User talk:Cartel82

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Cartel82, good luck, and have fun. --Pgallert (talk) 18:28, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright issues[edit]

Hi Cartel82. Please could you ensure that your students are aware of Wikipedia's policy on copyright violations. I have just had to delete almost all of the contributions of User:Muhamubi Allie S 200978195, who had repeatedly pasted the word-for-word text of a newspaper article into numerous pages. Because Wikipedia operates under a CC free share-alike licence we absolutely cannot host content copied verbatim from sources that are under more restrictive copyrights. Violating a journalist's copyright has legal ramifications, so we have policies in place to prevent it.

I have warned Muhamubi Allie S, but you should be aware that repeated copyright violations usually result in users being blocked from editing. I'd hate to see one of your students fail because he was unable to complete his assignment due to a block.

Feel free to contact me on my talkpage if you need further clarification or have any questions. Regards, Yunshui 雲‍水 10:03, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Similar issue apply to the work done by User:Haita Ndeshi, although in this case I was able to simply remove the offending sections from his/her sandbox and userpage. Copyrighted text cannot be hosted at all on Wikipedia, even in userspace. Yunshui 雲‍水 10:15, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm also seeing a number of instances in which your students have copied text directly from a Wikipedia article into their userspace, without attribution. Under Wikipedia's copyright terms, this is not permitted; see Copying within Wikipedia. Copying in this way removes correct attribution of edits, it is, in effect, a violation of the copyright of the editors who originally created the page. Yunshui 雲‍水 10:20, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Advice[edit]

You are listed as a tutor for the PoN course. Several of the students' submissions have had to be deleted because they were considered blatant advertising. It would be sad if this were to continue. Will you please discuss with your students their proposed topics and make sure they select subjects which cannot be considered promotional. See also this advice. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 09:41, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]