User talk:Dronerokz

July 2010

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The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Tau phi sigma was changed by Dronerokz (u) (t) blanking the page on 2010-07-30T05:31:26+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 05:31, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problems with Tau Phi Sigma

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Tau Phi Sigma, 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.tauphisigma.com/about.html. As a copyright violation, Tau Phi Sigma appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Tau Phi Sigma 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 Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:

If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Tau Phi Sigma and send an email with the message to permissions-enwikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at Talk:Tau Phi Sigma 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-enwikimedia.org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Tau Phi Sigma.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 14:29, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of things on how to proceed with the article on Tau Phi Sigma:

First, you have a conflict of interest, since it is your fraternity. While this does not mean you can't create an article on it, It does mean you need to be very careful to present information in neutral point of view and citing independent reliable sources whenever possible.

Second, permission to use the text is not sufficient; the fraternity would have to relicense the text under Creative Commons and GFDL licenses for it to be usable on Wikipedia. Even then, large sections of the text would be subject to removal as blatant advertising. Also, the article could (and likely would) be edited by other editors, so the donated text from the fraternity's website might not stay in the article for long.

The best course is probably to start an article, from scratch, modeled on other fraternities' articles. Write it neutrally, cite newspaper and magazine articles about the fraternity, and be prepared for other editors to rewrite it wholesale. —C.Fred (talk) 17:09, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]