CCBear

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Speaking of Animals, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a direct copy from http://www.shieldspictures.com/SOA_Inventory.pdf, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

• If you have permission from the author leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Speaking of Animals and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
• If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Speaking of Animals with a link to where we can find that note.
• If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Speaking of Animals.

It is also important that the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and that it follows Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at Talk:Speaking of Animals/Temp. Leave a note at Talk:Speaking of Animals saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! -- Steel 12:50, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Shields Pictures

An editor has nominated Shields Pictures, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shields Pictures and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. Jayden54Bot 19:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Shields Pictures, Inc.

An editor has nominated Shields Pictures, Inc., an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shields Pictures and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. Jayden54Bot 19:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Shields Pictures

An editor has nominated Shields Pictures, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shields Pictures and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. Jayden54Bot 19:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Unusual Occupations

An editor has nominated Unusual Occupations, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shields Pictures and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. Jayden54Bot 19:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Adding spam to Wikipedia

This is your last warning. The next time you insert a spam link, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing anyone from linking to them from any site that uses the MediaWiki spam blacklist, which includes all of Wikimedia and Wikipedia. Nardman1 02:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

On Your Email to Me

Hello CCBear! I would be more than willing to help you learn the ropes of Wikipedia. Don't be discouraged if the first article that you create gets deleted, that's how I started too. If you ever have any questions on anything, feel free to leave a comment on my talk page and I will be glad to help you out. Also, about your question on commenting on article talk pages: feel free to do it. That's what they're there for. The purpose of talk pages is to have a productive discussion on the topic of the article. Again, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. Happy Editing. --דניאל - Danielrocks123 ^contribs 17:12, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Hello Again

I edited Shields Pictures so that once the AfD tag is removed, it will automatically redirect to Shields Pictures, Inc. I expect that an admin will make the final decision on the AfD within the next couple of days. At the moment, it does look most likely that the article will be kept. Once that decision is made, the closing admin will remove the AfD tag from the page. As far as adding pictures, you do not need to get them approved beforehand, but Wikipedia does have very strict rules about what pictures you may add. The photos can be uploaded by clicking on the "upload file" button on the left side of your screen. They can then be added to the article. You must remember, however, that when you upload pictures, you must include a copyright tag. Most photographs are copyrighted, and you must show that you are using that image with permission. If you have created the picture yourself, include a tag when you upload the picture saying so and releasing it into public domain. If you do not provide a tag when you upload a picture showing that you are using it with permission, the picture will be deleted within a few days.
Anyway, keep up the good work with your editing. I can see that you are determined to learn how Wikipedia works. I encourage you to start editing lots of articles besides the few that you are currently involved with. It really is a great way to learn lots of new stuff :)
By the way, AfD discussions usually last 7 days. It has now been 5 days since your article was listed. The discussion sometimes goes a day or two longer, but rarely more. I expect that a decision will be made quite soon.
Remember, you can leave me a question on my talk page at any time. Happy editing. --דניאל - Danielrocks123 ^contribs 21:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Copyvio issue

Hi -- while I appreciate that Shields Pictures, Inc. is substantially different, I found the other three articles to be closely based on the Shields Pictures website articles. Merely paraphrasing a copyrighted work does not make it a new one. What you should do, if you want to rewrite articles on those subjects, is to find a variety of sources discussing them, learn as much as you can about each one, and then write an article based on your knowledge, not on the text of the sources. If you can't find any other sources, it may not really be appropriate to have articles on those subjects, because it's hard to avoid plagiarism issues with only one source. Mangojuice^talk 21:10, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Quitting Wikipedia

Hello CCBear. I'm sorry to hear that you aren't feeling good about other users' responses to your edits. I would encourage you not to simply quit Wikipedia just because you are frustrated with the original response to your work. With a little time, you will become quite proficient in Wikipedia policies. Then, I think you will be able to create a good article. I would, however, discourage you from having someone from Shields Pictures write a rebuttel. It is frowned upon around here for people to write articles about themselves, companies that they are associated with, etc. As I mentioned to you before, my first article on Wikipedia was deleted. Perhaps you should spend some time editing articles that you don't feel so strongly about before you decide to call it quits. --דניאל - Danielrocks123 ^contribs 20:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Deletionists, etc.

Hi CCBear. I'm responding to your email to me thanking me for my valid point in the Shields Pictures Inc. deletion debate. Thank you for your civility. I apologize on behalf of User:Nardman1. I personally don't follow the deletionist philosophy, and I believe that many deletionists get unneccessarily snarky in the deletion debates. I would encourage you not to give up in your quest to understand Wikipedia policy and culture so that you can successfully defend the articles you care about from deletionist attacks. You may want to read WP:CITE to learn how to rigorously list your sources so that the deletionists can't complain. And of course, always write articles with reliable secondary sources so that they don't get nominated for deletion in the first place. Let me know if you have any other questions, and I'll do my best to answer them. Thanks again for your email. ≈≈Carolfrog≈≈§тос§ 15:51, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Copyright Issues

I actually don't have that much experience with copyright stuff, but from what I understand, one of the easiest ways to avoid miscellaneous editors accusing you of violating copyright when a source is used exactly, is to have an obvious granting of rights under the GDFL on the source itself. I personally don't know how to do that, but I think the page you were looking at is probably a good place to start. Hope this helps. ≈≈Carolfrog≈≈♦тос♦ 02:35, 17 March 2007 (UTC)