User talk:Zoojo

Welcome!

Hello, Zoojo, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Please do not copy from other sources to Wikipedia

I have deleted Renaissance 2.0 because, even though it is translated, it appeared to be a direct copy of a column published on the Internet. First, Wikipedia is not the venue of those kinds of reprints. Second, as noted below the edit box, any text copied on here must be under a GFDL-compatible license. In the absence of that license, the text you added was deemed to infringe on the original author's copyright. Please review the guidelines on creating your first article before attempting another one. Thank you, and happy editing! —C.Fred (talk) 13:06, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Permission of the author is not enough. If Renaissance 2.0 is a notable concept, then there should be coverage elsewhere which can be used to build the article. The article can then draw on all of the magazine articles, newspaper stories, etc. Within that kind of an article, it may be appropriate to use a few short passages of text from the column - but that would be under the doctrine of fair use, and permission wouldn't be needed anyway.

The copyright issue was a serious problem that warranted immediate deletion, but there's a bigger issue with the article. Is Renaissance 2.0 a notable concept? If it's not, then the article will be subject to deletion (although there will be discussion first). —C.Fred (talk) 18:04, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe our core policies. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 13:07, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Specific examples of the non-neutral language in your edit include:
1. "the best thing is the opportunity for the users to contribute with their photos!"
2. "These are the applications that will flourish in the Renaissance 2.0."
3. "a further function of the future will be to integrate information with the images"

All of these additions are non-neutral; none of them are backed up by a reliable source. —C.Fred (talk) 18:08, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]