User talk:Rachel Pearce
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[edit] Joseph Farquharson
Hello, It's me guys! This is Beth. I wrote this OK and did the research? Why do you talk like I can't read this. How about someone talking to me directly? My name is on my webpage right at the top besides the copyright! -Beth Maxwell Boyle —Preceding unsigned comment added by Beth Maxwell Boyle (talk • contribs) 20:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
I think that Beth who put the information in may be the copyright holder of the material, because the bottom of http://www.ramshornstudio.com/joseph_farquharson.htm says "copyright 2007 , Jim & Beth Boyle, All Rights Reserved", so she might be the Beth Boyle from there. If so, she can post the material, but she needs to follow the proper process to prove that she has the copyright. In general, unless the material is specifically released to GFDL, or Public domain or some such, then it must be assumed that it is copyrighted, and can't be copied without the copyright holder's explicit approval to release it to GFDL. See Wikipedia:Copyrights and Wikipedia:Copyright problems. And welcome to Wikipedia! Corvus cornix 23:46, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Ah! Well spotted. I had found that article but not noticed the copyright owner. In the light of that I hope my comment on the talk page was not too strongly worded.
I have long been a user of Wikipedia and occasional corrector of annoying typos etc., but having confidently typed his name in and being astonished to find no page, I decided to dip my toe into the page creation waters.
Rachel Pearce 23:51, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello Beth
The conversation above between me and Corvus Cornix happened, as you can see, over a month ago, long before you revealed yourself as the author of the article.
Please sign your comments and please put new comments at the bottom, this makes it easier to see when there are new comments.
Rachel Pearce 20:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Rachel this is the second go round for me with this piece it was ripped down as soon as I put it up last time. Everything I do can be traced as I sign on with my real name. Why is it so hard to look at the history of the article and match it with the name on my website. Its getting so hard here to do anything. What happened? I have used Wiki for years and all of a sudden everyone is so unkind. Beth Maxwell Boyle —Preceding unsigned comment added by Beth Maxwell Boyle (talk • contribs) 21:26, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Beth, I did not mean to be unkind. As you can see from the above comments, and from Talk:Joseph Farquharson I was just trying to protect copyrighted material. It was by no mean obvious that you held the copyright! Remember that at that stage you had not put any references in either. Please don't be discouraged.
Also please try and remember to sign your comments with four ~ signs at the end.
Rachel Pearce 21:41, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Rachel, Corvus cornix should have known he went to my website and should have seen the names are the same on the entry here and my website. He knew before he pulled it. I would only ask people be polite; I am tying to donate my time and knowlege not rip someone off. It's painful to come back in here and see my work distroyed because someone is lazy or legalistic. I happen to really like Farquharson and would like to help people who like Scottish painters and culture. It's hard enough to write and to learn how to use Wiki someone please cut me some slack here? I have allot to offer even if I am not the best with the format.
Beth Maxwell Boyle (talk —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 22:40, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] East Hagbourne
No problem at all! Glad to have helped!... If you intend to expand on East Hagbourne's existing entry, WP:UKCITIES is an excellent guide on how to write and set-out articles about places in Britain effectively. Hope it helps and best of luck! -- Jza84 · (talk) 12:03, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 3RR
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I am in danger of falling foul of 3RR, and I want to know what I should do instead. A user Bill edmond has been repeatedly deleting large sections of Igbo people. He seems to have an argument with whole categories. However he does not engage in debate or respond to requests on his Talk page. What should I do next? Sorry for my ignorance and for wasting valuable time - I have tried to RTFM but have not really found a solution in the help pages since this is not quite obvious vandalism. Indeed the user may have a point, but it doesn't seem to me that he is making it. Rachel Pearce (talk) 16:14, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
- No you're not. Vandalism is contextual. User:Bill edmond may have a perfectly valid and proper reason for removing large chunks of text from the article but his blanking is opaque, as you've noted, and thus could easily be destructive. Once asked to explain, and the conduct continued, in my book that changes the edits to vandalism even if his intent is pure as driven snow; 3RR no longer applies. I have reverted back to you and left a note on his talk page. If he keeps removing the material without explanation, each time leave an esclating warning in the {{uw-blank}} series ({{uw-blank2}}, {{uw-blank3}}, {{uw-blank4}}) and then, if it continues after a final warning, report at WP:AIV:-)--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:47, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks
Thanks for catching my typo, I moved the page to the right place to fix it. Triona (talk) 10:50, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks for catching my typo's
Just wondering if you'd be interested in joining out little group
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if not just ignore me. Dommccas 22:53, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] DM
What is DM, and why does my edit belong there? 155.84.57.253 (talk) 19:05, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Why did you do this?
[1]. As I see it, you reverted a vandalism revert. The free metal isn't unstable, it's reactive, which isn't at all the same thing. I'd've warned you for vandalism if it wasn't for your previous good history. Philip Trueman (talk) 10:40, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] User page
Has your user page been accidentally used as a talk page. It would be good if you could say something about yourself (not to much) on your user page. Perhaps, look at the sort of things other editors put on their talk pages first. It is not a home page, but it is part of the wiki for users to know a little about you. Snowman (talk) 11:47, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Copied from userpage
Rachel I wrote this piece. Change the style if you don't like it but don't delete it. I have it on my website that is where it was copied from because I wrote it!
Beth, I just found out it was you who wrote the above comment by looking at your history. Please sign your comments with four ~s.
There was no way I could know you wrote the text on your page. Now you have put references in that is fine. I have added a load of links and things. It would be better to have this discussion on the discussion page for the Farquharson article Talk:Joseph Farquharson Rachel Pearce 11:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Link for East Hagnbourne when I have time: www.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/download/asset/?asset_id=536669 Rachel Pearce (talk) 11:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
