Wikipedia and copyright edit

  Hello Oyedepo Joshua, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Regina Daniels 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.

  • You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
  • Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
  • Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
  • If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
  • In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are PD or compatibly licensed) it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, the help desk or the Teahouse before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
  • Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

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) 17:15, 2 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Diannaa:, I didn't have a knowledge of this before but now I do I have a knowledge. Thank you so much. I will try to avoid such.

Oyedepo Joshua (talk) 16:39, 3 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Umar Suleiman sadiq (August 15) edit

 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Path slopu 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.
PATH SLOPU 08:08, 15 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Oyedepo Joshua! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! PATH SLOPU 08:08, 15 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Path slopu: I am totally confused about my rejected Article. It is my first article and i am looking forward to changes . I will be glad if a reason is given to me concerning my denial. Thank you. I am also a candidate of perfection and concise change.

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (August 16) edit

 
Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by Theroadislong was: This topic is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: repeatedly re-creating the same poorly sourced content will not achieve anything.
Theroadislong (talk) 16:36, 16 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

User:Oyedepo Joshua/sandbox edit

 

Hello, Oyedepo Joshua. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, User:Oyedepo Joshua/sandbox.

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it. — JJMC89(T·C) 06:32, 17 February 2020 (UTC)Reply


THE 2020 AFROCINE NIGERIA CONTEST edit

 

Greetings Oyedepo Joshua!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. The Nigerian contest is focusing on the 3 Nigerian languages Wikipedia (Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba) and the English Wikipedia.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participant's section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

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April 2021 edit

  Please do not add or change content, as you did at Petroleum industry in Nigeria, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Dl2000 (talk) 20:27, 7 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

  Your edit to Mental health policies in Nigeria has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa (talk) 14:20, 10 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Copying licensed material requires attribution edit

Hi. I see in a recent addition to Climate change in Nigeria you included material from a webpage that is available under a compatible Creative Commons Licence. That's okay, but you have to give attribution so that our readers are made aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself. It's also required under the terms of the license. I've added the attribution for this particular instance. Please make sure that you follow this licensing requirement when copying from compatibly-licensed material in the future. — Diannaa (talk) 16:57, 11 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Issuing level 1 warning about removing AfD template from articles before the discussion is complete. (Peachy 2.0 (alpha 8)) edit

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  Your edit to Draft:Abe Odedina has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. Sennecaster (Chat) 11:57, 28 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Abe Odedina edit

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 17:01, 28 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Issuing level 2 warning about removing AfD template from articles before the discussion is complete. (Peachy 2.0 (alpha 8)) edit

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Your draft article, Draft:Abe Odedina edit

 

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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 18:15, 28 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Issuing level 3 warning about removing AfD template from articles before the discussion is complete. (Peachy 2.0 (alpha 8)) edit

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Thank you. I will see to it Oyedepo Joshua (talk) 07:13, 13 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

March 2022 edit

  Your edit to Esther Agbarakwe has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. You have added copyright violations to multiple pages. Please note that further violations may lead to your account being blocked. Fram (talk) 17:02, 1 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

You shouldn't have done that. Oyedepo Joshua (talk) 07:11, 13 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Edit summaries edit

I am aware that you are currently involved in an editathon, I have no issues with that, but as it says on the page of the editathon/meetup, use a summary of what you added to the article 'For Ilorin Participants, use hashtag #W4HRNG alongside a one sentence explanation of what you did (e.g. #W4HRNG Added citation) in the edit summary of every article you edit.' added edits, is not a particularly helpful summary, especially for editors like me patrolling recent changes to stop vandalism, you can just summarise what you added/removed from the article and add the #W4HRNG. Thanks, Zippybonzo (talk) 07:06, 13 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Okay, I will do that. Oyedepo Joshua (talk) 07:09, 13 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

I didn't know about that, I will correct it. Oyedepo Joshua (talk) 07:10, 13 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Please, let my edits count. I've given so much not to let it count. Oyedepo Joshua (talk) 07:11, 13 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

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CS1 error on Jude Milhon edit

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Justine Cooper (artist) edit

I reverted your edits to the Cooper article. You added external URLs in the body, unsourced claims, and an entire section about a different person named Justine Cooper.

I also removed the URL that you added to Jude Milhon as it didn't even mention Milhon and supported nothing in the article.

Please be more careful with your edits. Schazjmd (talk) 14:43, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

August 2023 edit

  One of your recent edits has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. DanCherek (talk) 17:40, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Blocked edit

 
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without evidence of permission. Please take this opportunity to ensure that you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

Sam Kuru (talk) 11:37, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

There are several warnings above, which have either no response or a cursory response. At this point, any unblock request will need to have a detailed response that indicates you understand that simply copying material from another site is unacceptable and outlines how you will avoid doing this in the future. Sam Kuru (talk) 11:37, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply
I'm so sorry. It won't happen again. Oyedepo Joshua (talk) 13:57, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply
"detailed response that indicates you understand that simply copying material from another site is unacceptable and outlines how you will avoid doing this in the future" Sam Kuru (talk) 15:00, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply