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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Bill James

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Bill James 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 http://mininghalloffame.ca/inductees/2001-2003/william_james. 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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Draft:Bill James

You added an edit summary which says:

(The text of this website [or page] is released under the Creative Commons Zero Waiver 1.0)

However, I don't see the license on the source page. Can you tell me where I can find this license?--S Philbrick(Talk) 12:59, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

I didn't see this before I removed it and tagged it for RD1, but there's an obvious copyright notice on the source page. I think he means he's releasing his new page under Creative Commons Zero Waiver 1.0? Natureium (talk) 02:29, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes I do believe this is the correct copy right. This one also allows me to use the content. I will update the page accordingly. Anything else?

No, it says it is copyrighted. You cannot use this content. Where do you see something saying it is released under Creative Commons? Natureium (talk) 13:24, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

After contacting the website's organization to see if it was allowed to to be used, they instructed me that it was since it is a biography and not an article piece.

User2693, please see the rather large notice immediately below this. If the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame wants to release its content under a licence that would make it possible to use its content here, it should follow either the second or the third of the bulleted instructions. I don't see how that helps with the content taken from the Globe and Mail, though.

Natureium, Sphilbrick, L235, have I understood the history here correctly: the page was deleted as G12 on 19 September, re-created on 1 October, and copied content removed and revdeleted; and then more copied content added and again removed? If so, perhaps User2693 should be given a friendly warning against repeating the same mistake again? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:53, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

... and fix failed ping to L235. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:55, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Draft:Bill James

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Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:28, 2 October 2018 (UTC)