Jwalke31

September 2010

Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself, as you did with this edit to Stella Akin. Please use the {{hangon}} template on the page instead if you disagree with the deletion, and make your case on the page's talk page. Thank you. Tbhotch^{Talk C.} 01:17, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Please stop removing speedy deletion notices from pages that you have created yourself, as you did with this edit to Stella Akin. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. Funandtrvl (talk) 01:19, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Stella Akin

Hi Jwalke31,

I just wanted to explain the problem with the article you created. Although you have reworded it, it is still a close paraphrase" of the original article from GeorgiaInfo. Because the original content on GeorgiaInfo is copyrighted (there is a copyright notice on the page) Wikipedia can't republish it, even if it's paraphrased.

I think you can definitely write an article about Stella Akin, and have it on Wikipedia, because she sounds very notable and you have obviously found sources for the article. But you need to try writing a version of the article that isn't so closely based on your source. Try reading the information on GeorgiaInfo (and the other sources) and then write down her story without looking at the sources. Then you'll have a copyright-safe version of the article. You can of course refer to the sources afterwards to correct any inaccuracies in what you remembered.

Cheers,

Thparkth (talk) 01:47, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Stella Akin

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Stella Akin, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a copy from http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/stellaakin.htm, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:

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If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Stella Akin saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! VernoWhitney (talk) 12:20, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

While not a word-for-word copy, the article remains largely a close paraphrase and needs verifiable permission from the copyright holder or rewritten in your own words. VernoWhitney (talk) 12:20, 16 September 2010 (UTC)