User talk:Samtastic6

Copyright problems

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Carrano, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material without the permission of the author. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.mycarrano.com/2.html. As a copyright violation, Carrano appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Carrano has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. For text material, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source, provided that it is credible.

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 GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Carrano and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Carrano with a link to where we can find that note.
If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Carrano.

However, for text content, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Roleplayer (talk) 19:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Apaka

Hello I've reverted your addition as it appears to be copied and pasted. I mean, it is even present tense, although, he is dead. Please check above links as this is not what we're trying to do here. If you have a source let me know as i can help with the formatting and then try to say things in your own words using more tha one sources and cite tags. --Tikiwont (talk) 14:47, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I had the impression that it was old due to the present tense and if you typed it manually and then pasted it here, that still amounts to copy and paste. I just wish you had spent the time on a better source than a record poster. Apart from its dubious copyright status it doesn't really count as reliable source and it is difficult to explain to others where the information comes from. What I would suggest that you take a look at the two existing sources e.g. [1] They have lots of material not yet included. I'd start with something simple say regarding his family. If you want to cite that source anothertime somewhere else you can add a <ref name="Berger" />. Just move one step at a time.--Tikiwont (talk) 19:48, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]