Topic on User talk:ExploringEditor

User added copyrighted text to the wiki, the text was deleted by a mod, the user attempted to re-add the same text, a different mod gave the user a two-week tempban.

@ExploringEditor:

I'm sorry, but I just undid your change to Kindhearted Simpleton/Laconic because the text you inserted for the link back to the main page was copied directly from TV Tropes. This is copyright violation -- TV Tropes and All The Tropes have different Creative Commons licenses, and as a result we cannot legally use TVT content from after July 2012. And it doesn't matter that it was just one sentence -- if it recognizably originates from TV Tropes, it is illegal. Consequently it has been deleted in order to protect the wiki from legal liability.

Because of this, I went back and checked the page you created a couple weeks back, Mr. Imagination/Laconic, against TV Tropes and confirmed that it, too, was copied word-for-word. It has been deleted outright.

We strongly recommend you (re)read our Copyrights page before you consider transplanting any more content from TVT -- in particular this passage:

Finally, please note that there is no amount of meaningful text "too small" to qualify as copyright violation. If it can be identified as originating from TV Tropes, it is a violation. Yes, this means something as small as replacing an image caption with one from TV Tropes counts.

We also recommend that you read the page How We Do Bans Around Here. This isn't a threat -- this is the wiki policy strictly controlling how and when user bans can be applied by an Admin. We want you to be aware that unlike TVT, we do not ban users on whims or because we're cranky -- and that you know what we do ban people for, and what it takes, so you can avoid future problems.

However, I regret to inform you that as a result of these incidents of copyright violation, you are now the recipient of a formal warning per section 2.3 of that page. Should you illegally copy any more copyrighted content into the wiki -- not just from TV Tropes, but anywhere we can confirm its prior origin -- you will be subject to an immediate tempban of at least two weeks' duration.

Please respond in clear sentences in this thread -- a "thank" does not suffice -- to let us know that you understand this warning, why you received it, and that you do not intend to repeat the acts that warranted it.

Thank you.

-- Looney Toons, admin

CC: @Labster, @Robkelk, @QuestionableSanity, @Derivative, @SelfCloak, @GethN7

I see that, instead of replying here as requested, you chose instead to try to make the same change to the same page.

As stated above, your account will be blocked for two weeks.

@ExploringEditor @Labster @Looney Toons @GethN7 @QuestionableSanity @Derivative @SelfCloak

It goes without saying that sending me a "thank" was a deliberate taunt. We are grateful that you have identified yourself as intending to be a disruptive element and probable vandal. It saves us trouble in the long term.