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A tag has been placed on National Association of School Superintendents, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
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Copyright problems with National Association of School Superintendents
editHello. Concerning your contribution, National Association of School Superintendents, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from {{{url}}}. As a copyright violation, National Association of School Superintendents appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. National Association of School Superintendents has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.
If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:
- If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:National Association of School Superintendents and send an email with the message to permissions-en wikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
- If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at Talk:National Association of School Superintendents with a link to where we can find that note.
- If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en wikimedia.org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:National Association of School Superintendents.
However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While contributions are appreciated, Wikipedia must require all contributors to understand and comply with its copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. Peridon (talk) 18:43, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Copy of article talkpage
editWe invite input regarding how we can improve our page.
- "We?" "Our?" You can start be reading WP:COI, WP:SPAM, and WP:OWN. WuhWuzDat 18:38, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
- Add to that WP:COPYVIO. Peridon (talk) 18:43, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Talkback
editMessage added 18:53, 21 March 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Copyright and references
editIf you rewrite the article in your own words, and supply references, you have a chance of survival. See WP:GNG for general notability, and WP:RS for reliable sources. I tagged it copyvio rather than just deleting it straight away to give you a chance to think about it, as it is obviously not commercial spam. If it goes before you get anything done, you can work on it in your userspace. If you don't have a copy, I can supply you with one. It's best kept on a subpage (ask me if you don't know how). Possibly best if you rewrite it offline first to avoid copyright problems. Rewrite means a lot more than just rearranging a few words, by the way. Then ask for advice. Any regular editor is likely to be willing to cast an eye over your work and tell you if anything needs changing. But first, find the references. Sorry about the alphabet soup - it saves time typing. Peridon (talk) 18:59, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Status and Advice
editI did the necessary rewriting. Most of the copied material did not need to be rewritten, it rather needed to be removed, as not being of any use to those not in the organization, or as general promotion of the importance of public education. What is now needed are references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases, to show the importance of the organization. DGG ( talk ) 22:33, 21 March 2011 (UTC)