User talk:Ewspencer

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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Sandy Martin.jpg

File Copyright problem

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Merge discussion for Shahzad Rizvi bibliography

An article that you have been involved in editing, Shahzad Rizvi bibliography , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Bensci54 (talk) 01:29, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merger accepted

Your proposal makes sense. I created the bibliography separately based on a survey of a few other author pages. However, the examples I studied do have considerably more content within the main biographical page. So, I'll proceed with merging the bibliography page into the bio page. Thank you for the recommendation. Ewspencer (talk) 03:28, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mayu: The Life of a Finnish Woman

Hello Ewspencer,

It seems to me that an article you worked on, Mayu: The Life of a Finnish Woman, may be copied from http://kahany.org/book_mayu-a-finnish-woman.html. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.

It's important that you edit the article and rewrite it in your own words, unless you're absolutely certain nothing in it is copied. If you're not sure how to fix the problem or have any questions, there are people at the help desk who are happy to assist you.

Thank you for helping build a free encyclopedia! MadmanBot (talk) 07:19, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Dinner with the Dead: A Ghost Story

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A tag has been placed on Dinner with the Dead: A Ghost Story requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Proposed deletion of Dinner with the Dead: A Ghost Story

The article Dinner with the Dead: A Ghost Story has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable book. Appear to fail WP:NOTBOOK.

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. reddogsix (talk) 04:04, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Shahzad Rizvi for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Shahzad Rizvi is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shahzad Rizvi until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:36, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted to drop a note and explain why I'm nominating this. The long and short of it is that this guy just doesn't pass notability guidelines. None of the sources given are ones that would establish notability. They're all primary sources or otherwise unusable. Primary sources are ones that are released by someone that is involved with the subject. For example, in this case a primary source would be something released by Rizvi, someone representing him, or someone that he has been involved with at some point. A story about him that has been written by a college he attended would not be usable for that exact reason. If you have any questions about things, please let me know. I also have to ask if you're affiliated with Rizvi in any way, such as you being a former student or someone he asked to create a Wikipedia article for him. This would pose a conflict of interest and while it wouldn't mean that you can't make articles, it is something that you need to divulge up front. This will lessen concerns over whether or not you're here purely to promote him (ie, advertising) or just being someone who wanted to add an article about him for whatever reason. You can still be an editor that was asked or paid to create an article, yet still not be someone who is only here to spam Wikipedia, if that makes any sense. In any case, the big thing is to ensure that you're transparent about any potential COI. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:36, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (File:Book Cover - Mayu The Life of a Finnish Woman.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free media (File:Book Cover - The Last Resident the Love Story of a British Official and an Indian Princess.jpg)

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