User talk:Vijayalakshmy.subramaniam

Copyright problems with Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam, 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.carnaticindia.com/profiles/vijayalakshmy_subramaniam.html. As a copyright violation, Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam 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:

• If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam and send an email with the message to permissions-enwikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
• If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at Talk:Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam with a link to where we can find that note.
• If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam.

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. HalfShadow 04:08, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

On copyright and usernames

Hi, the page referenced above has been speedily deleted as a copyright violation. In light of your username, this raises a couple of issues:

• 1. Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material for inclustion, EVEN IF the editor that adds the material is the copyright holder of the material in question, unless that material is explictly released under a compatible free license such as GFDL or Creative Commons.

• 2. Your username, and the fact that you have created an article about a person with the same name, would suggest that you may have created an article about yourself and may also be the copyright holder of the material on the copied website.

The issues raised are:

• The Wikipeida community has a policy of discouraging editors from writing autobiographical articles. Please read the linked material to understand why this policy is in place.

• You cannot copy text verbatim from a wessite without there either being an explicit release on the source website, or without an OTRS file having been created to log permission. The reader and other editors self evidently have no way of knowing that you are in a position to release any material from copyright without an officially registered statement to that effect. In addition, material on the internet, even if released for promotional purposes, does not automatically fall into the public domain.

Please ask if you have any questions about the above, and please confirm whether or not you are indeed Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam, as if not then you should not be using her name as a username as that would violate our username policy. Mfield (Oi!) 05:49, 26 February 2010 (UTC)