Class page: Wikipedia:India Education Program/Courses/Fall 2011/Economics of the Social Sector Year 2 Group A. Please keep eyes open for new students adding themselves there who aren't yet listed here. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 20:41, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

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  • anupa.chakraborty (talk · contribs) - Social security Anupa Chakraborty - 2046   copyvio at least once twice (see below) (6 Sept, warned by Hairhorn, 7 Sept, warned by Hairhorn - unclear if second time is copyvio or just plagiarism)
  • Copyvio (again!) on social security, the same copyvio as before, text pulled from Macroeconomics by Boyes and Melvin. (There are several searchable editions on Google Books, the wording changes slightly across editions.) Hairhorn (talk) 18:10, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
  • Maybe s/he got the message the first time. Text s/he added in August was copied but reverted then. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:45, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
  • Copyvio after unblock, rv & warned. Either does not care or simply does not understand copyright, despite assurances otherwise. Hairhorn (talk) 18:37, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
  • Moonridden girl has spoken to this user and unblocked them. User is going to try to run their edits past MRG to make sure they have the hang of things this time. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 14:17, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
  • Copyvio a second time on the same entry, reverted & warned... however, I seemed to have missed the warning the first time, appears to be a first waring only. Hairhorn (talk) 01:03, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
  • Sigh, third time around is a copypaste of an Indian government website, not clear on the license, but it's still copypaste and unencylopedic to boot. Reverted and notified user. Hairhorn (talk) 19:05, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
    • I'm going to give this one a pass on immediate blocking and just keep a close eye on them - their talk page looks like they might be doing above-average work for this class (which may not be saying much, but hey...) A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 20:36, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
  removed copyvio, warned user. Hairhorn (talk) 02:49, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
  removed copyvio, warned user. Srikanth (Logic) 14:07, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
  User has created a new page Innovations in Indian Banking System that appears to have copyright issues, specifically borrowings from this book, some of it through close paraphrasing. Warned user but have not removed the offending material, it needs more going over to sort out the copyvio, possibly there are other copyvio sources as well. Hairhorn (talk) 18:51, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
User did some rewriting and removed my {copypaste} tag, but a quick look through shows plenty of copied text remaining. I've removed the two examples I found, but I imagine there's more. Hairhorn (talk) 14:38, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
This user also appears to have a sock account whose only contributions are adding kudos and barnstars to User talk:Sarbartho.mukherjee. Hairhorn (talk) 01:36, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Some text appears to have been copied from Social problems in India but Google Books only allows partial searching. May need reverting, have not discussed with user. Hairhorn (talk) 19:06, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 Added {non-free} tag to entry after finding more verbatim passages in Google Books. See talk page of entry for more. Hairhorn (talk) 18:48, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
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  partial revert for copypaste of a US city government site, which may or may not be public domain. Hairhorn (talk) 19:53, 9 September 2011 (UTC)


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most contributions seem to be simply large blockquotes from a piece of legislation; unlikely to be a copyright problem, but makes the whole entry of doubtful relevance. Hairhorn (talk)
See User:Moonriddengirl/copyright_FAQ#Copyright_status.2C_Indian_government for explanation on Indian government copyright. BTW, the entry he's making is a Bill, not yet an Act, since it's not explicitly excluded, I'm guessing copying isn't allowed. —SpacemanSpiff 18:59, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Block message

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For everybody's reference, I'm using the following as my block message when I block these students. Feel free to borrow it if you do blocks, or tweak it if you think of a better phrasing. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 15:14, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

 
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without verifying permission. You have been previously warned that this is against policy, but have persisted, as you did at [article]. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. ~~~~

I understand that you're a student in a Wikipedia-oriented course and that you're still learning the ropes, and I do not intend this to be an infinite-time block, but you must stop inserting copyrighted material into articles, and since a warning did not stop you from that, I've had to block you. Please discuss our copyright policy and how you can follow it with your class's ambassador; when you've done that, you and your ambassador should post here to your talk page explaining that the issue has been addressed and I will lift the block. ~~~~

Alternative bottom text, because the ambassadors do not seem to be able to get through to these kids:

I understand that you're a student in a Wikipedia-oriented course and that you're still learning the ropes, and I do not intend this to be an infinite-time block, but you must stop inserting copyrighted material into articles, and since a warning did not stop you from that, I've had to block you. You will not be unblocked until you can explain, on this talk page and in your own words, our copyright policy, how you have violated it, and how you can prove to us that you will not continue violating it if your editing rights are restored. ~~~~