User talk:Ajafib

Your article has been moved to AfC space

Hi! I would like to inform you that the Articles for Creation submission which was previously located here: User:Ajafib/Www.adopt-a-child has been moved to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Www.adopt-a-child, this move was made automatically and doesn't affect your article. Your draft is waiting for a review by an experienced editor, if you have any questions please ask on our Help Desk! Have a nice day. ArticlesForCreationBot (talk) 13:38, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation

Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. The submission has not been accepted because it included copyrighted information, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 18:41, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Adopt a Child

Hi there

I am just wondering how I can get round the copyright issue. I am currently Developmemt Manager for this Charity and the specific material which you have stated as copyright-ed was written by a previous member of our staff. Can you please advise - sorry, I am new to Wikipedia.

Thanks

Andrew Boyd — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajafib (talk • contribs) 09:11, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Hiyas there Andrew,

Under US law copyright is automatically granted on all written texts, and is therefor always present unless the writer specifically waives these rights by releasing the text under a different license. Since Wikipedia is intended to be a free and open encyclopedia, it cannot accept any texts that aren't released licensed under GDFL or CC-BY-SA (or more lenient license).

In short you can write an article based on external pages and you can paraphrase them, but you cannot directly copy outside content. This is mostly a bad idea regardless, since most external texts are not written in a tone and style that an encyclopedia such as Wikipedia requires. The best way forward is rewriting the submission in your own wording, while taking care to meet the verifiability and Neutral point of view criteria.

With kind regards, Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 10:07, 10 July 2012 (UTC)