User talk:Samuraipenguin

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Samuraipenguin! Your additions to Alexander Dawson School (Lafayette, Colorado) have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


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 * Thanks for the feedback Diannaa! I have revised the edit and reposted it following the guidelines you provided, paraphrasing and summarizing the content, and quoting direct quotes as needed. I also found and added a reference to the public records of the relevant court filings. Please let me know if I should tweak anything else, thanks! Samuraipenguin (talk) 16:39, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The new version looks okay. Please don't communicate with me using a chatbot. Write your own posts. — Diannaa (talk) 13:23, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Ummm, I'm not using a chatbot...??? But thanks! Samuraipenguin (talk) 16:56, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Upon reviewing the page, I see you actually made several changes to my edit, despite saying "The new version looks okay".
 * You cited removal of the perpetrator's name as an invasion of privacy... can you please cite the Wikipedia policy that dictates doing that? The perpetrator is listed by name in virtually every news article on the topic re: Dawson School and was convicted of the felony charges as a matter of public record. The appearance of the name helps cross-reference internet searches to this page. In every other example of a sexual abuse case in a school I can find on Wikipedia, the perpetrator is listed by name. That information should be associated within this context, just as other numerous individuals involved with the school are mentioned by name.
 * Also can I ask why you renamed the section to "Lawsuit" instead of the more general "Incidents" and subheading "Pattern of Sexual Abuse" similar to the formats I see on many other school pages here on Wikipedia? The addition I made was not just about the lawsuit, it's a critical piece of the school's recent history. Why was it moved it down to the very last section instead of a more appropriate timeline order following History?
 * Given your focus as an editor on Nazis and Holocaust history, I am kind of surprised that you seem to be wishing to minimize the accessibility to institutional abuse such as this. I have to ask, do you have any association with the Alexander Dawson school or its agents? Samuraipenguin (talk) 17:13, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I live in Canada and have no association with the Alexander Dawson School or its agents. Biographies of living persons is the policy that dictates how we deal with content about living people, not only in articles about that person's biography but in all our content. The name of the person who committed the offences is not particularly pertinent information to include in the article about the school, regardless of however many news sources mention it (Wikipedia is not a new source). However the school's reaction is very pertinent.Having a header "Incidents" with a subheader regarding this particular incident is not appropriate, because there's only content about one issue. The main focus for the school is the lawsuit, so I changed the header to "Lawsuit". I considered adding it to the bottom of the history section; that's a good choice too. — Diannaa (talk) 17:35, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * OK great, thanks. I appreciate the responses and apologize for being a little cynically skeptic. I've just seen aggressive PR firms work their dark magic on this platform before, and I'm an ardent advocate of shining spotlights on wrongdoing.
 * I moved it under History. Samuraipenguin (talk) 17:39, 3 December 2023 (UTC)