Weaverfran

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Copyright problems with Mary E. Black

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Mary E. Black, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/black/ and http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/black/biography.asp. As a copyright violation, Mary E. Black appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Mary E. Black has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

• If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Mary E. Black 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:Mary E. Black with a link to where we can find that note.
• If you hold 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 Talk:Mary E. Black.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you. ttonyb1 (talk) 21:43, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Donating material under copyright

Howdy and thanks for the interest in donating the text. I am delighted to help you in donating the material. The outline of how to go about formally declaring the copyright to be GFDL or similar, which is what Wikipedia requires, is at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. Briefly, Wikipedia requires material it uses to be licensed GFDL or compatible license. You should be aware that it is impossible to donate material to Wikipedia alone; anything here can be (and routinely is) legally reused by other projects, including commercial ventures. Material, once on Wikipedia, will also continue to be edited as with any other article. Finally you should know that the license is irrevocable. (Apologies for the stern legalism, but these are issues which have come up in the past.) I can help with any clarifications or questions you have about licensing.

There are two easy ways to communicate your license to Wikipedia. The best is probably to simply replace the copyright notice on the page you're copying from with a note indicating a GFDL license. I am not sure who has the authority to release a crown copyright (which the page currently claims).

I apologize if this seems like a lot of hoops to jump through. Wikipedia tries hard to comply with copyright laws, so there can be some legalisms to work through. I greatly appreciate your work on this and am happy to help further if I can. It sounds like an important article and I'm sure it would be good to have in an encyclopedia. Thanks again and let me know if you have any further questions or concerns. --TeaDrinker (talk) 02:43, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

I think we may be onto a working plan. The issue could probably not be covered by a standard permissions form, since the license is broader (it would grant anyone, not just Wikipedia, permission to copy or modify the material, with attribution, provided the subsequent modifications are under the same license). It is a fairly broad-reaching license, but one of the five pillars of Wikipedia is that it is built out of free content. If this is acceptable, it should however be enough to add a note like "This text is used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later and under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribute Share-Alike" to the website. This indicates the text is dual licensed under the GFDL and CC-A-SA licenses (which is the license described above). I don't think the issue of two notices on the webpage would be an issue, since this text clarifies the license of the text (particularly indicating it is not covered under the Crown copyright).

Alternatively you could send an email to permissions-en(at)wikimedia.org with licensing information. The official statement is in the box shown, but any variation of wording which conveys (i) claim of ownership and (ii) license under GFDL and CC-A-SA will do via email. Either approach should work fine.

I hope this is not too many hoops to jump though; your contribution of text is great for the encyclopedia and is very much appreciated. There is some measure of trying to make sure all the legalism is satisfied, which I hope you don't find too onerous or off-putting. Again many thanks and let me know if I can clarify anything. Best wishes, --TeaDrinker (talk) 19:31, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Resubmission of article

In March of this year, I created a new article on a weaver called Mary E. Black. My inexperience resulted in a misunderstanding regarding the origin of the content. The content was originally from a brochure created by my weaving group and then subsequently included on a website that our group helped create <http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/black/biography.asp>. The editor who looked at my article discovered what they thought was plagiarism and removed the article. I was advised to obtain permission to use that content. It has taken some time but I believe we have resolved the situation. The original brochure is now available on our group's web site <http://www.parl.ns.ca/ash/pdf/MEBbrochure.pdf> with a note - "1999-2009 Atlantic Spinners and Handweavers; Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document". In addition, the Archives website has added a note "This text is used with permission from the Atlantic Spinners and Handweavers — http://www.parl.ns.ca/ash/".

So my question is, have I resolved the issue sufficiently to be able to resubmit the article? And if so, how do I proceed? Thank you. Weaverfran (talk) 15:25, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Howdy, sorry for the long reply. I didn't spot this here. I went ahead and recreated the Mary E. Black article per your request. Let me know if there is anything else I can help with. Best wishes, --TeaDrinker (talk) 21:11, 12 October 2009 (UTC)