User talk:Gadget850/Archive 2005

Copying from other websites

Please try and avoid simply copy and pasting from another website as this is usually a copyright infringement and is generally frowned upon by Wikipedia policy. Adding a web link to anotehr site is fine, but copying another site's work into the body of an article is generally note the way to go. -Husnock 22:10, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

I read all of what you have below. I see how it could be upsetting. Unfortunately, this all came about during an issue with a lot of people copying text from the Institute of Heraldry and replacing entire articles with said texts. Adding copyvio notices appeared to be one way to bring it to everyones attention. Im sure it will be resolved and the articles will all get restored. Nobody is saying you did anything really bad or are a bad editor. -Husnock 03:51, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

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Why this is not a copyright violation; but it was sloppy editing:

Figured out pages in question are:

• Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
• Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
• Southwest Asia Service Medal

Text is actually from packet of materials from 1st Cav when awards were sent to me in 1996. Unsurprisingly, it does match that from TIOH. TIOH is not the origination of the text (they only do the design). Actual authority would be DoD Manual 1348.33-M, Manual of Military Decorations and Awards. TIOH is a US government entity, therefore copyright is not an issue. One of the edits I had made was a link to the site where I supposedly copied the text! I did go back and revert part of these pages to the temp pages to resolve any potential issues, as I was going to be offline for the next several days.

IMHO, there are no copyright violations, just sloppy editing. I had intended to do some further refining (just got overcome by events for a few days).

Aha- I just came across this reference: Wikipedia:Don't include copies of primary sources.

--Gadget850 17:14, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

The following stuff is personal rambling, musing and venting...

I'm not sure as to why the copyright violations were applied. I thought it was due to my edits, but after reading the Wikipedia policies, I am thinking that I am wrong on that. Per Copyright problems, it should have simply been reverted unless all the revisions had issues (including Husnock's). The more I read the policy, the more I'm puzzled on how it was applied (and why on only two of the three pages I had edited). It also looks like the entire article should have been blanked and replaced by the copyvio tag. Perhaps someone could educate a newb.

My biggest disappointment here is in how this came down. A cryptic message on my talk page closely followed by some violation tags with no dialog? No discussion as to how a new user (as described in one comment; at 47 I'm almost flattered) should handle this? An opportunity to develop a relationship of neophyte to master, now lost? Integrity questioned without a discussion?

Guess I should have left the articles alone and not created the temp pages. That way either the articles would have been accepted as is, or deleted in their entirety. I'm going to back up the temp pages, because the articles as is are sloppy. That way when the copyvios are cleared I still have a backup of the good edit.

A few open issues on this:

• Southwest Asia Service Medal: Per DoD Manual 1348.33-M, there are only three campaigns; PROVIDE COMFORT is authorized as part of the Cease-Fire Campaign. NPRC is not a cite, as they are a repository of records.
• Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait): There are four other classes of this medal yet to be documented. Found a source for images and am working permission for use. This may be a while though.--Gadget850 16:16, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

First aid

Thanks for the support on Talk:First aid. I think since no one's said anything else about it since I put that comment, I'll go ahead and start making those cuts. I think I'll leave the "things that often need first aid" or whatever section and put everything that's got its own section, like "bites and stings" as a bullet in that list. Any useful info under those I'll move to the right pages. Sound good to you? Peace, --Delldot 22:16, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Well, I had a go at it, but it still needs a lot of work. let me know what you think. Thanks! --Delldot 04:17, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Was that a vote?

Was that a vote you made here If it was, you need to put your name under the support list. --ZeWrestler ^Talk 14:44, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Article on Shenandoah Acres

Just to let you know, I created an article stub about Shenandoah Acres, inspired by the mention in the Stuarts Draft article. Hope you'll consider adding your own touch to it. SchuminWeb (Talk) 23:47, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Merit badge collecting

I've written an article on Merit badge collecting, submitted it for peer review, and thought you may like to look at it and provide feedback. Any help would be appreciated. Rlevse 14:21, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Your suggestion to the ref/footnote part of the article was completed by JohnDBuell. Thanks for the concrete suggestion. Let me know if you have more. Rlevse 15:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: "Consensus on one of the other scouting pages was to use the logo tag on these images, and note that it is a copyright or trademark of the BSA."....Which logo and tag are you referring to? Also, you may want to put the Eagle Scout template on your user page.Rlevse 17:36, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Rudolph

Have you tried Google Book search? There are some interesting references, you might want to start here. --Goodoldpolonius2 15:11, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Merit badge FAC

I have re-submitted the article Merit badge types (BSA) as a FAC. Any input you may have would be appreciated.Rlevse 13:37, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

No problem. Congrats on the marriage. It will probably still be on the FAC list when you get back, if you have interest and time. Rlevse 14:55, 29 December 2005 (UTC)