Fionaconnell

Copyright problems with Ruth Connell

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Ruth Connell, 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 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3276635/bio. As a copyright violation, Ruth Connell appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Ruth Connell 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:Ruth Connell and send an email with the message to permissions-enwikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
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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. Bazj (talk) 01:20, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

I wrote this piece and Ruth Connell has used the content (with permission) on IMDB. I will copy this message to her talk page. User:Fionaconnell

The IMDB page credits Georgia Dolenz with the authorship of the biography. With no date on IMDB, almost identical text, no similarity between author names, and the copyright policy what would you have done? Please check the guidance above if you want to recreate the article. However, if you're planning on submitting the text you've already submitted to IMDB, and citing that text as your source, it's likely to fail the tests for notability and original research and be deleted again. An article on Ruth Connell written by Fiona Connell is also going to draw extra scrutiny for impartiality, conflict of interest, and adherence to the policy on biographies of living people. Bazj (talk) 10:03, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Totally understand. Georgia Dolenz (Actor) is Ruth's housemate....and I understand how this has transpired. I wrote the article for Wikipedia and she has used the info to update Ruth's IMDB article when recent photos were uploaded. Would it not be possible for you to verify this by contacting Ruth at the email address provided? No problem with additional scrutiny....everything on the page is fact and easily verified. I could have been dishonest and used a pseudonym........ (Fionaconnell (talk) 10:30, 2 September 2011 (UTC))