User talk:StevensCourt

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The above is sort of the standard welcome--useful links but not much personality. So let me say welcome to a fellow UW student. Cheers, --TeaDrinker 17:36, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

UW Business School article
Looks like you copied-and-pasted a lot of this text directly from the UWBS website? Unless they've given their permission for this, we can't have the text in Wikipedia. Please let me know. --Lukobe 05:58, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * You've also uploaded some copyrighted images that we most likely can't use either... --Lukobe 06:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Just now I replied at your usertalk. I have actually told them sometime back that I wanted to write an article on UWBS in Wikipedia. No problem from their side. I just never had the time to do so until now. --StevensCourt 09:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Re photos, let me talk to them again. It should be fine. If not, I'll take my own photos. No problem. --StevensCourt 09:54, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Unless you have their specific permission use their text, you still cannot copy and paste material directly from a website. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's copyright guidelines.  Please edit the article so it does not violate their copyright, otherwise the article will be deleted. --Bookgrrl 11:45, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes--please either:


 * 1) Take your own photos and rewrite the article in your own words; or
 * 2) Get express written permission from them to use their photos and their text.
 * Thanks, fellow Husky! --Lukobe 18:14, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Guys, I've basically revamped the whole wordings. It should be fine now. Will get back on the photos. Fellow Husky, thanks for the input and welcome! Please kindly help to maintain and improve. We should try on other UW schools too if possible. Best, --StevensCourt 21:07, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi StevensCourt, thanks for your efforts, but the article basically remains the same as the content on the UW's site. You've paraphrased here and there but there are large passages that haven't been touched. It still violates UW copyright. If you can't get express written permission to use their content (my guess is they won't give it for the text or the photos) this article really should be cleared out and started over from scratch. --Lukobe 02:21, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * In fact, in the meantime, that is just what I think must be done. Don't worry, though--your previous text is always available in the article history tab if the UW allows you to use it or you want to use it as a basis for rewriting. Ask me if you don't understand what this means. --Lukobe 02:25, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

This is simply ridiculous. You guys have no sensitivity at all. This is Sunday in Seattle. Which school will open on Sunday? You cannot just delete like that. If you think it's still the same and I need a written permission then you should say so. And I will talk to them. I am extremely disappointed with this. Please be more respectful to others. You asked me to edit it, which I have done. If you think it is not enough, the basic manner will be to tell me so and give further comments and not to delete everything lock stock and barrel. Substantial changes have been made from the website. If you want to delete, you should be more selective and not delete the whole thing. The sequencing of the sections are not from any source and so are the many paragraphs in it. I have specifically asked for help. If you guys are such an expert, why don't you spend more energy to improve upon it and reword it so that they will be more significantly different. I have asked for help. This is very rude! --StevensCourt 06:41, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, simply paraphrasing or altering a few sentences here and there does not fix a copyright problem. You may want to take a look at copyright guidelines for more information.  Because copyright violation is a serious problem, material that does infringe on copyright is usually removed from Wikipedia very promptly -- this protects both the holder of the copyright and Wikipedia.  Regarding the deletions, they are simply removed from the visible page, but almost nothing in Wikipedia is ever truly gone for good :)  As Lukobe explained, all of the previous text is available in the "history" for that page.  All you need to do is click on "history" and then in the list of versions, click on the version before Lukobe altered the page. You'll see all the data there and you can refer to it as needed.  Thanks! --Bookgrrl 18:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry you feel we're being rude, but basically....what Bookgrrl said. Many people would have removed the copyrighted text upon first seeing it without even giving you a chance to rectify it...in fact that's what I think a strict reading of Wikipedia's copyright policy implies. --Lukobe 18:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

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