User talk:JWSchmidt

Hi JWSchmidt. It is standard practice if we see a new user making a significant contribution to copy some of their text into google to see whether they are simply copying stuff off of some other persons webpage into wikipedia which would be a copyright violation. I honestly don't quite know how we authenticate that you (JWSchmidt) are also the author of that webpage (I'm also somewhat new). I'll ask on the wikipedia:village pump which is our page for asking questions that everyone can see and answer. --snoyes 20:47 Feb 27, 2003 (UTC)

I took the liberty of fixing it for now; the procedure for doing that is listed at [1]. - Hephaestos 20:48 Feb 27, 2003 (UTC)

I also think that we can work on the assumption that JWSchmidt is indeed also the author of the webpage, but some time in the future there will be a case where it is not so clear - the best solution is probably for an admin to request an email from an email address listed on the webpage. Oh well. --snoyes 20:51 Feb 27, 2003 (UTC)

It looks like your text is back up, now that you explained that you were the author of the website it was taken from. Welcome to Wikipedia. --Infrogmation

Hi, JW. If you really do claim ownership of the information, could you put a statement on Talk:Elbow Room? Please be aware that there is nothing to guarantee that your work will stay the same. -- Zoe

Thanks snoyes, Hephaestos, Infrogmation for getting the material I posted to Elbow Room back online. I tried putting this statement at the bottom on my GeoCities root page (http://www.geocities.com/mindbrainsoul/index.html):
Wikipedia note: this website is owned by Wikipedia user "JWSchmidt". Any web pages that I wrote and posted here can be shared on Wikipedia. Note: there are some web pages on this website that contain material from other authors (this is always indicated).

I hope that indicates to everyone at Wikipedia that it is okay for my material at my GeoCities website to be used at Wikipedia.