Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Help desk/Archive 1 (section)

== Question: Problem with editing Bromelain ==

Okay. I've had a bit of a problem editing the page for Bromelain. When I first made the edit, I used copyrighted material, which was a bad mistake (not to mention stupid) and I'm really sorry about that. However, after the copyright problem was fixed, I proceeded to look up information on Bromelain from multiple sources, and write my own, original article on the subject. However, this was again deleted and replaced with a copyright notification, and I don't understand the instructions to follow.

So, I just need help figuring out what to do next, and how to get in my original article. Thanks for any help anyone can offer.

: Put your original works in [[Bromelain/Temp]], and we can later delete the offending copyvio page and move Bromelain/Temp to Bromelain. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] 14:47, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

:Additionally, thanks for taking the time to actually write a researched article.  We appreciate it. [[User:Meelar|Meelar]] 14:50, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
:You can find your original article by looking in the page history.  That way you can copy it out and put it in [[Bromelain/Temp]].  Just click the "page history" link and go to the second-to-last version.  If you can't figure it out, someone can move the text over for you. [[User:Isomorphic|Isomorphic]] 21:12, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
::Let me add my thanks for going back and doing it right -- we really do want everybody's help, we just can't afford to take chances over losing a portion of what we've built over copyright issues.  If the copyright violation process seems awkward, it's because of this:  if your new version were allowed to stand as is, then the old copyrighted version would still exist in the page history.  Even though nothing remains of the infringement in the current article, a zealous copyright holder could claim that we are still "publishing" the old article because it continues to be available through the links on our site.  Therefore, to protect ourselves legally, we've decided to go through the overcautious and tedious process of completely deleting the page ''and'' its history.  The /Temp page solution allows good editors like you to continue working on a fresh new article with no page history problems, and as Finlay said, once the old article has been deleted (after the admins get through the queue ahead of it on the [[copyvio]] page), the new article will be moved.  [[User:CatherineMunro|Catherine]] - [[User_talk:CatherineMunro|talk]]