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Hello Trkiehl,
It seems to me that an article you worked on, Theodore Rockwell, may be copied from http://members.authorsguild.net/tedrockwell/. 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) 02:24, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Theodore Rockwell
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A tag has been placed on Theodore Rockwell requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites 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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[edit]As reviewing administrator, I deleted the article .
As you said yourself, it was copied almost entirely from his bio on the web site, and is copyright to them.
Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously; and does not accept material copied from other sources unless it is in the public domain, or released to us under a free license (It is, by the way, not necessary for pages to have a notice to be copyright: everything published on the internet or elsewhere is copyright to the owner of that content unless specified otherwise.)
It might be possible to get permission, from whomever currently owns the copyright, but there is no point in doing so--it is always simpler and easier to rewrite.
Please never copy this way from an outside source again, and be absolutely certain that in everything you have previously written, there is not just no copying , but no Close paraphrase. If there is, rewrite that part from scratch, changing not just the words, but the arrangement into sentences and the sequence of ideas. DGG ( talk ) 05:18, 1 April 2013 (UTC)