User talk:Elvismoya

Hi, I noticed that the text you added to Kent Hance is directly copied from his CV at [1]. This constitutes a copyright violation and isn't allowed at Wikipedia. I've removed your edits; please use your own writing when editing articles. Thanks! Meelar (talk) 16:56, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi, as I mentioned above, copyrighted material (like the Kent Hance CV I linked to above) isn't allowed on Wikipedia. To be included in the article on Kent Hance, the material has to be rewritten in your own words, and follow other Wikipedia policies like neutrality. Also, you should be aware that once the text is on Wikipedia, anyone will be able to edit it. Please let me know if you've got any questions, I'm happy to help! Best, Meelar (talk) 17:17, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. My question is: Why was the photo removed and other information that was deleted because it is not true?

Basically, I couldn't tell what was copyrighted and what wasn't (for instance, that photo might have come from the Texas Tech website, in which case it couldn't be used). So to be safe, I removed everything you'd put in. I apologize if this seems like an overreaction, but any copyrighted material is off limits, and we get a lot of people who just drop in, post copyrighted material, and leave immediately. At any rate, I'll go through the article and rewrite what I can to reflect the information that you posted. Meelar (talk) 17:47, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Image for Kent Hance

Basically, Wikipedia can use any image you upload, as long as the copyright holder agrees to release it under an appropriate license. See Wikipedia:Image use policy for more information. If you upload the image and make it clear where it came from, who owns it, and that it's being released under a free license, it can be included in the article. Thanks very much for taking the time to do all this, by the way--it's appreciated. Meelar (talk) 19:26, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

When you re-upload the image, you should add this text to the description: {{cc-by-sa-3.0}}. This indicates that you're releasing it under a creative commons license, which means that anyone can use the image or edit it as long as they credit the image owner. Meelar (talk) 21:09, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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