Admchrysler
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Speedy deletion nomination of 122d Signal Battalion edit
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A tag has been placed on 122d Signal Battalion 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 a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/122sig.htm. 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 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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I never used the globalsecurity.org page. I used a .mil site and a Stars and Stripes news article. Both of the links I used are written and published by the Armed forces making them public domain. I agree I should rewrite them a little and not just cut and paste, but I strongly feel there is no copyright issues here.Admchrysler (talk) 04:09, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
July 2016 edit
Hello, I'm Igoldste. I noticed that you recently removed some content from 122d Signal Battalion with this edit, without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Ira Goldstein (talk) 03:54, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
- Were you trying to remove the copyright infringing portions of the article? If so, please proceed with doing so. Altamel (talk) 03:57, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi, I'm crazy lost on here. It bothered me that there was no page for 122sig which was 4 years of my life. Just trying to make that happen, but I'm desperately slow and not familiar with this type of markdown formating. Admchrysler (talk) 04:03, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
- No worries. You can ask me on my talk page if you have questions. Everyone on Wikipedia was a newcomer at one point. Altamel (talk) 04:21, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
It's late now, but I'm sure I can recruit a small Army of people that are also interested it this tomorrow. I trust that everything is ok for now? Nothing illegal or pushing some gray area?Admchrysler (talk) 04:26, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
- The copyright issues have been fixed. You could run into trouble with a policy called notability, which basically says that only topics that have received a significant amount of attention from news sources, books, magazines, or trustworthy websites may have articles on Wikipedia. It's a rather complicated policy, but the purpose is to prevent Wikipedia from covering really obscure topics. I'm not very familiar with the notability guidelines for military formations, but if I'm reading the guidance from WikiProject Military history correctly, battalions are usually notable if they are "capable of undertaking significant, or independent, military operations". Just keeping looking for sources that cover the 122nd and post them in the article, as that will help convince editors that the battalion is notable. If you have access to off-line records from the Army, those could be very useful.