User talk:Whizkin

Hello Whizkin! Your additions to Amnon Shashua have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 12:51, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I think this must be an error, can you show me what portion was copied ? Whizkin (talk) 12:52, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Diannaa: Can you assist? I am quite certain that I didn't copy anything? Whizkin (talk) 12:59, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your description of the Shashua Foundation matched material present at https://en.shashua-foundation.org.il/about. — Diannaa (talk) 13:05, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay... I cited that article and clearly remember paraphrasing the content, not copying any entire sentence verbatim. If you found an identical sentence, that must have been an error on my side. I'll be more careful. Whizkin (talk) 13:09, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

July 2024

Your edit to Israeli cybersecurity industry has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for information on how to contribute your work appropriately. For legal reasons, Wikipedia strictly cannot host copyrighted text or images from print media or digital platforms without an appropriate and verifiable license. Contributions infringing on copyright will be removed. 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 very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa (talk) 13:05, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Diannaa, I am really confused here. Is there some way I can see the deleted content? After your last message, I reviewed all my recent edits and rephrased everything that sounded too similar to the source. I must be missing something. Whizkin (talk) Whizkin (talk) 17:27, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the content you added to Israeli cybersecurity industry in two different edits was a match for material at https://startupnationcentral.org/blog/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-in-israel/. Content was descriptions of cybersecurity companies, and descriptions of activities of academic institutions. — Diannaa (talk) 19:43, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this reply. However, following your comment from yesterday, I reviewed and fixed the descriptions in later edits to avoid an exact match with the original text. Have you seen my later edits, or do you think they were still too close? Sorry for asking so many questions, but I want to better understand so I can improve next time. Whizkin (talk) 19:47, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I did check the current revision, and found there was still a lot of overlap, more than we can host here without violating copyright. For example, the information you added on Technion was pretty much identical to the source. — Diannaa (talk) 20:40, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Thank you. Whizkin (talk) 21:14, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]