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Speedy deletion nomination of Amy Louise Wood

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A tag has been placed on Amy Louise Wood 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://history.illinoisstate.edu/faculty_staff/profile.php?ulid=alwood. 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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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Chris Troutman (talk) 21:51, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

A nickel's worth of free advice

Don't just steal text from somewhere else and make an article from it. When next you're editing a page, please read the small text beneath the editing window. By hitting the "save changes" button you are asserting that you are donating your own words, releasing them into public domain. What you've done is violate our Terms of Use. Also, develop new articles in a userspace sandbox. We don't desire to see your poorly-thought ideas in the main namespace. Do that in userspace, first. Your article should be near perfect when you publish it. See WP:REALPROBLEM. Chris Troutman (talk) 21:56, 16 October 2017 (UTC)