NYPM
Hi and welcome to Wikipedia. I believe you've made a common newcomer's mistake. New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble appears to be pretty much a verbatim copy from http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-Philomusica-Chamber-Ensemble/15168662135
You need to re-write the article in your own words or follow one of the steps below:
- If you have permission from the author leave a message explaining the details on Talk:New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
- If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble with a link to where we can find that note;
- If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble. Alternatively, you may create a note on your web page releasing the work under the GFDL and then leave a note at Talk:New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble with a link to the details.
Having said that, even if you do properly document the permission to use the text, it's too promotional in tone and unsuitable for an encyclopedia article. Much of it needs to re-written anyway. I'd suggest you quickly re-write the article instead. Better to have a short, simple one written in a neutral rather than promotional or "press release" style which can later be expanded than to have the whole thing deleted for copyright violation.
Also, I notice from your user name that you may be connected with the New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble itself. If so, you have a conflict of interest and need to take special care when editing under these circumstances. Please see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for guidelines.
If you have any questions or need help don't hestitate to contact me, or get in touch with WikiProject Classical music. I'll also add the "standard welcome" below which has links that will help you with your future editing on Wikipedia. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 08:17, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
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Hello, NYPM, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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((helpme)) Thanks, Voceditenore, for all your help and wisdom. It's my first time editing anything on wikipedia, so I have a lot to learn. I have tried to rewrite the page and make it more original and less promotional. Does it pass muster now? How will I know? Thanks so much! NYPM (talk) 16:07, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
- Much better! You did well to fix it promptly. Copy vio articles often get reduced to a two-sentence stub or deleted entirely. It still needs a bit of polishing up, but I see that other editors have also been working on it too. The one thing I would strongly suggest is to remove your future performances (advertising) and stick only to ones that have actually taken place. Interested readers can go to the official web site to find out about future programs. See also: Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. All the best, Voceditenore (talk) 16:29, 22 January 2009 (UTC)