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Copyright concerns

Hello. After reviewing your contributions to Boxer Rebellion, it seems that you may have misunderstood Misplaced Pages's policies regarding non-free text. We have very specific rules about reuse of text on Misplaced Pages that we take seriously. I'd like to go over those briefly to be sure that you are aware of them.

First, we cannot copy any content that has been previously published outside of Misplaced Pages unless we can prove that this content is public domain or we can verify that has been licensed compatibly for our use. (See copyright policy and our site's Terms of Use. It doesn't matter if the content does not bear a copyright notice; under the U.S. law that governs Misplaced Pages, content is automatically protected by copyright. You are allowed to use brief excerpts of non-free content, but only if you clearly mark these by quotation marks or block quotations and only if you use them for good reason. Some reasons can be found at the non-free content guidelines.

Otherwise, all content that you place on Misplaced Pages must be written completely in your own words. You cannot follow too closely on other sources for fear of creative a derivative work. While facts are not copyrightable, creative elements of presentation - including both structure and language - are. The essay Misplaced Pages:Close paraphrasing contains some suggestions for rewriting that may help avoid these issues. The article Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches, while about plagiarism rather than copyright concerns, also contains some suggestions for reusing material from sources that may be helpful, beginning under "Avoiding plagiarism"..Дунгане (talk) 17:43, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Дунгане. However it is much more helpful to show exactly which text you feel is too closely matching the source rather than making vague accusations. It is even more helpful if you make appropriate corrections.Binesi (talk) 18:36, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Copyright violation

In this edit you copied directly from the book "Dragon lady: the life and legend of the last empress of China"

It appears you have also confused Pingyuan County, Shandong, with Pingyuan County, Guangdong in this edit. If you look at the source, it says Shandong several times before it mentions the falsified lawsuits.

that being said, since you made the mistake, i reverted your error, and if you want your other constructive edits to go back into the article, its your job to do it, not mine.Дунгане (talk) 18:44, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

see - Misplaced Pages:Close paraphrasing, you clearly violated copyvio, do not use the excuse "it wasn't exactly alike" to get away.Дунгане (talk) 20:25, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

I already stated I was willing to improve this sentence or was open to suggestions if you have one? Binesi (talk) 20:53, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

your false accusations against me

you accuse me here of being a wu mao dang, a communist agent, yet I have criticized communist viewpoints on the Empress Dowager Cixi, and repeatedly warned against using CCP websites. Its clear you have a political axe to grind, if you make off base accusations about alleged "communist" sources. etc., it will not be taken lightly as it constitutes a personaly attack.Дунгане (talk) 20:14, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Binesi (talk)I'm sorry you feel that way Дунгане. If you could copy and past or please otherwise show where I accused _you_ of something I would be more than happy to apologize. If you also feel I have an axe to grind would you please demonstrate where I have contributed coloured or slanted content so I can improve my neutrality in the future?Binesi (talk)

Vandalism (including removing content) is not taken lightly

You arrogantly claim that you have brushed off and "shoot" down my accusations, yet you totally ignored the fact when i pointed out in these two edits you removed' information you didn't like, with no justification at all. It seems that you have a pro western POV and is hellbent on removing information unfavorable to them. i would also like to remind him that you got slammed by an admin for your vandalismДунгане (talk) 22:11, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Boxers

I commend you for remaining cool headed in response to Дунгане's comments. I agree, there are POV concerns with the article. There are a lot of "words to avoid" that need to go in order for the article to be neutral.--resident (talk) 22:26, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for encouragement. I am really trying to improve this aspect of my character - remaining cool headed and neutral that is. I was fairly disgusted at first that someone would slant this article so blatantly and cherry pick from the given references fragments which suited a particular viewpoint. I have to remind myself that there is reason someone would have this viewpoint and I am trying to understand it and see how it can fit into the wider picture. Hopefully a consensus can be reached and the Misplaced Pages process can be proven out again. I have always been a huge fan even if I wasn't contributing previously. Binesi (talk) 23:37, 28 November 2010 (UTC)