TarichaRivularis
My questions about Citânia de Briteiros have been moved to that article's talk page (and my talk archive).
your concerns about MRO
editI saw your comments in the name thread about MRO. Have you contacted the copyright violations people at [email protected]? My apologies if you've already done this but I feel like this is a situation where working through the normal admin channels maybe won't be as fruitful as going straight to legal about this. Jessamyn (talk) 03:25, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your interest and suggestions. No, I haven't used the copyright violations channel yet; somehow this seems (to me) like a username problem first and a copyright problem second, but I don't mind going the other direction if you think it's more likely to be fruitful. I hadn't seen the email address you suggest previously, but I did see [email protected]. Do you have an opinion which is a better address to start with? There are hundreds of uploads with a false claim of "own work", and it looks like a time-consuming mess to activate violation claims for all of them; I'm hoping that after we demonstrate violation on a batch or two of them, the admins will get the picture and take bulk action on both the copyright problem and the impersonation. TarichaRivularis (talk) 03:43, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- I haven't dug into the activities of the fake MRO but I think if you email both addresses and outline your general claims "This user has uploaded 100s of items that they claim is their own work but I represent the real MRO who has stated this is not the case, please take these images down and take steps to prevent this user from continuing this behavior" The vibe I get is that if you're having a legal concern as opposed to a "this violates policy" concern, you are likely to get someone a bit more interested, especially as the issue is ongoing and you have tried to work through channels and gotten nowhere. Jessamyn (talk) 17:14, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- Excellent suggestion, thank you. The real MRO is a retired attorney, so she will probably concur with your suggestion; I was just trying to be gentle. :) Anyway you make a good point. We'll be assembling the evidence later today and hope to send a clear email by tonight or tomorrow. I think we'll start with the email address you proposed; I checked who's monitoring that and it seems they have the right skills for this situation, but we'll post also to the other email I found if there's no response in a week or so. I'm optimistic this will work out in a reasonable time. Thank you again for your help. TarichaRivularis (talk) 17:40, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- You're welcome. Might be worth cc'ing Ryan if you can get his email address. Jessamyn (talk) 17:55, 6 October 2020 (UTC)