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Your contributed article, Independent adoption

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Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Independent adoption. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Adoption. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Adoption - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

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Copyright problems with Independent adoption

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Independent adoption, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.adoption101.com/independent_adoption.html. As a copyright violation, Independent adoption appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Independent adoption has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:

• If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Independent adoption and send an email with the message to permissions-enwikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
• If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at Talk:Independent adoption with a link to where we can find that note.
• If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Independent adoption.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While contributions are appreciated, Wikipedia must require all contributors to understand and comply with its copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 16:29, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Status and Advice

yes, it might be appropriate for Wikipedia to have an article on the subject—but the one you inserted was almost entirely copied with very minimal changes from another website. This is not permitted--sites on the web are copyright, unless stated otherwise, and in fact this particular site states its copyright it very clearly at the top of the page. If you want to write an try again, and there is no reason why you shouldn't, see our guide to writing Wikipedia articles. For more detailed information, there's the free online version of Wikipedia: The Missing Manual by John Broughton (also available in print). DGG ( talk ) 17:09, 13 March 2011 (UTC)