User talk:Plasterofparis

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Patrick Thompson (artist)[edit]

Plasterofparis Hello. I saw your addition to the article: "What needs to be omitted from this page to stop it from being deleted? Can anyone advise?". There is a notice on the article talk page here. This notice links to the entry where the debate takes place (here) where it is possible to vote. Note that the result will not be evaluated by the number of keep or delete votes, but also by the arguments supplied by the voters. The article can still be improved meanwhile (the debate usually lasts about 7 days). If reliable references are added to the article which can show significant coverage and notability, the article is more likely to remain. More details and links to instructions are also in the notice, and the reasons for the deletion nomination can be found at the top of the debate page, issued by the nominator. Thanks, — Paleo Neonate — 23:07, 10 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by DES ^(talk) 00:35, 11 May 2017 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).[reply]

Copyright violation on Patrick Thompson[edit]

in this edit you added an entire paragraph of text directly copied from the source you cited. This is copyright infringement, and is taken very seriously by Wikipedia. I have removed the paragraph, and seriously considered simply deleting the page.

It is essential that while Wikipedia articles are based on reliable sources, they are written in original words by our editors, not copied except when an explicit (short) quotation is used, which must be clearly attributed to its author. Please do not copy content fro othe websites into Wikipedia article in future. Thank you. DES ^(talk) 00:51, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Copying the entire description of the group does not constitute a short quotation. —C.Fred (talk) 01:23, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

May 2017[edit]

Your addition to Patrick Thompson (artist) has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. I see that you replaced the copied text after i removed it and explained why this was not acceptable. Doing this kind of thing is absolutely not permitted, and can lead to you being blocked from editing. DES ^(talk) 02:21, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Embassy of Imagination (EOI)[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Embassy of Imagination (EOI) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.embassyofimagination.com/about/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material 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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You wrote on Draft talk:Embassy of Imagination (EOI):

"Sorry, I don't understand why this should be deleted. There are numerous references to the authenticity of the content in national news journals and on television news.

Is it because the wording of the content is too similar to a website?"

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Yes. More exactly, because most of the content was directly copied from the http://www.embassyofimagination.com/about/ site. You simply may not and must not copy blocks of text from other sites into Wikipedia (except under very limited conditions which did not apply here). I have delete the draft for this reason. You may start over, but it must be written in your own words except for short quotes in quotation marks, attributed to the person being quoted, and with a cited source to show where the quote came from. Most such quotes are 1-2 sentences at most, many are less than a full sentence. DES ^(talk) 12:57, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]