User talk:S. E. Stokowski

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Your submission at Articles for creation: User:S. E. Stokowski/sandbox (March 12)
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Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question
Hello, S. E. Stokowski! I'm Timtrent. I have replied to your question about a submission at the WikiProject Articles for Creation Help Desk. Fiddle  Faddle  10:44, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:R. C. Hörsch has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:R. C. Hörsch. Thanks! Fiddle  Faddle  12:00, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:R. C. Hörsch has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:R. C. Hörsch. Thanks! Fiddle  Faddle  12:06, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: R. C. Horsch (November 3)
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November 2014
Hello, I'm I dream of horses. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Draft:R. C. Hörsch with this edit, without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a &#123;&#123;Talkback&#125;&#125; message on my talk page. @ 01:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

The article was rejected because of "copyrighted material" so I removed the two (properly referenced) quotes even though nobody will tell me if, in fact, they were/are the offending material. So I just guessed because nobody will tell me. Also, once corrected, how do I resubmit the page? Thanks! S. E. Stokowski (talk) 02:08, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Copyright issues
Hello S. E. Stokowski. Information in itself cannot be copyrighted. However, specific wording can be copyrighted, and almost always is, and all contemporary published writing is presumed to be restricted by copyright unless we have indisputable evidence to the contrary. Wikipedia is far stricter about copyright than most websites, because we strive to make free information available for the ages. Fair use allows us to quote from copyrighted sources in a limited way, and my personal rule is that two sentences of colorful language quoted from a copyrighted source is fine, three is borderline, and more than that is risky.

In your case, you have built entire sections of your draft article with lengthy quotes of copyrighted sources. This is unacceptable on Wikipedia. Instead, the large majority of the content should summarize and paraphrase what the sources say about the topic. Original writing in your own words is what we want.

I want to emphasize a few things here. First, I am not judgmental in the slightest about the risque/criminal aspects of the topic. Second, I have not taken the time to read and evaluate the sources in your draft, or to search for new sources. I am very busy with real life work at the moment. Third, I see a number of other problems with how you have written and formatted the article. But these problems are secondary to the main copyright issue here. I will operate, for now, under the assumption that the topic is notable and therefore worthy of a Wikipedia article. Please feel free to ask further questions. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  06:17, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Dear Sir:

I have no idea who you are or what your relation is to my submission. I am replying here because I can find no other options.

I understand that you are not the right person to help me. PLEASE point me toward someone who may assist.

NOTE:

1. I cannot connect to the chat page because it asks for a "nickname" and I have no idea what that is.

2. The help section seems unresponsive, or, perhaps, I am not addressing it correctly. However, I have no clue as to how to do this.

3. My article has been rejected for "copyrighted content" but no further information is provided.

4. When I make corrections, somebody mysteriously restores the original version.

5. I am told to make changes on my "sandbox" page but it is blank.

I apologize for bothering you.

SES

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Your submission at Articles for creation: R. C. Hörsch has been accepted
 R. C. Hörsch, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. . Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:46, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
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Great improvements at R. C. Hörsch
Article is looking a ton better. I've modified the "cleanup" template, removing the issues you've addressed and noting others. Ping me on my Talk page later once you've fixed those, and I'll point out some more issues. With a little outside input this can be made a very strong article about an interesting figure. MatthewVanitas (talk) 03:44, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

I need help concerning references.

1. The "criminal" and "Psychological" and "Birth" sections all rely on official government records, all of which can be accessed on-line. Are they a problem? Such information is paraphrased in other sources but, as such, carries not so much official "weight" which I assume is necessary in BLP citations. Please advise.

2. Not all information is on-line, especially pre-1995 or so. When possible, I have quoted original (paper) sources along with on-line versions of same that happen sometimes to be in the author's blogs. Such authors (Campbell. Coleman, Maes, etc.) are well known and respected. Again, please advise.

3. In general, please point out specific problems for me to address.

Thank you!

SESS. E. Stokowski (talk) 14:21, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I see you never received help so I'd like (ten years later) to point out some things. Your use of government records is unallowable because they are primary sources, online or not. That's why and . What you're doing is either making original research or synthesizing these sources. Encyclopedias like Wikipedia are tertiary sources, which should only be summarizing secondary sources. We require reliable sources so .  is the oldest trick in the book for faking notability. Many non-Wikipedians think that the published works make notability, and they don't. A huge issue is WP:BLPCRIME. We need solid sourcing to make claims about a subject's criminal activity, which is why  and . You either have a conflict of interest regarding this subject or you have a really unhealthy interest, which is why you read like a frustrated writer, coming to Wikipedia out of desperation. Again, I'm sorry this advice comes years too late. As an editor, you have to be savvy enough to utilize our help features because generally no longterm editors are going to watch your talk page to respond to your queries. See WP:NOBODYCARES.   Chris Troutman  ( talk )  20:44, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Conflict of interest: R. C. Hörsch
Hello, S. E. Stokowski. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page R. C. Hörsch, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:


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Vegantics (talk) 20:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I have no relationship or conflict of interest. 173.49.205.227 (talk) 01:58, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Content has been vandalized and removed without cause based on false and unsubstantiated allegations. Please restore. S. E. Stokowski (talk) 00:14, 24 April 2024 (UTC)