User talk:Ibranz
Copyright status of Virtual_Worlds:_The_Next_Realm_in_Advertising?
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Please do not post copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to Virtual_Worlds:_The_Next_Realm_in_Advertising?. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites (http://www.davidairey.com/virtual-worlds-the-next-realm-in-advertising/ in this case) or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
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Otherwise, you are encouraged to rewrite this article in your own words to avoid any copyright infringement. After you do so, you should place a {{hangon}} tag on the article page and leave a note at Talk:Virtual_Worlds:_The_Next_Realm_in_Advertising? saying you have done so. An administrator will review the new content before taking action.
It is also important that all Wikipedia articles have an encyclopedic tone and follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. -- lucasbfr talk 14:24, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your message. There are 2 main issues with your article.
- The copyright violation is the obvious one, as I wrote we need to licence all text under the GFDL. That means that anyone can use this content, modify it, and even make money with it. If you are the copyright holder, you might want to think twice before releasing the content of his website under the GFDL. To do so, you can follow the steps written in my message above.
- The second problem is that Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought. If you have done primary research on a topic, publish your results in other venues such as peer-reviewed journals, or respected online sites first, and Wikipedia will report about your work once it becomes part of accepted knowledge. Not all information added to Wikipedia has to be from peer-reviewed journals, but please strive to make sure that information is reliable and verifiable. For example, citing book, print, or reliable web resources demonstrates that the material is verifiable and is not merely the editor's opinion.
I hope that helps! -- lucasbfr talk 16:44, 5 June 2007 (UTC)