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Copyright problems with Solar Kilns

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Solar Kilns, 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.solarkilns.com/about_us/about-us.htm. As a copyright violation, Solar Kilns appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Solar Kilns 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:

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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. Singularity42 (talk) 00:57, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

October 2009

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Solar Kilns

I have moved the following comments from Talk:Solar Kilns to your talk page, since that page will probably soon be deleted under WP:CSD#G8 (a talk page dependent on a deleted page). Singularity42 (talk) 14:43, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A submission I created was deleted. I am the owner/author of the Solar Kilns website content. I am the webmaster for Solar Kilns. I don't understand why my submission was removed. What was wrong with the submission? How can I prove that I'm the owner of the Solar Kilns website content?

The other submission I created wasn't removed - Fantasy Worldwide Festival. I fail to see the difference between my submissions.

Copyright should not be an issue when I own the content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.228.72.166 (talk • contribs) 6:20, 19 October 2009 (Assumed to be Jeslowry (talk · contribs) while logged off, based on comments.)

Unfortunately, there is no way for us to know you actually do own the copyright given the nature of Wikipedia accounts (i.e. anyone can create one, and anyone can claim they own a certain copyright). There's also the issue of licenses - basically, if you do own the copyright and donate the material to Wikipedia, you have to license that anyone can use the copyrighted material under the same license. If you still want to donate your copyrighted material to Wikipedia, read WP:DCM, which explains how to go about it.

I should point out, though, that you may still need to make sure the company is notable to merit its own article. Check out WP:COMPANY which has a useful guideline for determining notability of companies.

Finally, I did look at Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival, but I don't see any obvious copyright violations there, so its not the same situation as Solar Kilns. Singularity42 (talk) 14:43, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Solar Kilns

I have moved the following comments from Talk:Solar Kilns to your talk page, since that page will probably soon be deleted under WP:CSD#G8 (a talk page dependent on a deleted page). Singularity42 (talk) 14:46, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A submission I created was deleted. I am the owner/author of the Solar Kilns website content. I am the webmaster for Solar Kilns. I don't understand why my submission was removed. What was wrong with the submission? How can I prove that I'm the owner of the Solar Kilns website content?

The other submission I created wasn't removed - Fantasy Worldwide Festival. I fail to see the difference between my submissions.

Copyright should not be an issue when I own the content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.228.72.166 (talk • contribs) 6:20, 19 October 2009 (Assumed to be Jeslowry (talk · contribs) while logged off, based on comments.)

Unfortunately, there is no way for us to know you actually do own the copyright given the nature of Wikipedia accounts (i.e. anyone can create one, and anyone can claim they own a certain copyright). There's also the issue of licenses - basically, if you do own the copyright and donate the material to Wikipedia, you have to license that anyone can use the copyrighted material under the same license. If you still want to donate your copyrighted material to Wikipedia, read WP:DCM, which explains how to go about it.

I should point out, though, that you may still need to make sure the company is notable to merit its own article. Check out WP:COMPANY which has a useful guideline for determining notability of companies.

Finally, I did look at Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival, but I don't see any obvious copyright violations there, so its not the same situation as Solar Kilns. Singularity42 (talk) 14:46, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival

The article Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Not notable. Furthermore, this festival appears to be no longer active; they're website no longer exists. I can find few sources that even mention this festival.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Justin W Smith ^talk/_stalk 03:31, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]