Choken

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January 2015

Hello, I'm Jim1138. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Kage-ryū  with this edit, without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Jim1138 (talk) 07:50, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Kage-ryū

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• Re:This. Please read the links in the copyright message above. Wikipedia has procedures for utilizing copyrighted content; these procedures are outlined in the policy and guideline pages linked. Tiderolls 14:46, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

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Please stop

By persistently adding copyrighted content to article mainspace you are jeopardizing your editing privilege. If there are aspects of Wikipedia's copyright policy and licensing policy that are unclear, please ask for help. Tiderolls 18:26, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Re:[1]

Please understand, you can add content on which you own the copyright to Wikipedia articles. However, it must be established you do own the copyright. Anyone can register a username here and then claim they have rights to copyrighted material. In addition to proving that you hold the copyright, you should completely understand Wikipedia's licensing policy. Once content is added to the article mainspace it can be used by anyone in any form they wish for any purpose, even comercially, with simple attribution to Wikipedia. Again, read the links provided. As far as "promulgat[ion]", no, that is not Wikipedia's purpose. We are an encyclopedia that reports what independent, secondary sources (see WP:Identifying reliable sources) say about notable (see WP:Notability) subjects. Tiderolls 18:58, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Greetings

Colin we met a long time ago in Japan - perhaps to long ago for you to remember. Hopefully I can help a little with your current issues with Wikipedia. Certainly it welcomes an expansion of the Kageryu article but it can not just be copypasted from existing websites. Frankly, and rightly so, wikipedia is concerned about copyright violations and since with the internet being what it is - proving who your are and that you own material is difficult. The other thing is that it is not a web-hosting platform - you have to pay for that. It is not the place to transfer your website. So - your copypaste will continue to be reverted as a mater of policy but if you want to expand the article please do so and I would be glad to help wikify (integrate) your article.Peter Rehse (talk) 20:56, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

You have been answered on my Talk page.Peter Rehse (talk) 12:55, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Hello Colin, I'm echoing what Peter said and it would be really nice if you could display a license in your website, where you are copying the Kage-ryu stuff, that is compatible with Wikipedia. You could simply remove any "Copyright by X" statements and state that the materials are in public domain, if don't want to delve into arcane issues of copyrights and licenses (remember, martial ryus existed centuries without any copyright protection). This is not a right place to transfer your website completely but we could use some of your information as articles about koryu have not been that good here, unfortunately. Cordially, jni ^(delete)_{...just not interested} 21:10, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Copyright again

If the information is yours, by clicking on the "Save page" button, you essentially release all rights to it. See the agreement just above the "Save page / Show preview / Show changes" buttons. Clicking the "Save page" does have these legal implications. Please read about it here: WP:CC BY-SA. I suspect that you do not want to release your rights. May I suggest you take @Jni:'s offer? It appears that jni has already started. If you wish to communicate privately with jni, you can click the "Email this user" link on user talk:jni's page. For pubic communication, click the new section at the top of user talk:jni's page. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 22:44, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Hagakure Kikigaki

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Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Seagull123 (talk) 18:09, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Choken. You have new messages at PRehse's talk page.
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Suggestion

Perhaps you should contact knowledgeable editors at Wikipedia:Copyright problems to determine if your statements on-wiki will satisfy copyright release for adding your content to the article mainspace. Please expedite whatever action you plan. Regards Tiderolls 14:51, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Hagakure Kikigaki

Hello. I'm afraid that I have had to delete this article. Although you indicate at the talk page that you own the copyright, I see that you were advised above how to verify this and have not done so. Because copyright is a legal matter, we must follow proper steps to verify license of previously published material. If you are able to provide this license, the copyright concerns with the material would be eliminated. Without that, I'm afraid we cannot publish it here. Please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials if the instructions above are unclear. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 04:02, 25 January 2015 (UTC)