User talk:Commtemp

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Eric Zolt

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Eric Zolt 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 https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/eric-m-zolt/. 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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Your submission at Articles for creation: Eric Zolt (August 6)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Otterathome was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage (not just mere mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people, the golden rule and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Help:Introduction to referencing/1), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

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Otterathome (talk) 18:30, 6 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Noah D. Zatz (August 10)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by 97198 was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage (not just mere mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines for academics, the golden rule and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Help:Introduction to referencing/1), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please provide references to independent, reliable sources (i.e. not connected to Zatz or UCLA) about Zatz and his achievements to show that he is notable by Wikipedia's standards.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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97198 (talk) 02:25, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Commtemp, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Draft:Noah D. Zatz have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

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Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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August 2017

Your addition to Draft:Wilbert H. Watts has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. This is your final warning. Further copyright violations will result in you being blocked from editing. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:27, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Eric Zolt (August 15)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Curb Safe Charmer was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage (not just mere mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines for academics, the golden rule and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Help:Introduction to referencing/1), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please add references that clearly show how Zolt meets one or more criteria listed at WP:NACADEMIC. At the moment the draft doesn't show how Zolt is notable.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 20:47, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Commtemp, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 20:47, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

Hi. As an article reviewer myself, I concur with all the comments above. You appear to be writing Wikipedia biographies of your law school professors based solely on their biographies at your school's website. That is not good enough. Each one has to meet one of the criteria set forth at Wikipedia:Notability (academics) AKA WP:NACADEMIC, according to verifiable reliable sources. None of your drafts even claim to meet one of those criteria. In legal terms, you have insufficient evidence, so we have reasonable doubt. You may want to approach these professors and ask for their help, but keep in mind that you, thay, and the school have conflicts of interest. At least Professor Yeazell is claimed to be "a David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus", but there need to be more references for his draft, and it would help to describe what that quoted part means. Also, at least Professor Wonsowicz "has served as both the President of the Association of Academic Support Educators and as the Chair of the American Association of Law Schools’ Academic Support Section", but again we need more sources. — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 02:58, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help, much appreciated! I work in the Communications Department in the UCLA Law School, so we are in charge of all the content that is produced on the law school's website, including the faculty profiles and information about their accomplishments. So, there is no doubt that the information is not conflicting with the school. However, adding multiple reliable sources is very doable. I did have plans to do so - I was disappointed that every single draft I worked on got deleted, before I had the chance to add reliable sources before submitting to become an official article (I was unaware that the articles needed everything essential added the first time it's worked on, as a draft). Commtemp (talk) 18:54, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The reason the content was removed is because it was copied from the school website without any evidence of permission. That's a violation of copyright law and the copyright policy of this website. If the copyright holder wishes to release their material to Wikipedia under license, please see the instructions at WP:Donating copyrighted materials. There's a sample permission email at WP:Consent. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 15:50, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Jonathan M. Zasloff concern

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Draft:Wilbert H. Watts concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Wilbert H. Watts, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Draft:Noah D. Zatz concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Noah D. Zatz, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Draft:Eric Zolt concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Eric Zolt, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:36, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Jonathan M. Zasloff

Hello, Commtemp. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Jonathan M. Zasloff".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.