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Speedy deletion nomination of St Peter's School, Seaford
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A tag has been placed on St Peter's School, Seaford 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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Why the article was deleted
editYou said:
This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement, because I am the author of the page on the St Peter's Seaford website and believe that as St Peter's no longer exists and also in view of the numbers of past pupils from the school who appear on other Wikipedia pages, that a page on St Peter's is of general public interest. Thank you for your consideration
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Thank you. --SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:46, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
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Good luck
editCongratulations on your first article. I made a few additions (links and a template for references). Was anyone ever able to help you with photos?--Koppas (talk) 23:28, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks
editThank you Koppas for your input and additions to my article. I am still a little mistified as to how Wikipedia works - one day it will all become clear, I am sure. I have not resolved how to get the photos up. I uploaded them as I understood I was meant to but they simply do not appear on the article. Can you help? Do I have to leave on this page all the deletion paragraphs above or can I delete them as they simply confuse? StephenCKent (talk) 11:58, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
- Could the photos' files have been deleted? I tried finding those filenames, but with no luck. Assuming there are no copyright issues, you could try uploading them again Wikipedia:Upload. I haven't worked with photos for a long time, but I preferred to use Wikimedia Commons Upload Wizard. Photos uploaded to Commons can also be used in articles at Wikipedia. Try using the "Image" command with the correct filename [[Image:filename|thumb|widthpx|Caption text]].
- Here's an example of the wiki code that created the image here: [[Image:Mendelson Liquidation.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Whatever caption is appropriate]]
- I think you can remove the deletion notices, but you can read more on talk page etiquette here --Koppas (talk) 18:20, 11 February 2012 (UTC)