User talk:Masrauf

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Again, welcome! --Xover (talk) 07:13, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Your contributions to constitutional texts

Hi Masrauf,

Thanks for your contributions to English Wikisource in the area of constitutional texts. We're always happy to see new contributors, and this is a particularly underserved area.

However, the texts Constitution of Guatemala and Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1954), that you added, lack information about their source (where did you get the text from) and copyright licensing. The latter issue in particular is important: the original (native langue) versions of these texts are ineligible for copyright by virtue of being laws, but the English-language translations are copyrighted unless a narrow set of circumstances apply. Unless we know their source we cannot determine whether any of these exceptions apply and must assume that the translations are copyrighted. --Xover (talk) 07:13, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Both these texts have now been deleted. Xover (talk) 17:24, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Google doc link

Hi Masrauf, could you explain the link you added to Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1954)? It appears to be unnecessary and may constitute spam.

Many thanks. Seddon (talk) 01:58, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

@Seddon it is from Google Drive Masrauf (talk) 02:06, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

The file is inaccessible. What is its purpose? Seddon (talk) 02:07, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Masrauf: As a sign that what I wrote in the Wikisource column is not plagiarism. —unsigned comment by Masrauf (talk) 03:21, 11 November 2022‎ (UTC).

Masrauf: Thank you for trying to clear up the copyright issue (which I assume is what you mean when you refer to "plagiarism", although the two are actually independent issues). Google Docs links are not acceptable on English Wikisource. Please start by simply explaining here what it is you wish to convey by adding the Google Docs link and we'll try to help guide you to the appropriate course.

However, keep in mind that the key issue in the copyright concerns expressed above is the question of who translated these texts from their original language and into English, and when that translation was published. These are key facts in order to determine copyright status (and if they are protected by copyright we cannot host them). We also wish to know a text's source so that readers can verify the accuracy of the transcription for themselves, but that concern comes second to the copyright issue. --Xover (talk) 06:53, 11 November 2022 (UTC)