User talk:Robert Towers

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Robert Towers


A tag has been placed on User:Robert Towers requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain. 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 or other printed material 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.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website or image but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. &mdash; O Fortuna!   Imperatrix mundi.  07:19, 11 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Oh wait, that part is just stupid. If you copied an article onto a userpage, there's no issue with that (except for nonfree images). I'll leave FIM a message. DS (talk) 00:40, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Draft articles
User pages are subject to Wikipedia's user page guidelines and excessive unrelated content may be subject to deletion. Please use the draft article space or your user sandbox to create draft articles, where they will be at less risk for deletion. Thanks. --Drm310 (talk) 11:24, 11 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Alternatively, create within your personal sandbox, or less safely within a subpage. Notwithstanding the comment at top of your userpage, the page is at present in extreme danger of being deleted under CSD category U5. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 13:29, 11 March 2017 (UTC)


 * For re-assurance, do not forget that if deleted the text can always be restored to a userpage you might choose to designate. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 13:33, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Ok, I got rid of the sections of the brain article that I was using for easy reference so I could write my own version. You guys are turning this into a place unsuitable for any productivity whatsoever. Congratulations. Robert Towers (talk) 15:12, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement, because the offending material has been removed, and enough of my time has been wasted already. Just think of all the hard work you could be destroying on someone else's user space... gotta make Wikipedia a better place! Go get 'em! --Robert Towers (talk) 15:35, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Just because you've blanked the page doesn't mean the copyvio isn't still accessible via the history (which, I'm sure, was your intention: you'd continue to consult the versions in the history). Please understand: this is a legal thing. We have to delete copyvio when we find it. DS (talk) 00:39, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Important Lessons Learned
1. Copying sections of articles into a draft to use as a guideline while writing might be an effective composition technique, but this could have unexpected side-effects such as causing the draft to appear in categories in the main section!

That, combined with

2. Giving funny and/or stupid names to your articles could actually cause them to be mistaken as vandalism to the undiscerning admin! They'll speedily delete your shit slapping on all kinds of codes like G3 and G12 that make them feel really awesome and important and special!

Learn from this. Robert Towers (talk) 21:55, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

I restored your other sandbox to User:Robert Towers/sandbox 2. Have a sense of humour by all means, but not at the expense of writing an encyclopedia Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  23:34, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright Violation
Robert Towers, the text that you added to User:Robert Towers/sandbox 2 was copied from copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. 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. Because of this, the text has now been 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—you must write using your own words. I see that you were warned about this just recently. Please note that Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. — Cactus Writer (talk) 14:50, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

It wasn't from another website, it was copied right from the article. Yes as you have observed, I am currently recovering from multiple erroneous deletions and trying to make sense of what I was putting together. Thank you for your patience. Robert Towers (talk) 20:08, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Oh wait... I do remember now that I was planning on using that text as a reference so I had copied it here for convenience. I didn't realize that you cannot do that even in a sandbox. I won't do that anymore. Robert Towers (talk) 20:20, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Just a gentle reminder that there have, to date, been no 'erroneous deletions', and multiple administrators have informed you so :) &mdash;  O Fortuna!   Imperatrix mundi.  09:06, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Moving contents of an article into a sandbox for reference is not G12, it's a completely normal way of composing. And giving a legitimate draft a silly name is not G3, it's just being silly! I thought this was made clear already. Robert Towers (talk) 10:16, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Err. Two administrators deleted your sandbox for those very same copyright violations :D And fair enough, I wouldn't personally consider the name of a user page a silly name, as it isn't at the expense of the encyclopedia.  &mdash;  O Fortuna!   Imperatrix mundi.  11:30, 22 March 2017 (UTC)