Talk:Gurney House

Close paraphrasing

Hi, I'm the editor that tagged the article for speedy deletion. I see that you have rewritten the article since I tagged it, and I thank you for that. However, it may well still be too close to the original for us to include - the duplicate detection report still comes up with some quite close matches with gurneyhouse.com. You would be well advised to read Wikipedia's page on close paraphrasing to see why this is still not acceptable. I had a look for references, and there seem to be plenty out there (see this search for a start). Have a look at WP:DEVELOP for a quick guide on how to write articles. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask, and I'll do my best to help. Regards — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:50, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the support. This was my very first article.Actually the site Gurney House was created by us, so I have used the same text for the wiki page alos. Now I have changed the text.Being the original creator of the site is there any policy to use the same text for the page ? Schwiki 16:42, 27 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Schwiki (talk • contribs)

Well, technically you could apply to use the website text, and if you were verified as being the copyright holder and as giving permission to use the text under Wikipedia's license, then there would be no problem. However, in practice, there wouldn't be very much that we could use, as Wikipedia articles need to be a) based on reliable sources, and b) written in an encyclopedic style. I had a look at the website, and while we could use some parts, it might be easier just to write the whole thing from scratch. You might want to have a look at some of our featured articles on similar topics to get a feel for the style we're aiming for. Two of them are Belton House and Joseph Priestley House. Keep the questions coming! — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 05:37, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

I've removed the close paraphrasing tag as I think the copy edit by Mr. Stradivarius has made significant enough changes to alleviate any concerns. Schwiki - For future reference please see WP:DCM for how to donate copyrighted material - such as that used on another website. As we don't verify identity on account creation we can't just use you comment here that you also wrote that website and instead it will need verifying using one of the methods describe. As of now this is not necessary but if you plan to add anything more from the website then it will be. Dpmuk (talk) 14:38, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for looking at this Dpmuk. If you think the copy edit is enough, then I'll trust you. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 15:09, 31 May 2012 (UTC)