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Copyright problems with The BMW Car Club of Great Britain & Ireland

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Contested deletion

(Copied over from article's talk page as it will probably be deleted soon. Singularity42 (talk) 20:28, 19 May 2011 (UTC))

This page should not be speedy deleted because... --Dteagles (talk) 20:16, 19 May 2011 (UTC) There is no other page describing the BMW Car Club of Great Britain & Ireland, the idea was formed on the basis of the entry for the BMW Car Club of America. I do not know on what basis it would therefore be removed?

I am a director of the club and thus feel it reasonable that I should create and edit this page.

There are two issues: 1) A copy and paste from another website - even your own - raises copyright issues. See WP:COPYPASTE. 2) You need to cite some sources that call supports the club's notability. See WP:ORG. Also, if you are the director of teh club, I would caution you about conflicts of interest. Singularity42 (talk) 20:28, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Also, in response to your email, I am not someone who can recieve permissions to use copyrighted materials. I am simply a fellow editor who observed that this article was copied and pasted from another website. You should follow the instructions in the section above or at WP:COPYVIO or WP:DCM. If you wish to write me a message, either post it below or on my talk page. Singularity42 (talk) 20:28, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

I tried to delete the content I copied but it was re-inserted by Wasbeer, I removed it in accordance with your instructions, I need to find a way to cite the club before I proceed. Dteagles (talk) 20:46, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

May 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to The BMW Car Club of Great Britain & Ireland, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. The reverted edit can be found here. Thank you. Wasbeer 20:35, 19 May 2011 (UTC) I removed the content but it was re-inserted by Wasbeer, I need to find a way to cite the club before I can continute Dteagles (talk) 20:44, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

There's a chance it may get deleted until you are in a position to have the article ready (blanking lamost the entire article and living one sentence is generally considered non-constructive). Might I suggest starting a draft at User:Dteagles/BMW Car Club of Great Britain & Ireland? Then, when it is ready, you can have it moved into Wikipedia as an article. Singularity42 (talk) 20:49, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

OK, will do, please delete the current "live" article, thanks Dteagles (talk) 20:50, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

By way of helping me out, could you let me know how this page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Car_Club_of_America) is verified as reliable. Since we are similar and I cannot see on their page any citations? As a club we are generally responsible for all information published about us and so it will be difficult to find independent published texts to use as a means for a citation. Dteagles (talk) 20:57, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that article out. It has some unencyclopedic content in it, which has now been reverted. I do note that the article has at least one reference to an article from a significant newspaper talking about the club's programs...

Anyway, automobile topics are not my area of expertise, so I'm not the best to give advice about how to write one with proper sources. Perhaps the people at Wikipedia:WikiProject Automobiles can help you out? Singularity42 (talk) 21:03, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

thanks Dteagles (talk) 21:06, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Dteagles/BMW Car Club of Great Britain & Ireland

User:Dteagles/BMW Car Club of Great Britain & Ireland, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Dteagles/BMW Car Club of Great Britain & Ireland and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Dteagles/BMW Car Club of Great Britain & Ireland during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Singularity42 (talk) 13:45, 7 April 2012 (UTC)