Talk:Alan Balfour

Copyright problems with Alan Balfour
Hello. Concerning your contribution, Alan Balfour, 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). As a copyright violation, Alan Balfour appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Alan Balfour 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 GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:


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 * If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Alan Balfour.

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. TealCloud (talk) 18:59, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Note from Author
I have express permission from Alan Balfour to copy and paste the materials from his web site onto the Wikipedia page —Preceding unsigned comment added by TealCloud (talk • contribs) 19:04, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If this is true, Mr. Balfour needs to send an email from a verifiable email address to the Wikimedia Foundation Contact us indicating such a release of his copyright. Otherwise it will be treated as copyright infringement. I have redacted my nomination to have the article deleted, as I believe Mr. Balfour does meet the notability guidelines for academics, and am working on summarizing the CV page from his website. KuyaBriBri Talk header 19:08, 1 June 2009 (UTC)