Gaylemadeira

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William Conrad Gibbons

Hello, Gaylemadeira. I have removed a substantial part of the article on William Conrad Gibbons because it is a copyright violation. Apart from the fact that substantial book reviews have no place in the article, they were copied word for word from the sources listed in my edit summaries. Wikipedia treats copyright violation as a serious matter -- articles that consist entirely of copyrighted material are usually deleted immediately -- and I recommend that you familiarise yourself with the policy.

You might also have a look at the policy regarding biographies of living persons, as this too can result in an article being deleted. Jimmy Pitt talk 16:48, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi Jimmy Pitt! I'm very sorry for violating the copyright policy and I'll try very hard not to in the future. There's a lot of information to figure out when posting! I'm reading the policy regarding biographies of living persons now to make sure I do this correctly, but I had a question that maybe you could answer right away because now there are no references in my dad's wikipedia page. {{helpme}} Can I put references to his book reviews but not put the book review itself? I wanted to have references to prove that he is a notable person, because he certainly is! His brother John H. Gibbons (my uncle) has a page and many people who have used my dad's material for their books (like Stanley Karnow) have pages, and I wanted people to be able to read about him. I saw that if there are no references, it's likely to get deleted so I didn't want that to happen. I'm sure that once more people realize this page is up, they will come and provide helpful edits but until that happens, I just wanted to make sure it won't get deleted. Thanks for your help! Gayle Gaylemadeira (talk) 18:13, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

You can certainly reference reviews, as long as they are in appropriate reliable sources. It is acceptable to quote directly from sources, but don't overdo it. You might get ideas by looking at e.g. James Robert Baker#Critical_reception or other featured articles.

Be very careful about the conflict of interest when editing it; see WP:BESTCOI.  Chzz  ►  18:30, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of William Conrad Gibbons

A tag has been placed on William Conrad Gibbons 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.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. andy (talk) 07:22, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

August 2010

You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. andy (talk) 07:28, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Copyright concerns on William Conrad Gibbons

Hello, and again welcome to Wikipedia. I understand that you've had a straight jump into your notoriously steep learning curve, and your share of automated or templated communication already, so allow me to make this short and to the point.

The text still remaining on the above article remains a direct copy of this bio and related pages. In order to keep any third party text on Wikipedia, we need to have evidence of a permission to use it.

There's two ways to do so:

• As you claim to be the webmaster of that site, the easiest would be to release it under a Creative Commons-Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 license, by placing a notice to that effect on the website.
• If this is not possible or desirable, you can provide permission through an external process described at this page.

While I understand that this might seem burdensome, our copyright policies are erring on the side of caution in order to protect both Wikidepia, your interests as a contributor, and the interests of third party authors.

If you need any help, you can create a new section on your talk page and add {{helpme}} followed by your request below it, someone will be along shortly to assist you. Alternatively, you may also leave me a message on my talk page. Best regards, MLauba ^(Talk) 15:30, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Gaylemadeira. You have new messages at MLauba's talk page.
Message added 21:59, 4 August 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.