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--Lajmmoore (talk 22:50, 31 January 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Revdel request

Hi there, I saw you deleted Draft:Progress in Physics of Applied Materials for G11. Would you also please delete two revisions (special:diff/1336007660 and special:diff/1336013071) for the same copyrighted material? I believe it was posted there, before being copy/pasted to the now-deleted draft. Thanks in advance. • Quinn (talk) 15:49, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

As an aside, I find it curious that a journal intended to be an open access journal with licensing for the Journal decided to have full copyright for the website talking about the Journal. I wonder if it was an oversight.

I think I got them both. S Philbrick(Talk) 16:41, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Almost certainly an oversight on their part. Thanks again. • Quinn (talk) 16:47, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Revdel plz?

Hello, I recently asked ScottishFinnishRadish for help with a revdel (my usual go-to), but it appears he is away for the moment. I just saw you revdel another copyvio on another page in my watchlist, and was wondering if you would mind helping with this one also? (copy/pasted from the source they included in the edit). Thank you! - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:32, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Done. S Philbrick(Talk) 18:10, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

I did add some explanatory wording because the original editor did enclosed the material in quotation marks, which can be is an exception to the copyright concerns but in my opinion that wasn't justified in this case. S Philbrick(Talk) 18:17, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I saw your comment on their talk page, and I agree. If it hadn't been a literal copy/paste job, I might have tried to save it myself, but this case was just so blatant (not quoting parts of the source, but just copying the entire content) I felt this was the right decision. Thank you for your help. - Adolphus79 (talk) 18:59, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

RE: Recent edit reversion due to copyright violation

Hello,

Thank you for bring this issue to my attention. Whilst I acknoledge that some portions of text used in my edit of the Perth Cultural Centre article were taken verbatim from the InHerit website (https://inherit.dplh.wa.gov.au/public/inventory/printsinglerecord/52543ad8-fb54-4a35-8e5b-5678895544d7), the majority of my edit was hand written and created from multiple sources, which I cited.

If you could please temporarily undelete my edit so I can view it, I would be happy to re-edit the text to ensure it is in alignment with Wikipedia's copyright policy. In future, I will use an external text editor when making large edits.

Thanks again,

Tigerten23 (talk) 23:24, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Done S Philbrick(Talk) 01:41, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, it's all good now Tigerten23 (talk) 12:24, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

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Bellum Jugurthinum reversion

Hi Philbrick, Couple questions about the edit reversion. Now I won't deny that the work is uncited and therefore prone to misinterpretation of copyright. However, I was under the impression that the Latin within Bellum Jugurthinum itself cannot be copyright. Happy to be corrected on that. Also for the source listed that conflicts with the edit I made; I've looked at the link and it's not the one I was using(which i've not cited because I was planning on back pedalling after the work was done) or at least it's not the same language, so personal verification is challenging. Bellum Jugurthinum Nomad'ih (talk) 16:39, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

A couple comments.

A good edit summary is always helpful. I do see that you did include an edit summary but it started with "SUPER WIP". I was going to state that I didn't know what that stood for but I'm guessing in context it means "work in progress".

When I first got involved in Wikipedia (2008), it was not uncommon for many editors to use templates indicating that a section was "under construction". That approach was considered acceptable in the early years of Wikipedia but even in 2008 it was being phased out. I'm sure we could find examples of such templates for years after that but more and more editors felt it was not appropriate to identify articles for major sections of articles as being in progress. (There are some rare examples considered acceptable now which might cover very short periods of time, such as major rewrites or complicated merges.)

Additionally, some leeway might be appropriate for major breaking news but let's face it an article about a document published in 14 BCE is not breaking news, and the notion that one should add a sub-optimal edit with the intention of cleaning it up in a few days doesn't really make sense.

I hadn't looked at the article in full when I made my reversion but I've glanced at it to some extent and it looks like reasonably decent scholarship, all the more reason that if one wants to add a section it should be added when it's ready for prime time, not shoehorned in with a promise to clean it up later.

All these words and I haven't yet addressed copyright. Copyright issues involving translated works can be problematic and while I've done a lot of work in the copyright arena, I'll defer to others if my understanding of the very specific rules regarding translations is not solid. Our tool identified a website containing the exact words you were using. I looked at those words, look for some indication that they were acceptably licensed and seeing no such license decided to revert. I'm aware that very old text is usually out of copyright but I think the rules are different for translations of that work. Whatever the case, the edit text should be properly attributed and surrounded by some context, not just a dump of some Latin without much motivation for inclusion.

I had changed the visibility of your edit to make it not accessible to non-admins but I've changed that. Feel free to work on the section again but I strongly urge you to not just jam something in an promise to clean it up later. S Philbrick(Talk) 18:54, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Request restoration of a previously deleted file version

Greetings. Will you please restore the older version of: File:Poster for the fifth Salon de la Rose+Croix Point Sarluis.jpg? The file was was non-free, but it is now Public Domain. I would like to move it to Commons but it won't let me until the older version is restored. Rockfang (talk) 03:33, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Done S Philbrick(Talk) 14:29, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. Rockfang (talk) 16:09, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Listing for discussion of Template:WBB player statistics legend

Template:WBB player statistics legend has been listed for discussion, which may result in the template being merged or deleted by consensus. You are invited to comment on the proposed action at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. SportsGuy789 (talk) 15:29, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Bill Ackman

Hi Sphilbrick. I found your name at WP:WREQ - I'm looking for a responsible, uninvolved editor to implement consensus at Talk:Bill Ackman#Support of Israel section. The Gnome expressed concern that he is too involved to implement his own version of my initial proposal, which another editor wrote was "reasonable enough." Would you mind stepping in here? Thank you, FMatPSCM (talk) 15:12, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

I added my name to that list when I was much more active as a general editor. In recent years I've wound down and do little more than copyright issues. I'm trying to ramp back up a little bit but I don't have the bandwidth for this, sorry. (I removed my name from the list.) S Philbrick(Talk) 16:33, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

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Trelewis Platform

Hi, HaydnMillerUK here, just wondering why the article I made is still named as a draft. You messaged me about copyright but didn't tell me which page it was so I'm assuming its the Trelewis Platform page. Please get back to me about the steps to making the page ive been working on so it can be published as an article and not a draft, cheers. HaydnMillerUK (talk) 00:26, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I have no involvement in the process to convert from draft to article. The best thing to do is to visit the teahouse.

Experienced editors willing to help new editors hang out at the teahouse, where questions like this are answered:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions S Philbrick(Talk) 00:40, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

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Copyright violations in Gender pay gap

Dear @Sphilbrick: I believe there has been a mistake. My edition in Gender pay gap: I have used a publicly available article as a reference: which anyone can consult by following the link. It is not the lyrics of a song or a poem, but an academic work that invites debate and is therefore freely accessible. Most articles are published in indexed journals with limited access to paying readers. This is not the case here. According to Wikipedia's copyright policy: "Since most recently created works are protected by copyright, almost all Wikipedia articles that cite their sources include links to copyrighted material. It is not necessary to obtain permission from the copyright holder before including a link to copyrighted material, just as the author of a book does not need permission to cite another person's work in their bibliography." For all these reasons, I kindly request that my edit be restored, as I believe that the rules have been followed and that there is no copyright infringement. Thank you very much for your attention and for your competence in protecting Wikipedia, a public good... DamAzul (talk) 09:09, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

I'm happy that you reached out to me. Sometimes when a new editor has an edit reverted, I never hear from them again. We can always use new editors to help accomplish the goals of the Wikipedia project.

Thank you for citing a portion of the Wikipedia copyright policy. You cited the section related to linking which confirms that you do not have to get permission from the copyright holder to link to a source to be used in a citation. However that merely permits you to identify the source of material without getting permission does not in that it's okay to use the content exactly as is.

Please look at the paragraph immediately above the one you cited. In particular, "Therefore, it is legal to read an encyclopedia article or other work, reformulate the concepts in your own words, and submit it to Wikipedia, so long as you do not follow the source too closely. " (emphasis added)

Our copyright detection tool found a 98.15% match between the source material in your edit which means it was not written in your own words. S Philbrick(Talk) 14:25, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

@Sphilbrick, thank you very much for your reply. I will try to rephrase it... Is it possible to access that copyright detection tool? It would be very useful for my relationship with my students... Thanks again. DamAzul (talk) 09:19, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

The tool can be found here:

https://copypatrol.wmcloud.org/en

However it is not structured as a tool that can be applied by you to existing articles are text. It runs in the background. I don't know the exact rules but my speculation based on observation is that it looks at all new edits or perhaps all edits meeting some criteria, and looks for comparisons to existing texts. He does not have the ability to identify if match text is out of copyright or otherwise acceptable, so it simply reports the match and then human editors like myself look at the comparison and determine next steps. S Philbrick(Talk) 17:16, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your cooperation and assistance. I can already see that this can be a very useful tool. I have reread the IESE report and rewritten what I wanted to say in my own words. I hope it is correct now. DamAzul (talk) 10:20, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Protect

Please protect User talk:Psiĥedelisto thanks, Polygnotus (talk) 12:47, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

I don't understand. S Philbrick(Talk) 12:48, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

It's Fredrick Brennan's account, he died in January so there is no need for people to contact him. The guy behind 8chan. He is internet (in)famous so dumb people show up on his talkpage. Thanks, Polygnotus (talk) 12:50, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I know nothing about this. I'm curious why you contacted me — is there some reason you think I'm involved. S Philbrick(Talk) 12:57, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

WP:ANI got this nice recently active admin tool near the top. You happened to be at the top of the list. I don't think you have to watch the Q Into the Storm documentary and listen to all the QAA Podcast podcasts to get every single detail.

Some dude died. Dumb people leave dumb messages on his usertalkpage. If you protect the usertalkpage they can't leave any dumb messages anymore. Polygnotus (talk) 13:00, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Wow, I did not know about that tool. I'll have to check it out. However, 95% of my activity recently copyright issues. I'm trying to keep reading AN ANI and the village pump so I have a clue about what's going on. I am aware that that it's a procedure to protect editors pages when death occurs, but I've never done it and did not feel comfortable I know what steps are to be taken as part of proper investigation. Sorry. S Philbrick(Talk) 13:29, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll ask someone else. Yeah that tool is very useful. The original developer left but it still works fine. Polygnotus (talk) 13:32, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

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