User talk:Basmus/Archive 1

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Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://www.basel.com/en/museen_detail.cfm?id=171966. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences.

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot (talk) 12:07, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Tinguely Museum

A tag has been placed on Tinguely Museum requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for companies and corporations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. WebHamster 12:09, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel)

A tag has been placed on Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for companies and corporations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. WebHamster 12:10, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Tinguely Museum

A tag has been placed on Tinguely Museum requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. WebHamster 12:28, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Copyright policy

Dear Basmus, regarding the several articles mentioned above as copyright concerns, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from web sites or printed material without the express permission of the author or copyright holder. I note that you state on the article's talk pages that you have permission, but this is only part of the required process. If you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) (note that it is not enough to release it for use on Wikipedia; it must be released per this license), then you should do one of the following:

• If you have permission from the author to release the information under GFDL, leave a message explaining the details at the talk page of the article and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
• If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GNU Free Documentation License, or released into the public domain leave a note at the talk page of the new article with a link to where we can find that note.
• If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on the talk page of the article.

Thank you. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:30, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Follow-up

Since no new permission information has been produced for the museum articles that you have written since the above notice from 2 months ago, these articles must unfortunately be deleted. As stated above, just saying that www.museenbasel.ch gives permission without proof is not sufficient for our copyright rules - even if you are the person who wrote this information on the museenbasel.ch, as one might imagine possible, given your username.

As said above, write the articles in your own words. If the text on museenbasel.ch is in your own words, it would make everything a lot easier for everyone if you wrote the Wikipedia articles in different words. The articles are not very long, so it would not take too long to recreate the articles with different text. For example, I have just deleted and re-written the Tinguely Museum article, this time with my own text so there is no longer a copyright violation and no need to ask permission from anyone. Thank you. - 52 Pickup (deal) 19:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

April 2008

Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. --82.203.139.241 (talk) 08:41, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I cannot blank my own talk page? --Basmus (talk) 08:50, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

It's considered bad manners, I think. You can archive sections that you're tired of looking at. See Help:Archiving a talk page. -- ℜob ℂ. alias ⒶⓁⒶⓇⓄⒷ 16:25, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Museum of Natural History, Basel

Hi, Basmus. Can you document the statement about the museum's heritage going back 300 years? I can't verify it in the German article, for instance, which gives the museum an origin in the 1820s. -- ℜob ℂ. alias ⒶⓁⒶⓇⓄⒷ 16:26, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Aha! Found it! A fact sheet on the museum's website traces its "heritage" to the Amerbach Cabinet from the 1660s. I'll add that to the article. -- ℜob ℂ. alias ⒶⓁⒶⓇⓄⒷ 16:38, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

re: Museums in Basel

Yes, sure. It seems very well sourced now, so go ahead. Manxruler (talk) 23:38, 25 February 2009 (UTC)