4BillLewis

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Speedy deletion nomination of William e. lewis, jr.

A tag has been placed on William e. lewis, jr. requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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Your article

Wikipedia cannot accept copyright material simply on the basis of your assertion that you own the copyright - for one thing, we have no way of telling that you are who you say. If you want to make a copyright release (which means more than just permission to reproduce, it includes permission for anyone else to copy, edit, and re-use for any purpose), it is necessary to follow the steps explained in the notice above.

However, Wikipedia is a collaborative project to build an encyclopedia; it is not a social-networking site like Myspace or LinkedIn for people to make pages about themselves. Article subjects need to be notable, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. More detail at Notability (people).

Also, because of our requirement for a neutral point of view, writing an article about yourself is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Wikipedia:Autobiography.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:01, 20 January 2010 (UTC)