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Please do not introduce links in actual articles to draft articles, as you did to Pvlib python. Since a draft is not yet ready for the main article space, it is not in shape for ordinary readers, and links from articles should not go to a draft. Such links are contrary to the Manual of Style. These links have been removed. Thank you. - Arjayay (talk) 14:39, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

> Thanks! -- Mikofski (talk) 16:15, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 17:07, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

> Hi Diannaa thanks for your feedback, but I'm not sure I follow, I am happy to add quotations marks if that helps, but this content is licensed as BSD-3 which allows mix and reuses with attribution which is provided, but you carte blanche removed whole parts of the article and I can't even view a diff of what you did. In the future I think it would be more civil to address issues with the article in the talk:pvlib python or on my talk page. I can't even revert your changes to see what has been removed. How do you know that the material wasn't licensed correctly? Can you please help me understand exactly what was removed? And please give me a chance to demonstrate that the material is properly licensed? -- Mikofski (talk) 18:51, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

I visited the page https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ which is where I found the overlapping material. There's a link in the Licensing section but it is a dead link. I don't see a copyright notice anywhere on the page or any indication that the text (as opposed to the software or the logo) is compatibly licensed and availablew for us to publish.— Diannaa (talk) 19:11, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

>> A-ha, thank you so much Diannaa! I didn't realize that link was dead. So then the only removed content was the "intro" section that quotes/paraphrases the documentation?

"INTRODUCTION: pvlib python is a community supported [open source software] tool that provides a set of functions and classes for simulating the [solar power] performance of photovoltaic energy systems. pvlib python was originally ported [to Python] from the PVLIB MATLAB toolbox developed at Sandia National Laboratories and it implements many of the models and methods developed at the Labs [there]. More information on Sandia Labs PV performance modeling programs can be found at the PVPMC [ref: J.S. Stein "PVPMC" (2012)]."

If we add quotation marks and add a link to pvlib's BSD license here (https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/master/LICENSE) would that be okay? Also I think I mostly remembered the original content, but in my opinion it was not verbatim. Is paraphrasing not sufficient? I think we can both paraphrase here more and link to the BSD license if that's better? Thanks! -- Mikofski (talk) 20:30, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

You can check the overlap using this tool. Putting the lead of the article in quotation marks is not a good solution. It needs to be re-written in your own words please. — Diannaa (talk) 20:37, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Diannaa I really appreciate your patience and guidance. Thanks also for the link to that tool, very helpful. I will work to improve the intro section to paraphrase any necessary content without quotation marks to make the content better. I am happy with the article for now as is. Thanks again! Mikofski (talk) 20:44, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi Diannaa FYI: the link to pvlib's BSD license has been fixed: https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#license Thanks again for your help! Mikofski (talk) 01:08, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: NumFOCUS (November 13)

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— Bilorv (talk) 18:57, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: NumFOCUS (November 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Theroadislong (talk) 20:46, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for the info. It wasn’t me, but I know who it was, and they don’t have an account. I will talk to them about logging in with a proper Wikipedia account. Cheers! Mikofski (talk) 05:46, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

They're welcome to edit as an IP, but having an account makes things easier. If they have any questions, people at the the Teahouse are there to help. Thanks! BlackcurrantTea (talk) 15:48, 20 May 2023 (UTC)