User talk:The Arty Farty Cool Dude
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Hello The Arty Farty Cool Dude,
It seems to me that an article you worked on, Say It Ain't So, Joe (song), may be copied from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW9tq9ImRTg. 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! MadmanBot (talk) 12:51, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Brian Odgers[edit]
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A tag has been placed on Brian Odgers requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.
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The article Brian Odgers has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Fails WP:NMUSIC
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The Arty Farty Cool Dude: This article looks like a machine translation from somewhere. If it is, can you please tell us where from? It would help in fixing it. Was it the German Wikipedia article? The Provenance section seemed a bit related to that, so I went ahead and replaced that with an accurate translation, but I can't figure out where "hay" came from, and I can't see where in the German article the description/analysis came from. Can you tell me? Yngvadottir (talk) 19:37, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
June 2015[edit]
Your addition to Calvin Andrew has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without 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. Mattythewhite (talk) 13:33, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
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