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Copyright violation at Janesville, Wisconsin[edit]

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Problems with upload of File:The City of Janesville Flag.tif[edit]

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Enough already![edit]

Read your messages. (See Copyright violation... above.) Stop adding copyrighted material to Wikipedia. It's a violation of both Wikipedia rules and federal law. It doesn't matter whether you cite the source - if you copy it word for word from the source it's a clear copyright violation. Don't do it again or I'll have to report you and you'll probably get blocked. 32.218.32.230 (talk) 22:12, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:The City of Janesville Flag.jpg[edit]

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Orphaned non-free image File:The City of Janesville Flag.pdf[edit]

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:24, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Repeated copyright violation at Janesville, Wisconsin[edit]

Your addition to Janesville, Wisconsin has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. 32.218.39.22 (talk) 17:34, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Listen up!![edit]

You do NOT have permission to copy word for word text on the city of Janesville's website. That's a copyright violation. Read the previous warnings. If you want to insert that text, you have to get the express written permission of the city. You also have to jump through all of Wikipedia's hoops to prove that you have that permission. You have done none of that. You need to read WP:PERMISSION and follow what it says. 32.218.39.22 (talk) 18:53, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You just don't get it, do you? Even if you provide a reference, you can't cut and paste copyrighted information into Wikipedia. Any reputable university would expel a student caught doing such a thing... 32.218.39.22 (talk) 19:35, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem: Janesville, Wisconsin[edit]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Janesville, Wisconsin, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://www.ci.janesville.wi.us/index.aspx?page=137, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:

If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Janesville, Wisconsin and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, Janesville, Wisconsin, in your email. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
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If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0", or that the material is released into the public domain, or if you have strong reason to believe it is, leave a note at Talk:Janesville, Wisconsin with a link to where we can find that note or your explanation of why you believe the content is free for reuse.

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If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Janesville, Wisconsin saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved.

Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! 32.218.152.177 (talk) 14:28, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the text from Janesville, Wisconsin again and tagged the flag image for deletion again (though deleting the latter immediately would have been justified). You must prove ownership and provide a full, valid license release as described above before Wikipedia can use this image. The text is written in a non-encyclopedic tone and would be unsuitable for our article even if it were released under a suitable license.

If you consider to insert this text, or attempt to upload the image again without providing a license release, I will block you from editing without further warning. —Cryptic 20:23, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Biography[edit]

I am the Management Information Intern at the City of Janesville. My duties include sending out press releases, social media and being a source of information for the public. I also edit our City's website, as well as the City's Wikipedia article - found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janesville,_Wisconsin

This page is a disclosure of my occupational and avocational associations and interests in the context of editing Wikipedia. I understand Wikipedia's guidelines on conflict of interest and I pledge to advance the aims of Wikipedia over outside interests.