User talk:Robert W. Mann
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Hello Robert W. Mann,
It seems to me that an article you worked on, Pine Street Railway, may be copied from http://www.lightrailjacksonville.webs.com/jacksonvilletrolleyhistory.htm. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.
It's important that you edit the article and rewrite it in your own words, unless you're absolutely certain nothing in it is copied. If you're not sure how to fix the problem or have any questions, there are people at the help desk who are happy to assist you.
Thank you for helping build a free encyclopedia! CorenSearchBot (talk) 01:13, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Copyright problems with Pine Street Railway[edit]
Hello. Concerning your contribution, Pine Street Railway, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.lightrailjacksonville.webs.com/jacksonvilletrolleyhistory.htm. As a copyright violation, Pine Street Railway appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Pine Street Railway has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.
If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:
- If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Pine Street Railway and send an email with the message to permissions-en
wikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions. - If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at Talk:Pine Street Railway with a link to where we can find that note.
- If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Pine Street Railway.
- If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Pine Street Railway and send an email with the message to permissions-en
However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While contributions are appreciated, Wikipedia must require all contributors to understand and comply with its copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. SwisterTwister talk 06:19, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your efforts but Wikipedia can't accept copy and paste content. Content must be written from the user's own words, not copied sentences. I noticed you attempted to add an image, but images will only appear if submitted through Wikimedia Commons. To learn how to submit images, visit Wikipedia:Uploading images. To learn how to improve your article, visit Wikipedia:Writing better articles. If you need additional help, contact me at my talk page. SwisterTwister talk 06:19, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Copyright problem: Pine Street Railway[edit]
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Pine Street Railway, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://www.lightrailjacksonville.webs.com/jacksonvilletrolleyhistory.htm, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.
If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:
- If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Pine Street Railway and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, Pine Street Railway, in your email. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
- If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0, or that the material is released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Pine Street Railway 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 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License, and note that you have done so on Talk:Pine Street Railway. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for instructions.
It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.
If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Pine Street Railway saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Hut 8.5 10:34, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Fine work...[edit]
As was said on the Help Desk and I think should be repeated here, you have done fine work, you just have run into some specific rules. I'm sure if you had known about these rules, your contributions would have been just fine. I hope that you decide to stay and edit here and that the comments (some of which are done by 'bots' which are programs doing autodetection) don't cause you to leave. I'd *love* to see what you could do and would be happy to help you with any problems that you have.Naraht (talk) 16:06, 3 July 2013 (UTC)