User talk:JPSmith73

Welcome![edit]

Hello, JPSmith73, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Draft:A Million Knots, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{help me}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:A Million Knots[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Draft:A Million Knots requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://amillionknots.wixsite.com/amksl/our-story. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material 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.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. ^{My name is}not^dave (talk/contribs) 21:21, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you post copyrighted material onto Wikipedia that you own, you are putting that content into a state of legal confusion -- on one hand the website says the content is copyrighted, while Wikipedia is not copyrighted in the standard sense -- it is copyleft and is joint published under a joint GFDL/Creative Commons license. The material has been deleted. ^{My name is}not^dave (talk/contribs) 21:27, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A bit more on copyright and other things Wikipedia[edit]

Hi JPSmith73, I've deleted your draft as spam and a copyright violation. Just a few things:

If you have the copyright and evidence that you own it, follow the instructions at this page, note that just because the content is donated does not mean Wikipedia has to include it. We have policies on advertising and maintaining neutrality.
You also might not want to release the text under a compatible license. This is a conversation that is best had with your firm's legal office.
Even if you own the copyright to the words that have been removed, its often easiest to write it in your own words to match Wikipedia's voice. Its better writing normally, and easier than donating most of the time.
We also generally discourage people from writing articles about things that they are personally involved with or where you are paid to edit. If you are paid to edit, you must declare your affiliation. You can read more about these policies and guidelines at our page on paid-editing and at our conflict of interest page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me on my tslk page or here. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:37, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]