User talk:Larsselleth

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Happy editing! Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:55, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Deadly prey

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I wanted to explain a couple of issues with the article Deadly prey. First, as the template on the article has already made you aware, Wikipedia cannot utilize text taken from any other source unless that text is demonstrably public domain or licensed compatibly with GFDL. IMDb is not compatibly licensed. We can use the non-copyrighted elements of an IMDb page, like cast list, but we can't use creative text like summaries. Your revision at Talk:Deadly prey/Temp does seem to have taken care of that, but there are other elements there that are inappropriate for Wikipedia. Among them, you have a link to the trailer at youtube. Most videos are also protected by copyright, and this includes film trailers. We can link to them if they are being legally displayed, as at a producer's website or an official site for a film. We can't link to them when they are on sites known for hosting illegal content, such as youtube, unless we can verify that they have been legally licensed for display there. There's no evidence that this is the case with this film. Wikipedia must take all necessary steps to ensure that our content complies with U.S. law. (See our copyright policy for more information.)

Another problem, and a serious one, is that additional text does not meet our verifiability policy or our neutrality policy. These are two of Wikipedia's core content policies. You assert that the film is "Widely acknowledges as one of the finest pieces of cinematography in history"--by whom? We need citations to reliable sources to support such statements. In reliable sources, we're looking for newspaper articles or magazines or reliable industry websites, publications of that nature. Personal blogs or forums are not considered reliable.

We also have notability guidelines that help determine what subjects are suitable for encyclopedia articles on Wikipedia. In the case of a movie, the guideline of point is Wikipedia:Notability (films). As you can see at the guideline, establishing notability also requires reliable sources. Though it makes fun reading, this would not be a reliable source. This would. That's the only reliable source I've found; more of that sort would be ideal.

Lacking reliable sources, this article may not be appropriate for inclusion on Wikipedia. Of more immediate concern, though, is the promotional elements of the text. If the article is not made neutral, then your "temporary" version will not be usable in article space. See WP:CSD#G11 and Wikipedia:NOTADVERTISING#ADVERTISING.

Please feel free to let me know if you have questions about these policies and guidelines. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:55, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Ted Prior

Thanks for the link that I'm not planning on looking at. Like I said, I don't doubt the information, but there is a particular strict policy that says that unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material about living persons—whether the material is negative, positive, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.

I entirely expect that the information can be sourced and readded, but it needed to be removed until a reference was provided. --Onorem ♠Dil 16:40, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]