User talk:Steve sings bass

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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Houston Tidelanders (July 21)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Tagishsimon was:

Declined until copyvios dealt with.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:The Houston Tidelanders and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Tagishsimon (talk) 02:52, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Steve sings bass! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Tagishsimon (talk) 02:52, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Steve sings bass! While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps described at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. See also Help:Translation#License requirements.

It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Nthep (talk) 11:55, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copyleft

Yes, changing the licence on the Tidelanders website to a Wikipedia acceptable licence e.g. cc-by-sa-3.0 would solve the copyright issue but there are other things to consider.

Wikipedia articles are to be neutral and encyclopedic and should more be based on what others say about the subject, not what the subject says about itself. If there are no other sources about the subject than the subject itself, then the notability of the subject has to be questioned.
if you are involved with the Tidelanders, then please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Paid editing and act according to those policies. Nthep (talk) 13:44, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:The Houston Tidelanders

Hello, Steve sings bass. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:The Houston Tidelanders, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 12:02, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:The Houston Tidelanders

Hello, Steve sings bass. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "The Houston Tidelanders".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:47, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]