User talk:Angellotti

Copyright problems

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Marc Abraham, 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.hollywoodjesus.com/tuck_everlasting_about2.htm. As a copyright violation, Marc Abraham appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Marc Abraham 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:Marc Abraham 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:Marc Abraham 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 Talk:Marc Abraham.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you. --Finngall ^talk 18:29, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Finngall, I need to talk to you about the deletion of the Marc Abraham biography that I posted earlier. It was deleted because it was found on the web site www.hollywoodjesus.com which mentions one of his movies, "Tuck Everlasting" and has Marc's bio as information on the producer. That bio was obtained from Marc Abraham's office and written by me, it isn't a problem that they have used it but it is hindering my ability to post an updated version of his bio on Wikipedia. What do you suggest I do?

67.113.92.25 (talk) 23:02, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, we tend to discourage contributions where the editor is connected with the subject for conflict of interest reasons. Mr. Abraham looks notable enough to merit an article here. But remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, which means that the material herein needs to be written from a neutral point of view, and it needs to be verifiable from reliable sources that are independent of the subject. That means that Mr. Abraham's promo material should not be used as a source for the article, copyright violation or not, and that the article shouldn't read like a press release, which your article did.

Please note that the fact that the article was speedily deleted does not preclude its recreation, but if the content is not substantially different, it's liable to get deleted all over again. If you wish to continue to work on the article, I recommend creating a subpage of your userpage to use as a private workspace. You can then move or copy the finished product to the main article space.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have further questions. --Finngall ^talk 23:07, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]