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. ''Your edit was malformatted, & also removed the existing cited source. See WP:MOS and WP:REFB.'' David Biddulph (talk) 18:53, 14 May 2020 (UTC)