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Speedy deletion nomination of Murrow Center for Media and Health Promotion

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A tag has been placed on Murrow Center for Media and Health Promotion 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. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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I am a faculty member acting in an official capacity for WSU and the Murrow Center and there is no copyright infringement: (Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://communication.wsu.edu/mcmhp/mcmhp.htm)
I have checked the WSU Copyright Policy, and it is incompatible with Wikipedia's GFDL and Creative Commons licenses. If WSU wishes to donate the text about the Murrow Center, its webmaster will need to put a different license notice on the web page about the Center, clarifying that the text may be freely reused, including commercial reuse. —C.Fred (talk) 00:27, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
The text you created at User:Murrowcenter/Murrow Center for Media and Health Promotion is also subject to the same WSU Copyright Policy—and to deletion from Wikipedia as an infringement of WSU's copyrights. —C.Fred (talk) 00:30, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
  • I am new to Wikipedia so excuse my ignorance on the best means to communicate. As I noted, I am acting in an official capacity of the university and the center and would like to create a Wikipedia page. If I substantively rewrite the entry will that suffice? Murrowcenter (talk) 00:38, 20 September 2011 (UTC)murrowcenterMurrowcenter (talk) 00:38, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
Yes. If you rewrite the entry so that it is in your own words, and not the words of the university, then the text will be under a free license (CC-BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL). There will be other concerns, such as your conflict of interest, but those can be overcome if you maintain neutral point of view in the text and cite secondary sources whenever possible. —C.Fred (talk) 00:53, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
 
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That's the same as your current name, which is not acceptable. --jpgordon::==( o ) 22:31, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Here are a few key questions:

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 22:56, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Ambassadors

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The Wikipedia:Ambassadors Program, part of the Global Outreach Program, is "an effort to help new users and reach out to new potential contributors—particularly professors who want to incorporate Wikipedia into the classroom and their students who are assigned to edit Wikipedia. The Wikipedia Ambassador Program consists of two groups who work together to support these classes: Campus Ambassadors and Online Ambassadors."

I believe that you, "a faculty member of WSU", are part of the target audience of this outreach program. Hopefully, they could assist you in understanding the sometimes abrasive world of Wikipedia:Peer review. — John Harvey, Wizened Web Wizard Wannabe, Talk to me! 12:50, 22 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Hello Murrowcenter, and welcome to Wikipedia. I am a Online Ambassador for the Global Outreach Program. If you would like help with writing an a article on the university I would be happy to assist you. Alpha Quadrant talk 15:38, 22 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
John, Alpha, this editor is now editing as User talk:Ericwilliamh‎; he may not be monitoring this page anymore. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:27, 28 September 2011 (UTC)Reply