I used quite a few quotes from the main reference source that I used. Shall I rewrite and paraphrase and cite the author? This entry is group project and all the material on the tactical media wiki is of the class. thank you! I am a student that wrote the definition on the collaborative media wiki. this is not a copyright infringement. i am the author of the text on the website. Sickboy1967 12:55, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
The Collaborative Media Project is something that I am involved in with other students at UMASS Boston. I don't feel there are any copyright issues. Please let me know how to clear up the issue formally. Thanks. Sickboy1967 19:19, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
- The page looked suspiciously like a cut and paste from copyright material. There is no formal way of saying it is your work but I guess a note in the edit summary would have done the trick to alleviate suspicions. I will remove the speedy delete tag. Alan Liefting 02:26, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Please do not post copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to What is Community Media?. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites (http://tacticalmedia.wikispaces.com/Collaborative+Media+Project in this case) or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
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- If you have permission from the author leave a message explaining the details on the article Talk page and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
- If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:What is Community Media? with a link to where we can find that note;
- If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on the article Talk page. Alternatively, you may create a note on your web page releasing the work under the GFDL and then leave a note at Talk:What is Community Media? with a link to the details.
Otherwise, you are encouraged to rewrite this article in your own words to avoid any copyright infringement. After you do so, you should place a {{hangon}} tag on the article page and leave a note at Talk:What is Community Media? saying you have done so. An administrator will review the new content before taking action.
It is also important that all Wikipedia articles have an encyclopedic tone and follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. --Finngall talk 19:10, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Speedy deletion of Community media definition
editA tag has been placed on Community media definition, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:
Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet very basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.
For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Alan Liefting 02:16, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
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