User talk:Dominicpeckham

Dominic Peckham

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Welcome

Hello, Dominicpeckham, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you created appears to be an article about yourself. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Dominic Peckham

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A tag has been placed on Dominic Peckham requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites 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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At Talk:Dominic Peckham, you wrote:

This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement, because the listed duplication is authorised by www.nycgb.net. It is an educational reference and Dominic Peckham (the educator) is free from any copyright.

The page in question has a copyright disclaimer right on the page, so your claim that the content is free from any copyright is patently false. If you wish to donate this copyrighted material to Wikipedia, there is a proper process to do so. However, this is almost never a proper solution, because even if the copyright issues can be resolved, the content of the page must meet all of Wikipedia's other guidelines, specifically those regarding promotion. The nycgb.net page in question is a page intended to promote Peckham as a conductor, thus enhancing the reputation of the NYCGB for whom he conducts. This is a fine use of NYCGB's web space; but it is not an appropriate use of Wikipedia. The biography would have to be fundamentally rewritten and referenced from reliable sources in order to be allowed to remain.

Since you appear to be the subject of the article in question, I should also point out (as has already been done above) Wikipedia's guidelines regarding autobiographies. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:07, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]