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Your GA nomination of Rubel Phillips

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Your GA nomination of Rubel Phillips

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The Bugle: Issue 201, January 2023

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Happy Seventh First Edit Day!

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Your GA nomination of Rubel Phillips

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Secretary of State

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Your GA nomination of The Robesonian takeover

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Secretary of State

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Secretary of State

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Your GA nomination of The Robesonian takeover

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The Robesonian takeover has been nominated for Did You Know

Hello, Indy beetle. I've nominated The Robesonian takeover, an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,  to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. Aaron Liu (talk) 16:13, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of North Carolina Council of State

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Attorney General

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Attorney General

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Council of State

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction

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The Bugle: Issue 202, February 2023

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Robeson County, North Carolina Update

Hello,

I hope all is well. I was wondering if you knew what the status of the GA review is for Robeson County? I'm thinking the review will likely start around early June (if no reviewer is free right now) because it's not a high-ranking article on Wikipedia. I also officially requested new images of NC/SC county courthouses to replace the missing or unfit images currently on their pages. I added Scotland County to that list as well so hopefully an updated image can be uploaded soon (I might have an opportunity to take a picture of that courthouse in the coming weeks though). Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 23:44, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

• @DiscoA340: All quiet on the Southern front. The GA process has just undergone some revision, which now includes the listing of the passed GA noms vs reviews conducted ratio per article nominator by each nomination, and if I remember in some of the related discussions regarding GA reform some of the more prolific reviewers said they would not review noms by people who they didn't think were "doing their share" of reviews themselves. Since I'm at 22/77 with several other noms in the queue and geography is not as popular a category, I think it might be a while. June seems a fair estimate. In the meantime, the only Robeson related thing I've dug up as of recent is this interesting facsimile, though that probably belongs on an article yet to be created. With regards to the file requests, best of luck on the Scotland County Courthouse. Also, have you tried searching Flickr for Wikimedia Commons-compatibly-licensed photos? For more high profile places such as Boone/Watauga County, you might get lucky in finding a photo of the newer courthouses/county government buildings. -Indy beetle (talk) 05:28, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
• Might I also ask that if you are down that way in Scotland and happen to pop by Lumberton in Robeson, to take a photo of the Robeson County Administration Center? It's in a former bank building downtown just across from the rear of the courthouse. The county article would have room for that photo and I think it would be a nice addition. -Indy beetle (talk) 05:42, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

  Thanks for the info about the GA process. Sadly, I've not found a licensable images for the remaining ones on Flickr. I don't think I'm going close to Lumberton anytime soon but I'll try to get a couple good pictures of Laurinburg. I'll try to get that picture next time I go to Lumberton though. Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 13:12, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

  Also, I'll be heading along the I-74/US 74 so I will get some pictures along that corridor as well. Keep me posted about the GA Review, I'll be happy to help out when the time comes. DiscoA340 (talk) 14:17, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

I just got some pictures of Laurinburg and the Scotland County Courthouse. I will look through them in a couple weeks or so. I’ll message you when they’re uploaded. DiscoA340 (talk) 21:51, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

I just finished uploading all my pictures regarding Laurinburg and Scotland County (you can find them here). I'll keep my eyes peeled again the next time I'm around the region, but I hope these help. Have a good day! DiscoA340 (talk) 04:31, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

@DiscoA340: Thank you for those shots of the Scotland County Courthouse. I saw you photographed the hospital in Wilmington. I haven't really considered it before, but those hospital photos might prove useful in the future. I haven't hit the road since January (new job etc.), I need to get out more. Hope it was a good trip! -Indy beetle (talk) 08:50, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Also I added the photo you took of Cleveland County's administrative center to the Cleveland County article. Another thing I did not originally consider on my own past travels (centers of county government) but will also prove useful in the future. Shelby is a great small town, if you're ever back that way again I recommend the Shelby Cafe, their sausage and gravy ain't so bad. -Indy beetle (talk) 09:12, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Always glad to help. Also, thanks for the recommendation, I don't know when I'll next be beck in Shelby but I'll keep it in mind. I've still got a lot more photos to upload from this trip (additionally, my hotel was near the Buncombe/Asheville Government complex, so keep posted if you need a photo of the complex). Photos of county, city, etc... government buildings might be good in the "Government and politics" sections which usually get neglected the most when it comes to photos (let's be honest, they aren't Mount Michell or Wright Brothers National Memorial). But as I said last comment, I'll keep my eyes out (especially to whittle down these two lists); keep me posted if there's any pictures you want taken in the south Sandhills/Coastal region of NC. Thanks again, have a good day! DiscoA340 (talk) 21:45, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

I found some more photos taken in Scotland and Robeson Counties. I believe that is it for all the important photos I took in both counties. Have a good day! DiscoA340 (talk) 04:14, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Update on the County Courthouses search: A user was able to find suitable images for all but one courthouse (Currituck County, North Carolina) in NC/SC; so those government buildings are now all accounted for. Just wanted to alert you to this update since it was talked about earlier, have a good day! DiscoA340 (talk) 22:13, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

@DiscoA340: I'm somewhat concerned about the copyright status of those photos. Is User:Cork12 John Deacon? They're uploading the photos as CC0 1.0 Public Domain and attributing them to John Deacon's website, here - American Courthouses. I see no evidence that Mr. Deacon has licensed his photos for reuse in such a way, and we would need an WP:ORTS ticket filled out saying he agrees to release these photos into the public domain unless he uploads them on Wiki with his own account. Unfortunately, I think this places us back at [courthouse] square one. -Indy beetle (talk) 22:27, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Pinging @Cork12 per comment above. I will say that I’ve possibly seen these photos being used on the official NC Judicial Website. I hope this can be sorted out though. DiscoA340 (talk) 23:29, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

No I'm not John Deacon, I'm a 13 year old named Diego who likes editing Wikipedia. I contacted the owner of the website and he allowed me to upload them after I asked permission. I asked for the CC licence and he said I could upload them at no charge. If I made a mistake I'm very sorry. Cork12 00:03, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

@Cork12 No need to be sorry, you did the right thing in contacting the owner and he seems alright with their usage. Whenever it comes to Wikipedia and file permission, the site always leans on double-checking with owner to clear to clear up any possible comments or issues. I don't know the system 100% myself and I have messed up before when it came to the VRT process but I'm happy to help to my best ability to sort this out. One question though, did he agree to the Public Domain license or did he just give permission for reuse? No matter the answer, I believe he will have to choose a license himself. @Indy beetle, do you know anything else about the VRT process? If he agrees to everything above, you could file a request on Commons:Batch uploading to upload his images to Commons as he theoretically has a picture of every current U.S. County Courthouse but you would likely need his explicit permission to do so (this can't be done if he only allows the files you uploaded to be used). But let's just focus on getting full permission for these files first if that's what needed. DiscoA340 (talk) 01:57, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

@DiscoA340 @Indy beetle He only said with no charge, so I assumed that meant public domain. I can give you his email so you can talk with him about it. Cork12 02:11, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

@Cork12 Okay, I'll have to see what Indy beetle says. No charge could mean any CC license as they are all free but if he decides which one is suitable, then we'll be good (I found some instructions about this process here). DiscoA340 (talk) 02:19, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

• @DiscoA340: @Cork12: Unfortunately, we would probably need more than us reproducing it with "no charge" to host these photos. Wikimedia Commons only allows photos that are in the public domain/have had their copyright lapse or are licensed under some compatible creative commons license (including CC-BY-SA-4.0, CC-BY-SA-3.0, CC-BY-SA-2.5, CC-BY-4.0, CC-BY-3.0, CC-BY-2.5, or CC0 Waiver, etc.) Releasing a photo under one of these licenses has a specific legal impact beyond Wikipedia, since the new licensing would also allow anyone to freely reuse the photo under the given terms of a license (typically, the most these licenses can require of someone is that they attribute the original author and if they make a derivative that they have to license it the same as the original). Thus, Mr. Deacon might be okay with Wikipedia reusing the photos, but I doubt he thought he was agreeing to allow everybody to reuse his photos without cost and without his permission. Public domain or CC0 Waiver literally means anyone could use the photo for any purpose, including making derivates, without ever having to attribute Mr. Deacon.

As things current stand, and keeping in mind Wikimedia Commons Precautionary principle, these photos should probably be deleted. Cork12, you could try to reach out again to Deacon and see if he would agree to releasing his photos under a Wikimedia-compatible license (you could ask people at the Commons help desk for advice on what licenses would be ok). If you do secure his permission, you could then follow-up with the Volunteer Response Team on registering proof of his permission. I imagine the more likely scenario is that he doesn't agree beyond us using them, in which case they would need to be remove from Commons. Wikipedia (not Commons) does sometimes allow fair use content but per Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria, these requirements are rather strict and a statement such as "the author is fine with us using them on Wikipedia" is usually not sufficient alone to allow for them to be shown here. This all might be confusing to a newer user and I'm sympathetic to that as I made similar mistakes during my first year here, so don't stress too much about this Cork, just be more careful next time and, when in doubt, you can ask the people at the Commons help desk for advice. -Indy beetle (talk) 04:43, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I'll ask him what licence he wants and I'll re-upload them again! I will always ask what licence do they want now. Cork12 04:46, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Ok, best of luck. @DiscoA340: Do you mind in the meantime going through and reverting the photos on Wikipedia county articles? We shouldn't show them here unless we're certain that they meet our licensing requirements. I've undone the one for Watauga but I'm not sure which other county articles have Deacon photos. Sorry for all the trouble, I have to go eat my dinner now. -Indy beetle (talk) 04:50, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Okay, sounds good, have a good day. DiscoA340 (talk) 04:55, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

@Indy beetle, @Cork12 Done. I hope the photographer does allow us to use them. DiscoA340 (talk) 05:41, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

@DiscoA340: Thank you. @Cork12: Please keep us posted on what Mr. Deacon says. -Indy beetle (talk) 06:11, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

I hope all is well. I inadvertently found that Cork12 has not deleted the courthouse images by Mr. Deacon. Before then, he claimed he didn't receive a response from him. I also sent him an email and received no response. So I think it's safe to say that he doesn't want them on Commons. Is there a way to quickly nominate all 49 images for deletion without me spamming his talk page with 49 automatic nominations? Thank you for your help and have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 17:47, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

• @DiscoA340: I believe this is the proper way to bundle file deletions, and it should only result in a single notification. -Indy beetle (talk) 00:59, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

  Many thanks, I'll get working on that now. Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 20:50, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

  Link to discussion. DiscoA340 (talk) 21:34, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 203, March 2023

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I nominate Indy beetle to be Editor of the Week for their amazing contributions in both Wikipedia and Commons. While the user has heavily contributed to countless articles (full list can be found here), I would like to focus more on their work on North Carolinian articles as that is where I seen his work the most. Currently, they have heavily worked on 49 and likely many more articles ranging from notable political leaders, towns, cities, and counties in the state. The user has helped to improve multiple county pages in the state (with one currently waiting for GA approval) and that has greatly helped me as I mainly work on county pages. You can regularly find the user spending hours working on them and turning them into very informative articles, especially in the "History" sections. As well as that, they have uploaded hundreds of images to Commons with a fair portion of that number being their own pictures. All of these uploads help to improve lesser-known pages which many times lack a photo in the infobox. I believe this user is a great candidate for Editor of the Week for their outstanding work and contributors to Wikipedia.

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Editor of the Week for the week beginning March 12, 2023

Amazing contributions in both Wikipedia and Commons. Focus is on North Carolinian articles. Heavy contributions to countless other articles (full list can be found here) ranging from notable political leaders, towns, cities, and counties in the state. Helped to improve multiple county pages. Spends hours working on them, especially in the "History" sections. Has uploaded 100s of images to Commons with a fair portion of that number being their own creations. Helps to improve lesser-known pages which many times lack a photo in the infobox.

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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 23:47, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

@DiscoA340: Btw, thank you, this was very kind of you. -Indy beetle (talk) 09:35, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

No problem, you deserve it for all the work you do! DiscoA340 (talk) 15:06, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations, Indy! This is well-deserved. Hog Farm _Talk 15:27, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Rubel Phillips

On 12 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rubel Phillips, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rubel Phillips was the first Republican to run in the Mississippi gubernatorial election since 1947 when he ran in 1963? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rubel Phillips. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rubel Phillips), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your GA nomination of Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician)

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Granville Primary School

In this deletion discussion you said you didn't know why "one local school in particular should be privledged over the several schools which exist in that community on the community article." I don't see any schools noted in Granville, Jamaica so I was curious about which schools you are referring? FloridaArmy (talk) 14:49, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

• @FloridaArmy: Granville All Age School and Montego Bay School for the Deaf. -Indy beetle (talk) 20:16, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Granville All Age School in Granville is the same school. Another school in Jamaica is also noted by the sale name as is reported in the Gleaner article you moved. I don't think Montego Abu School is in the same Granville? I think a merge is the best outcome if the school isn't independently notable. It is certainly an integral institution in the community. FloridaArmy (talk) 20:18, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Missing cite in Formation of the Lumumba Government

The article cites " Packham 1996" and "CRISP no. 78 1960" but no such sources are listed in the bibliography. Can you please add? Also, suggest installing a script to highlight such errors in the future. All you need to do is copy and paste importScript('User:Svick/HarvErrors.js'); // Backlink: [[User:Svick/HarvErrors.js]] to your common.js page. Thanks, Renata•3 01:10, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician)

The article Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician) and Talk:Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician)/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 02:02, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician)

The article Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician) for comments about the article, and Talk:Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 23:21, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Vote Swing

I found this tool on Dave's Redistricting which allows you to compare the vote swing in counties/precincts across the US. To access: open a map file, click on "Swing" in the "Precincts" section, and finally, chose datasets to compare. I thought this might be useful as you edit a lot of political/election based articles. Have a good day! DiscoA340 (talk) 20:46, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

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April 2023

I've gone ahead with the re-nomination of the James Madison article. There is a rewritten Slavery section now and it would be nice to see your support/oppose comments. Possibly you could revisit the review which you had started 2 months ago if time allows. ErnestKrause (talk) 14:40, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

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Potential source for Counties

A couple weeks ago, I stumbled across a book called North Carolina County Fact Book, a two volume set from 1999 (Volume 1, Alamance-Jackson) (Volume 2, Johnston-Yancey). I bought the second volume and it does contain possibly useful information for the geography, transportation, and history sections of county articles (except for the population stats). I can't find any copies online but I did check and Wake County Public Libraries do have both books on shelf (presuming you used that library). On a different note, I decided to wait on nominating Scotland County, North Carolina for GA status under concerns it might mess with Robeson County, North Carolina that is already in queue. Thanks again and have a good day! DiscoA340 (talk) 23:56, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

• I don't think I've been in a Wake County Library since taking math tutoring lessons in high school, and haven't checked out a book there since middle school (my college library couldn't be beat these past 4 years). But thanks for the heads up, I might do some digging to see what they can offer. I understand re the Scotland County situation, although I don't think its a matter of interference as much as it is that it would be good to "perfect the recipe" on the county-style dish before attempting to serve multiple dishes. Also noticed today that the Town of Sparta's official website redirects people to the Sparta and Alleghany County Wikipedia articles for information on the area, so I suppose its a matter of some import that we improve these things! -Indy beetle (talk) 07:34, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

  If you have a library card for any other library, you might be able to check them out via an interlibrary loan. But otherwise, I do agree with your opinion about the GA reviews. I've never seen an official government website link to their own Wikipedia article. Though it is not our duty to find and publish information for them and they are taking a risk by using Wikipedia as a reference, it's still worth trying to help so that people are being given correct and up-to-date info. Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 14:31, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

  I also checked and its in the Chapel Hill Public Library, so I think it's safe to say the book isn't rare to find in NC libraries. DiscoA340 (talk) 20:50, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

The commonness of a book of that sort in libraries doesn't surprise me; public libraries typically have decent region-based references. Also, even the county newspaper consults Wikipedia it seems (article on Chronic Wasting Disease in deer). -Indy beetle (talk) 05:39, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

How strange; that is honestly the first time I've ever seen Wikipedia cited (that I know of) in a news article. I guess someone there either believes that Wikipedia is a good enough source to use or didn't get the memo about citing Wikipedia (or maybe a bit of both). Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 17:06, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

It's the first time I've encountered it in American media as far as I can recall (except for articles focusing on Wikipedia itself). This was an interesting problem I encountered after improving the articles related to the Uganda–Tanzania War, whereby news articles on General David Musuguri written after the overhaul obviously took info from the infobox on his Wikipedia article to discuss his military service history. -Indy beetle (talk) 10:06, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

While still questionable, at least it's safe to say that the information created after the overhaul was accurate. Who knows what state and which article The Alleghany News got their data from. You would think the CDC or some farm and/or game bureau in the state or country would have more up-to-date and in-depth data about the disease, but who knows. Have a good day! DiscoA340 (talk) 13:47, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

DYK for North Carolina Council of State

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Question about the VRT process for government organizations

Hello, I hope all is well. I recently sent an email to the NCDOT asking:

"[are] the digitized aerial frames by the NCDOT (https://ncdot.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=91e02b76dce4470ebd7ec240ad202a04) are available to be reused under a Creative Commons license like pictures on the official Flickr account for NCDOTcommunications?"

I later received a response saying:

"Our Photography is available to be used by anyone. We would only ask that you [give] credit for us when you would use it."

To me, they are saying the images are able to be reused under 2.0 CC (the license used by their Flickr account). But other than that, I'm stuck on who to formally request the VRT email wavier from since these pictures were taken by a organization, not a specific person. The person who responded did provide their company email but I don't know if they have the power to approve thousands of images being ported to Commons. I thought that you might have some insight about government copyright in North Carolina but I totally understand if you don't know either. I was thinking that some of these aerial stills might be useful for Wikipedia history sections. But even if they can't be ported over, they are still really cool to see. This still was taken at the heart of the Research Triangle Park, in 1959.

On another note, I'm going to drive through the Sandhills region again and I'm thinking of taking a pit-stop in Lumberton. Other than the Robeson County Administration Center and the Robeson County Courthouse, are there any other locations you want photographed in that relative location? Thanks and have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 21:29, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

You might find these two stills interesting. In 1959, this is what UNC-Chapel Hill looked like, downtown Chapel Hill can be seen on the left. Also, in 1958, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, about the same size as a regional airport. It's a very interesting database, I seem to find new and cool stills every time I look. Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 21:59, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

• • Basically any state agency photo (unless containing certain confidential info) is a "public record" in North Carolina. Per the relevant general statute, 132-1b. , "The public records and public information compiled by the agencies of North Carolina government or its subdivisions are the property of the people". I've seen this broadly interpreted to mean many such "public records" are in fact "public domain" material, but this is not always the case, as evidenced by this disclaimer from the State Library, and by the very methods of the NCDOTcommunications Flickr account, since licensing a work under CC 2.0 is itself an assertion of some limited rights of the copyright holder (requiring you attribute the source if you reuse the work) which are not legally required for a truly public domain work. The lack of uniform clarity on this issue is probably why Wikipedia/Commons have held off on making a "Public Domain - North Carolina Government work" usage rationale tag, and I think there is some confusion on whether fully applying this law simply means making all records available for the public to consult (to hold their government accountable) vs making them available for people to do whatever they want with them. This is in contrast with Florida's sunshine laws and co., which expressly forbid the state from asserting copyright on a work unless given explicit permission by the legislature. At any rate, I'd avoid taking the reply you got to mean "Yes our works are available under CC license" unless they very explicitly say that. The reply you got seems standard in light of the relevant state laws, and does suggest some rationale may be possible, but this probably warrants a wider discussion on Commons, especially with regards to the inconsistency with which the public records law is interpreted and applied.

Enjoy your journey to the Sandhills. Nothing else in the Lumberton area really comes to mind for me that needs to be photographed, although now I've been more mindful of recording things of economic significance like factories. So if on your trip you happen to drive by a large sawmill or biogas facility or something, it would be nice to have images of those if it is convenient for you to capture them. -Indy beetle (talk) 21:18, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

I've always noticed how vague copyright laws are in this state regarding government work, which you think should be in public domain anyways. I was hoping that I could get someone at the NCDOT (maybe the Communications Office) to file a VRT waiver email that officially picks the license. Is that how the VRT process goes, or would that not work with the laws in the state? I feel like a general discussion on Commons would probably result in no change due to its stance on copyright inconsistencies. if I were to start a discussion, do you have any advice to keep it relevant to the issue in hand? I'll keep my eyes peeled for good photo locations, hopefully I can have all the pictures uploaded by early June. Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 23:51, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

I'm not really sure how one would progress with the VRT situation with a governmental organization. My gut instinct is that an agency communications official probably would not themselves authorize anything with explicit legal consequences, and instead resort to regurgitating whatever relevant policy is available (in this case, the annoyingly unclear G.S. 132-1b.). Whether they'd consult in-house counsel or the attorney general's office is up in the air, but I'm doubtful such lawyers would voluntarily yield rights to intellectual property unless they felt legally compelled to, especially to satisfy the concerns of one mere citizen. VRT permission is usually easier to acquire from small organizations or an individual person due to less bureaucratic inertia. I've also generally avoided them since I personally fear opening a line of communication with a potential article subject could create awkward expectations and weird COIs ("While you're using our photos, do you mind advertising our new X initiative on our article") though that's probably not as big of a problem with a major governmental organization. The true VRT experts are probably over at Commons, I'm sure there are some WiR members who have it as well. As far as a larger discussion is concerned, I think G.S. 132-1b and that disclaimer I linked are probably the most important, but I tend to agree Commons would be cautious about embracing a new "all works by this state government are useable" stance. -Indy beetle (talk) 05:42, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I'll have to see where to go now with the VRT process. Maybe I'll get lucky and find a volunteer who has done requests like these before. Even if the larger discussion about state government copyright attributes to nothing, we can at least say we tried. Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 18:50, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Here are the links to the two separate discussions:

Volunteer Response Team discussion (VRT process for government organizations)

Village Pump discussion (Regarding Chapter 132)

Hopefully some consensus can be reached about government copyright in North Carolina. Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 04:10, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Here are the photos I took of Lumberton last week (the first 100 or so in the list are of Lumberton, excluding the ones from Pittsboro at the top). I was able to get photos of the courthouse, government center and building, and various other buildings on North Elm Street. Also, they still haven't moved the confederate monument at the courthouse even though they voted to remove it almost 6 months ago. I took some more pictures on I-74/US 74 but I'll get those uploaded later in the year. Are there any other locations you want photographed in the region? Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 20:20, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

As of today, all the pictures I took in the Sandhills region are uploaded and can be accessed with the previous link. Though, as mentioned above, most are related to I-74/US 74, but other locations are scattered in-between. Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 02:16, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

I went ahead and added photo of the admin center to the Robeson County article. Curious that they haven't removed the monument a whole six months after the vote, but I'm sure county government has other priorities. I can't think of any other photos of need in the Down East region at the moment, but if something comes to me I'll let you know. Thank you, and I hope it was a pleasant trip. -Indy beetle (talk) 09:43, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that, always glad to help out with taking pictures. I'm sure the county government is waiting for a good moment to remove it, especially since the removal of Confederate monuments/names is a hot topic in the South (I'm sure a lot of this will be seen on the talk page of the newly renamed Fort Liberty). The two headstones of Confederate statues in Downtown Wilmington still haven't been touched after their tops were removed almost 3 years ago.

On another note, I had to move the NC copyright discussion to a new location after it was archived without discussion. While I was fishing the discussion out of the archive, I found this issue had been discussed all the way back in 2014. It seemed to be a heated discussion but they did seem to get close a consensus about the problem (and created a short-lived PD-NCGOV template). Someone by the name of Fæ even tried to get permission from then Governor Pat McCrory. Now I doubt he did anything about the issue, but it does bring up a good point. Per Article III of the North Carolina Constitution in Section 5 "Duties of Governor:"

"(4) Execution of laws. The Governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed."

and

"(10) "...[The] Governor may make such changes in the allocation of offices and agencies and in the allocation of those functions, powers, and duties as he considers necessary for efficient administration. If those changes affect existing law, they shall be set forth in executive orders..."

He would have the power to decide what the law truly means. I was told in my other discussion that you can send VRT requests to government organizations (as I did with my NCDOT request) so it could be possible that we could get the governor to approve the use of NC public records on Commons. What do you think about this idea? Though hopefully the larger discussion can allow a formal consensus to be reached. Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 19:41, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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After much waiting, Robeson County, North Carolina, without any issues flagged by the reviewer, is now the first county GA article in the state and one of the other seven across Wikipedia. Hopefully this is the beginning of something for NC county articles. I'm always available for help when you need it. But thank you for your amazing work and have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 17:27, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

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Hi! I've reviewed the article and noted a few things that need improvement prior to passing as a GA Alexcs114 :) 19:36, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

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Mercenaries in Congolese history

Hi Indy, I hope you are well! I have recently come across some of our articles on mercenaries during the Congo Crisis and have been rather shocked by the POV and, frankly, rather perverse fancruft in them - especially Mercenaries and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 4 Commando (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 5 Commando (Democratic Republic of the Congo), and 6 Commando (Democratic Republic of the Congo). I have pruned these to remove some of the most outrageous parts (the first article seemed to suggest that "white mercenaries" were some kind of ethnic group) but there are still huge WP:POV issues remaining. Would you mind adding them to your watch list? Thank you! —Brigade Piron (talk) 08:21, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Template:Congo Crisis footer might also be worth some attention! —Brigade Piron (talk) 08:22, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

I'm frankly unsure if Mercenaries and the Democratic Republic of the Congo should even exist. Mercenaries during the Congo Crisis is probably worth an article, but the rest just seems like a coatrack of random mentions of hired(?) fighters after that point. -Indy beetle (talk) 09:24, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! I think I broadly agree although I must admit that I know very little about the involvement of mercenaries in the First Congo War and subsequently and cannot judge whether they are really notable. I agree that "Mercenaries and the Congo Crisis" would be viable, especially considering the importance of measures against mercenaries in the various UN resolutions against Katanga. I would be a bit concerned though about CFs of the unit sub-articles and the fact that mercenaries really became most significant in the crisis's immediate aftermath (Stanleyville mutinies) in 1966-67. —Brigade Piron (talk) 10:37, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Another user, I see, has pointed out the existence of Mercenaries in Africa after 1960. Given this, I think there is no real issue in merging whatever useable content remains in the Congo article into it. Do you agree? —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:23, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Perhaps I would, but Mercenaries in Africa after 1960 strongly resembles a personal essay littered with OR. While I edited in 2022, I would rather not "endorse" such an article by means of a merge or redirect at this time, though I assume that such a topic broadly speaking would muster past our notability guidelines. -Indy beetle (talk) 08:43, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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Hello, I hope all is well. Since Robeson County, North Carolina was promoted without any problems, would you be alright with nominating Scotland County, North Carolina (and possibly Moore County, North Carolina in the future) for GA review? As mentioned previously, I would help to fix any problems flagged by the reviewer. Though, I doubt there are any major issues since both articles are very similar to Robeson County, North Carolina. Thanks and have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 19:06, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

For some reason I thought I had put Scotland in the nomination queue. I'll give it another look this weekend to see if there's anything else it needs and then probably nominate it. Moore County might need a little more attention. -Indy beetle (talk) 19:35, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Ok, sounds good. Please contact me if you need help with anything. Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 21:36, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

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A lesson in Wikipedia history

I'm not sure why your superiors don't want you to know this, and as a relative latecomer you can perhaps be forgiven for not knowing it, but the real value in allowing even simple typo fixes and good faith if misguided edits to the TFA, in exchange for the relatively small hassle of reverting vandalism on a highly watched page, is editor engagement. Where else do you expect people to learn about basic operating features of this website, like immediate publishing and prior consensus? It has been shown time and again despite what people here think, newcomers don't read the manual, they don't see messages. And they have no clue about things like consensus. In short, it is your narrow experience that tells you there is no benefit. You are only thinking about what is best for you as an established participant. What is best for Wikipedia is ensuring that in ten years time, there is still a proven effective means of attracting and engaging new editors. Young people are already increasingly seeing Wikipedia as a website made by others, and it is affecting donations and brand value. This is the effect of these ever growing barriers to the immediate hook of open editing. It is no big thing to have created the number of FAs you have. But it is also true to point out that it is precisely because Wikipedia's community has shrunk rapidly as ever higher barriers to entry were erected, that this is still small beer. The percentage of Wikipedia articles that are FAs has been a paltry 0.1% for as long as I can remember, and that frighteningly embarrassing statistic for a place that aspires to be an encyclopedia, is actually going backwards. Ever more junk, less quality. Because there are fewer editors joining and staying, obviously. The handful of people currently here who consider themselves experienced, and the number of articles this place now has - the math doesn't add up. He future is bleak. Arguably Wikipedia is already doomed. The fact people can claim they have a 70-0-0 success rate at producing perfection at TFA and nobody even questions it, is a good reason to think the basic function of consensus building is already dead. It is merely about numbers and opinions now. They believe it to be true, so it becomes a fact. A lot of so called facts on here are false. People here prefer to believe what suits their desires and biases, rather than what has been proven in studies. Be careful who you tell these truth too, they are apparently dangerous! Beetle Mending is Hard (talk) 10:03, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Scotland County, North Carolina

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Your GA nomination of Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi

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Your GA nomination of Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi

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Your GA nomination of Scotland County, North Carolina

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A barnstar for you!

North Carolina County Barnstar 2

Congratulations on the successful nomination of Scotland County, North Carolina! It is now the second county GA article in the state and one of the other nine across Wikipedia. Unfortunately, the review wasn't as smooth sailing as the first nomination, but it was never going to match the detail as Robeson County just due to county size alone. If you choose to nominate another county article, or for anything else, I'll always be happy to help! Thank you for work and have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 20:57, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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Ronnie Musgrove revert

When I double-checked the Northwest Mississippi Community College article, there was NO INDICATION that the college had ever been called "Northwest Mississippi Junior College." So I will take your unsubstantiated word for it. Rontrigger (talk) 18:04, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

@Rontrigger: I got it from the Sanger article, which is what that statement is sourced to. The school changed names in 1988. Further unsubstantiation: [2] [3], [4], [5]. Also, if you have newspaper.com access, there's an AP wire on page 6B of the January 2, 1988 edition of The Clarksdale Press Register titled "NWMJC changes name" which, not to put too fine a point on it, has some relevant info. I'll add that to the college article for everyone's reference. -Indy beetle (talk) 20:24, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

I think that clarification would be advisable. I hope you'll accept my apologies for being short with you in my original comment; I've been very irritated by reverts from people who were unwilling to engage with me as to what was wrong with my edits. Rontrigger (talk) 20:35, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

@Rontrigger: What do you mean by clarification? I've just added the former name, source too, to the community college article, which I think should help clear things up. -Indy beetle (talk) 20:37, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

I meant that your additions to the college article would do just that. Rontrigger (talk) 20:55, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

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Operation Unokat FAC

I've nominated Operation Unokat for featured article.

Nomination is here Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Operation Unokat/archive1

Lankyant (talk) 01:24, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

@Indy beetle Hey Indy,

In the FAC for Unokat some image uploads you have done have been pulled up for not being able to show they were published before 1989 to be in public domain in US as they are licensed. You don't happen to be able to show that would you? They are great photos and would be a shame to lose them from the article.

They are:

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

But the following images in Operation Grandslam appear to be from the same source. Am I missing something?

[10]

[11]

If you can help out let me know and if you fancy lending support or comments to the FAC feel free, already got a couple of supports!

Cheers Lankyant (talk) 03:04, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

I uploaded these photos a while ago. I, at this moment, can't find any substantiation to claim that they were published before that date, which is my mistake. FTR, I'd be happy to help with any substantive issues raised by the FAC, as I still have access to some of the sources I used when creating the article. -Indy beetle (talk) 08:51, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

@Indy beetle Appreciate it, I've managed to replace them with some other images that work well. And I will give you a shout if any substantive issues come up. Lankyant (talk) 11:34, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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