User talk:Lefrenchmay

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Le French May[edit]

why did you redo the description of le french may?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lefrenchmay (talk • contribs) 15:46, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello
I had to remove your change of Le French May since the text you added was taken verbatim from http://www.consulfrance-hongkong.org/spip.php?article3012 and http://www.frenchmay.com/pages/about_us . However, that text is copyrighted and hasn't been released under a free license, so Wikipedia cannot accept it. If you want to change the article, please do so in your own words. You may take information from other pages, but not sentences.
Kind regards, Amalthea 15:53, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) I see that you restored your change while I was writing this message. I will have to undo that again, since it is still a copyright violation. Please, do not readd it again. Amalthea 15:55, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

but what you have on le french may was badly written....

who are you? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lefrenchmay (talk • contribs) 15:56, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

and if i don't want to write it myself? can i put up a request saying that i want to learn more about le french may or a certain person, and someone will try to dig up more information and put it up on widipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lefrenchmay (talk • contribs) 15:57, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, nonetheless, Wikipedia can still only accept free content. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or have a look at Wikipedia:Copyrights.
If you do not want to write original content yourself, you can try and ask nicely, for example at the WikiProject Hong Kong. However, bear in mind that this is a project written and maintained by volunteers, so there are no guarantees that your request will get a timely response. If that article is of importance to you, why not try yourself? Pick out the part that you dislike the most, and try to improve it.
Cheers, Amalthea 16:09, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]