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Speedy deletion nomination of Africa-Nordic relations

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A tag has been placed on Africa-Nordic relations 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 https://www.nupi.no/en/news/african-nordic-peace-and-security-cooperation. 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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I see you have contested the deletion of the article stating the source is under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. That license requires attribution. I didn't see any attribution in the article, and I did not see any free license at the source identified by user:Fram (https://www.nupi.no/en/news/african-nordic-peace-and-security-cooperation). In fact, the footer on the page states "Copyright 2022". If it is CC-BY 4.0, I can restore the article, but you need to provide proof that the text is under a free license. I do not know what you mean when you state "see information on colophone page" on Talk:Africa-Nordic relations. You need to provide a URL. -- Whpq (talk) 15:14, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, sorry, maybe my reference to the colophone page was a bit unclear, I realise that now. First of all, the source is this report; https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-2880(It is in fact the same as the one you found at NUPI's web page, we at NAI have co-produced this research report with our colleagues at NUPI). And the colophone page is on page 4 in the pdf-file. The CC-declaration says: "This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (CC BY 4.0)." Hankydoodle (talk) 15:52, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for providing text under a free license. I've reviewed the information you provided and confirmed the licensing. I have restored the article and added the required attribution. To avoid this sort of issue in the future, it is essential to provide the attribution. You can follow the example I used at Africa-Nordic relations. If you have any questions about editing. You can ask them at the Teahouse. -- Whpq (talk) 17:52, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Ok thanks, good to know, I don't have so much experience contributing to Wikipedia, but I'm eager to contribute more so I'll definitely keep this example in my toolbox for next time. Hankydoodle (talk) 05:54, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 15:00, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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