User talk:Pacoperezz

UCO (Used Cooking Oil)
There is already an article on this topic Used cooking oil. Can you move your material to that article, then create a WP:Redirect. Otherwise, it will probably have to be done by somebody else. thank you. &mdash; Gaff ταλκ 13:11, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Gaff, believe me that I tried to find it but failed. Actually UCO is not mentioned in that existing page. I will follow your advise and I'll move the content over there, but I'll do it tomorrow, it's late in China already : )). (Pacoperezz (talk) 14:01, 9 October 2014 (UTC))

Speedy deletion nomination of UCO (Used Cooking Oil)


A tag has been placed on UCO (Used Cooking Oil) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://pacaltenergy.com/uco.html. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Your note on the article's talk page

 * User:Pacoperezz, thanks for responding at the article's talk page and trying to work something out. That's good. But let's wait and see what the administrator says who reviews this nomination. The decision isn't up to me, because I am not an administrator; I am just the editor who tagged the article. Meanwhile, I am copying here what I said there, so that you can still read my comments even if the article gets deleted.
 * But you need to read WP:Copy-paste. My basic understanding is that you cannot copy-paste material here, PERIOD - with rare exceptions like stuff in the public domain. It doesn't matter if the material has been formally copyrighted. And if the owner wants to release it, there is a formal process to go through in order to use something at Wikipedia. The process is described here: Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. The owner of the material should realize that they will be UNCONDITIONALLY releasing it - that others may freely copy it from here, and that Wikipedia editors can and will edit and change it.
 * A simpler alternative is to rewrite it in your own words. Not a close paraphrase, but actually rewriting it - while citing it to a source, or better yet, several sources. If you want to do that, you might try it out in your sandbox first. Click on the box at the top of the page to get to your sandbox. The sandbox is your own place to practice and perfect on your article; however, copied material is not allowed even there. Or on the article's talk page. Or basically anywhere. Wikipedia is very strict about that.
 * By the way, were you aware that there is already an article here called Vegetable oil fuel? You might want to add your new material to that article, instead of creating an article of your own. --MelanieN (talk) 04:49, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * P.S. I see that someone already suggested you add this material to an existing article, but they steered you to the wrong article. Your content doesn't belong at Yellow grease, but it could belong at Vegetable oil fuel. I corrected the link they posted. --MelanieN (talk) 04:52, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

User:MelanieN, I think that both articles are related, Yellow grease and Vegetable oil fuel are different steps for the same thing. You can read it there in http://pacaltenergy.com/uco.html Pacoperezz (talk) 05:39, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

October 2014
Please do not add or change content, as you did to Vegetable oil fuel, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. E8 (talk) 13:34, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

E8, UCO is how the people that works with used cooking oil uses to call it. I have read Wikipedia on how to identify reliable sources and make citations and I don't know which kind of references I can give for that acronym more than a private company website which uses to work with this product. Please delete it if you consider inappropriate, or inexact, or simply wrong. I added because UCO is not mentioned in the great Wikipedia and it's a product, and a name, that really EXISTS. Pacoperezz (talk) 14:24, 11 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Paco, I don't know why they demanded a citation for UCO when there is no citation for the other abbreviations listed there. But I restored your UCO and added a reference. If you need help with referencing other stuff you want to add, let me know. --MelanieN (talk) 14:44, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

User:MelanieN, thanks for that. Anyway, something is going wrong in Wikipedia system if we need to involve 4 people and 10 crossed messages to add a small article or an acronym to an article. I understand the interest to have reliable information, I'm the first interested on that aim, but, come on, we can be reasonable.