Talk:Dewayne Blackwell
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Copyright problems with DeWayne Blackwell
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Hello. Concerning your contribution, DeWayne Blackwell, 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://countrymusic.about.com/library/bldewayneblackwell.htm#top. As a copyright violation, DeWayne Blackwell appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. DeWayne Blackwell has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.
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- Short version: You can't just copy in stuff from other sites even if you change it a bit later. I think the best thing is to let it be deleted and then start again without copying stuff verbatim. --DanielRigal (talk) 00:26, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Contested deletion
[edit]This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement, because... (your reason here) --Wstarrbusbee (talk) 00:30, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
because why is there not a dewayne blackwell page? he wrote so many hit songs. check the numbers.
- This isn't about notability. This is about the copying of stuff from other websites.
- Anyway, I have removed all the copied material. So long as you build the article up with stuff you write yourself then it should be OK now. --DanielRigal (talk) 00:38, 9 April 2012 (UTC)