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editHello, Mpricy93, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Hampshire Scout Expeditions, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Hampshire Scout Expeditions
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A tag has been placed on Hampshire Scout Expeditions requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://hsx.org.uk/about-hsx/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Yeryry (talk) 10:28, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
May 2017
editHello, and welcome to editing Wikipedia. I hope you have a successful time here. However, I'm afraid that there have been problems with the first article you have created, Hampshire Scout Expeditions. The most serious problem was that much of its content were copied from pages on another web site, certainly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy, and very probably in violation of copyright law. Whenever you post anything to Wikipedia, you announce that you are releasing the content you post for anyone in the world to reuse, either unchanged or modified in any way whatever, for any purpose, subject to attribution to Wikipedia. In the very rare occasions when copyright owners are willing to release their content under such free licensing terms we need proof that they do so: we can't accept it just because someone creates a Wikipedia account and posts it here.
I could link you to instructions on how to provide copyright release if you are the copyright owner, but I don't think doing so would be doing you a favour, because the result might be that you spent time doing that, only to see the content deleted for other reasons, such as the fact that it was written in a distinctly promotional tone, rather from a neutral point of view, as required for Wikipedia articles.
The article has been deleted. I realise that seeing your first article deleted must be discouraging, but I hope it won't put you off contributing to Wikipedia. My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:38, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Hampshire Scout Expeditions
editHello Mpricy93,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Hampshire Scout Expeditions for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.