Well then something is definately wrong somewhere if Wikipedia is punishing the articles/authors and not realizing that their actions via those tags have a huge potential to hurt the image of the subjects of these articles, especially in cases involving actual persons :-(
Journalist/Publicist/Social Media Specialist/+12027069881 www.about.me/OralOfori On Mar 23, 2015 2:13 PM, "Florence Devouard" <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 23/03/15 18:59, TheAfricanDream Oral.Ofori a écrit : > > Now if you Google Thomas Mensah, the first top 5 options the search will > yield has Wikipedia at the lead and when you click on that Wikipedia option > this is what you find as displayed in the screenshot attached. > > The contents of that picture attached from a Google search is truly > damaging to the image of the man even though it is meant for the author/s > of that wiki piece. The man's name is boldly there and I worry because I > called him up personally to get some info to help improve on the piece when > it was first started as I liked the piece and felt I could help improve it > by getting info from the subject himself. > > My beef is still same, if we don't want to delete it then let's take it > totally offline till it's repaired so it doesn't appear in wiki/Google > search engine, or else some policy will have to change about how > copyvio/core tags are placed on articles so as to protect the image of the > individuals/subjects such articles are about because when the non-wiki > public sees what is up now, they don't think about the author/s, they > rather think about Wikipedia and the subject of the persons involved since > their names still remain without a single text of their actual articles. > > Browse to the page again now and see for yourselves my friends. I doubt > I've ever seen any such tag anywhere on Wikipedia before. > > > Every article listed here has such a tag: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_tagged_for_copyright_problems > :-X > > > Anthere > > > > > > > > > > > Oral > > Journalist/Publicist/Social Media Specialist/+12027069881 > www.about.me/OralOfori > On Mar 23, 2015 4:06 AM, "Florence Devouard" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Le 22/03/15 20:22, TheAfricanDream Oral.Ofori a écrit : >> >> I will like to ask your help in beginning proceedings to have the wiki >> article of Dr. Thomas Mensah totally deleted from Wikipedia and done as >> soon as possible. >> >> This is because the page still comes up whenever you browse his name and >> it has that copyright tag there but displays nothing whatsover of his >> biography and achievements. Since Wikipedia is not displaying the bio of >> his work and achievements then I will ask that it deletes the page >> completely and his name off their servers as well because that tag >> implicating copyright issues is in itself defamatory to his character as a >> highly respected member of the global academic and scientific society. >> >> If any one has an address to forward this request to then that will be >> greatly appreciated, else I say we do what we can as soon as we possibly >> can to see to the complete removal of Dr. Thomas Mensah from Wikipedia if >> they do not want his article there, rather than keep his name there and >> that of Rocky Dawuni under such defamatory circumstances. >> >> I am open to whatever ideas anyone might have in seeing to the resolution >> of the above because Wikipedia or some editors there said it was going to >> take a week to resolve since the above page a were tagged for deletion on >> March 6, 2015 and it's been almost half a month now and they have not been >> completely removed: I speak as a concerned Ghanaian on this matter. >> >> >> Hello >> >> Here is the route I recommand to fix that issue. >> >> 1) go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Thomas_Mensah >> >> 2) rework the original article here, without any copyvio in there >> There are two routes to do this >> - the easiest (but less satisfactory) one: draft a short and clean >> version of the article, putting in there only non copyrighted content >> - the longest (but more satisfactory) one: rewrite the current article >> (rephrase any sentence that was purely copy pasted from the original >> website) >> >> 3) contact an admin (or typically the guy who blanked the article and put >> the copyvio tag) and ask him if he is happy with new version >> >> 4) if no answer within a week, ask another admin to review the new >> version. Wait a week again >> >> 5) if no answer or if positive answer, copy the reworked text in the talk >> page in the article space >> >> 6) pray (or any appropriate gesture of self confort for you) >> >> Ant >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> Oral Ofori >> >> Journalist/Publicist/Social Media Specialist/+12027069881 >> www.about.me/OralOfori >> On Mar 9, 2015 4:39 PM, "TheAfricanDream Oral.Ofori" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Lol, no thats not what the message was shooting for, mistyped that there >>> and thanks for efforts. Shirts about to get wet here :-) >>> On Mar 9, 2015 4:26 PM, "Florence Devouard" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Excuse me ? >>>> So... you suggest that *I* do the clean-up of the article to remove the >>>> copyvios that *YOU* guys added in it... and *THEN* hand it to you to >>>> improve ? >>>> Or do you suggest that *I* go around look for some editors to improve >>>> the article ? >>>> >>>> This is not what is going to happen... >>>> If YOU guys want this article to exist, wet your shirt ;) >>>> >>>> Ant >>>> >>>> Le 09/03/15 20:01, TheAfricanDream Oral.Ofori a écrit : >>>> >>>> Ok Florence, let me know when that Rocky becomes a substantial >>>> non-cooyvio so I delve into it and add a few touches to beef it up while I >>>> cross my fingers for some hope about the Thomas Mensah one too. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Oral >>>> >>>> Journalist/Publicist/Social Media Specialist/+12027069881 >>>> www.about.me/OralOfori >>>> On Mar 9, 2015 2:19 PM, "Florence Devouard" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Dawuni >>>>> >>>>> That's temporary. I will redelete it afterwards. >>>>> >>>>> Guys, if you want to recreate a new article using the non copyvio >>>>> parts of this one, please do so in an intermediary space. Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Ant >>>>> >>>>> Le 09/03/15 09:45, rupert THURNER a écrit : >>>>> >>>>> Hmmm.. I d love to have the history. It is not my text >>>>> >>>>> Rupert >>>>> On Mar 8, 2015 7:44 PM, "Florence Devouard" <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi >>>>>> >>>>>> I copy pasted the entire text in my email two days ago Rupert... >>>>>> You just need to copy paste it anywhere you feel it is best (online >>>>>> or not online). >>>>>> >>>>>> Ant >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Le 06/03/15 20:16, rupert THURNER a écrit : >>>>>> >>>>>> Sure, if you could restore it, at least in my or Rex personal >>>>>> namespace... >>>>>> On Mar 6, 2015 7:51 PM, "Florence Devouard" <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Le 06/03/15 19:41, Florence Devouard a écrit : >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Le 06/03/15 19:09, rupert THURNER a écrit : >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Yes please do send this list and try to improve them, and then >>>>>>>>> tell me how pleasant this work was. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Contrary, for the rocky dawuni article I d be interested as well >>>>>>>>> where the copyright infringement was. I do not like that without admin >>>>>>>>> permission it is not possible to look this up... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Rupert >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Also of interest in the conversation: >>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=650110340#Copyvio_-_removal_of_tags_by_Spearmind >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Otherwise... with a quick study of what is going on about the >>>>>>> deletion spree, it seems that... >>>>>>> * in all articles, chunks are indeed copyvios. The chunks are >>>>>>> smaller or bigger depending on each case. >>>>>>> * in many cases, the article is blanked in its entirety, then >>>>>>> deleted. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Looks like it is a bit overkill to me. 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