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CusterDome

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I lost hours of work in my sandbox article. I made numerous revisions and now it only shows a version from a few days ago.

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Unless you click on the "publish changes" or similarly-labeled button, any work you do remains only within your browser and its cache. You must actively save your work to Wikipedia's servers (which includes granting the release mentioned on the editing page) for it to be retained. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 03:49, 23 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the reply. I will be sure to save my work from now on. CusterDome (talk) 17:44, 24 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

October 2023

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  Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your user subpage at User:CusterDome may not meet Wikipedia's user page guidelines. It is intended for basic information about yourself, your interests and goals as they relate to editing Wikipedia, as well as disclosures of conflicts of interest and paid editing. Although a lot of freedom is allowed in personalizing your user page, it is not:

The user page guidelines have additional information on what is and what is not considered acceptable content. Please use your user sandbox or the draft article space to practice editing or to create new articles.

The link to your store on your user page is almost certainly a violation of the user page policy. Other problems are formatting it as a fake Wikipedia page and probably some of the external links. The link to your LinkedIn page might be okay. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 03:54, 23 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I edited my user subpage and removed most of the content.
Also, I have drafted my first page and I wondered if you could look it over? It is located here:
User:CusterDome/sandbox/1
Thank you. CusterDome (talk) 17:12, 23 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Ouabache sculpture

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Dear CusterDome. I just reviewed your article in your sandbox and made some changes. I've also added some comments for you within "" (for your info, anything added within the delimiters "" will be considered as a comment and will not be displayed in the article). Please include only those sources that actually talks about the sculpture. Others can be removed. Any info that the source doesn't have and was "built" by us will be considered original research and our own synthesis, which are not allowed in Wiki articles. Hope this helps. Please feel free to revert any of my changes that you feel is not correct. Once you finalize these corrections, you can go ahead and create the article using the article wizard. Cheers. Rasnaboy (talk) 04:59, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Dear Rasnaboy, thank you for looking over my article. I implemented the edits that you suggested. I also added a new section named "Reception" and wanted to see if these additions are okay? I followed the Wikipedia guideline you suggested and didn't include any citations that didn't mention the Ouabache sculpture. Also, I obtained an image of the original plaque from the sculptor's widow. I am not sure how to cite this in the article. Thank you for helping with this! CusterDome (talk) 14:37, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
I created a citation and used a screenshot of a text message exchange with Rebecca McNeely, the sculptor's widow. CusterDome (talk) 18:13, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
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  Hello CusterDome! Your additions to Albert Pearson Stewart 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 Wikipedia: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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I obtained permission from the copyright owners to use images from the Boilermaker Music Makers book. I posted pdfs of the emails between me and the author of the book (Bennett) and the head of Purdue Musical Organizations.
Is the article okay now that edits were made? CusterDome (talk) 02:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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  Hello CusterDome! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Albert Pearson Stewart, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted material from other websites or printed works. This article appears to contain work copied from ISBN 0931682215, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate your contributions, copying content from other websites is unlawful and against Wikipedia's copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are likely to lose their editing privileges.

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Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Mikeblas (talk) 02:42, 2 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I received permission to use material from the source cited. I published an email exchange with author Joseph L. Bennet and William E. Griffel the head of Purdue Music Organizations. The emails are posted as PDFs under my Wikimedia Commons space for CusterDome. CusterDome (talk) 10:53, 2 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi, the copyright holder for Boilermaker Music Makers has been unable to send an email to permissions-wikimedia.org. He can't get the email to recognized this as a valid address. I tried a test email and obtained the same problem. Oddly it works on my iPhone. Are you willing to reach out to William Griffel at Purdue university? His email is [email protected]. Thanks! CusterDome (talk) 12:05, 3 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi, I wanted to ask if you will review the status of the Albert Pearson Stewart Wikipedia page? I obtained permission from William Griffel of Purdue University to use scanned images from the Boilermaker Music Maker (Bennett) book published in 1987. Mr. Griffel sent an email to [email protected] stating that he has allowed the materal from the Bennett book to be used for the Albert Pearson Stewart page. I wanted to know if this is sufficient to allow the page to be reinstated, or is there not hope at all in this regard? Thanks. CusterDome (talk) 02:02, 7 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
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  Hello CusterDome! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Albert Pearson Stewart, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted material from other websites or printed works. This article appears to contain work copied from ISBN 0931682215, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate your contributions, copying content from other websites is unlawful and against Wikipedia's copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are likely to lose their editing privileges.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:

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See Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries for a template of the permissions letter the copyright holder is expected to send.

Otherwise, you may rewrite this article from scratch. If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Albert Pearson Stewart saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved.

Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! CusterDome (talk) 02:28, 7 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

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  Hello CusterDome! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Albert Pearson Stewart, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted material from other websites or printed works. This article appears to contain work copied from ISBN 0931682215, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate your contributions, copying content from other websites is unlawful and against Wikipedia's copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are likely to lose their editing privileges.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:

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See Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries for a template of the permissions letter the copyright holder is expected to send.

Otherwise, you may rewrite this article from scratch. If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Albert Pearson Stewart saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved.

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Hi CusterDome. Thank you for your work on Fisherman's Memorial (Palacios, Texas). Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Good day! Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia by writing this article. I have marked the article as reviewed. Have a wonderful and blessed day for you and your family!

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 10:13, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you helping with this! CusterDome (talk) 12:00, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Hi CusterDome. Thank you for your work on Napoleon III Telescope (University of Notre Dame). Another editor, Aszx5000, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Nice work. You should run a copyvio check such as Wikipedia:EARWIG on your articles as they are sending up copyvio red flags on the system. You are clearly not pasting in chunks of copyrighted material on this article, but by running the Earwig you can see that even short terms and phrases are picked up. No need to alter standard terms/names/titles, but helpful to even avoid using the same phrases where possible. Hope that is of help and nice contributions!. thanks.

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Aszx5000 (talk) 11:10, 2 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you reviewing the page. I will use Earwig in my future articles. Thanks! CusterDome (talk) 13:33, 3 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Hi CusterDome. Thank you for your work on Project GRAND. Another editor, Ldm1954, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

You need to use many more sources that are not part of the Project GRAND; currently far too many are. Also, please remove bio information about John Poirier (off topic). Last, most importantly, you need independent secondary sources that demonstrate that this project was important. Currently I have doubts about notability.

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Ldm1954 (talk) 08:47, 24 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, thank you for reviewing the Project GRAND page. I am working on addressing the concerns that you raised. Thanks CusterDome (talk) 15:48, 24 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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