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January music

Happy new year 2025! Today, pictured on the Main page, Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author Brian Boulton. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:58, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda Arendt Happy New Year to you to, and thanks for the link Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:52, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! - Today I have a composer (trumpeter, conductor) on the main page who worked closely with another who became GA yesterday, - small world! To celebrate: mostly flowers pics from vacation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:14, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Gerda, I didn't realise he had died! Just back from a few days birding in Norfolk. Pretty successful, yesterday alone we saw three species of owl and common cranes, as well as visiting friends near Cambridge on the way back. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:16, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Harshitha-websyn

Hi, I just saw that you blocked that user and wanted to note that there's (private) evidence that it is a UPE editor, in case they decide to appeal the block. Nobody (talk) 09:35, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody, thanks for that Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:37, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Texas State Guard Good Conduct Medal

I need help understanding why you deleted Texas State Guard Good Conduct Medal for copyright infringement. You cite TMD Regulation 1-07 at https://tmd.texas.gov/Data/Sites/1/media/tmd_regulation_1-07_state-military-awards.pdf, which is a public document created by a government agency using my tax dollars. It even has .gov in the URL. Thanks. Coronel Tejano (talk) 07:17, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Coronel Tejano You must not copy text from elsewhere. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial; text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.

I see no indication in the document that the state has made the document public domain or otherwise to allow it to be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial. Although US federal websites are PD, I know of no US state or other major US organisation that waives its copyright. If I’ve missed something here, please send me a link that shows that the page is PD. Being a public document doesn't mean the state has abandoned its rights, and they may well believe that they are protecting your tax dollars by not allowing commercial use Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:33, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also read this Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:35, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's their policy for their web page, not published regulations. Despite that, this does note things like, "Advance permission to link to Texas Military Department (TMD) website is not necessary." that " linking to TMD shall not capture Texas Military Department pages within frames, present TMD content as its own, or otherwise misrepresent TMD content. They shall not misinform users about the origin or ownership of Texas Military Department content, or in any way attempt to modify the content and present it as the content of TMD." None of those issues were in play when you deleted the article. It linked to the TMD and didn't misrepresent the information's source or ownership as not being the TMD. It goes on to say, "Some information on Texas Military Department may be protected by trademark and copyright laws and otherwise protected as intellectual property. Protected intellectual property must be used in accordance with state and federal laws and must reflect the proper ownership of the intellectual property." Texas law states that fair use applies when the use is for criticism, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. Therefore, the regulation isn't going to explicitly say "we release this for criticism, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research" because Texas law allows for those under fair use, and that would be redundant. As far as commercial use, TMD allows commercial entities to quote them as long as the above guidelines are followed, one example being SD-Supply.

In summary... No part of Texas copyright law was violated by the article.

Despite these facts, probably the easiest way forward is for me to do the article again and just not quote the regulation verbatim, but reference it as the source, and also provide an external link to it at the bottom.

I'll also be glad to bring other articles to your attention that directly quote Texas government documents verbatim so you can delete those as well. Coronel Tejano (talk) 22:42, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New Page for Julian Lindley-French

Hello! Returning your note from yesterday. I've registered my COI on my user page and have created a new draft:Julian Lindley-French. I'm hoping you might take a look and provide any recommendations before I submit for review. Let me know! Aiden W Roberts (talk) 10:30, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on user talk page Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:49, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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