User talk:Aidawilliams

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Aidawilliams, good luck, and have fun. – Jnanaranjan Sahu (ଜ୍ଞାନ) talk 19:58, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Aida Foroutan


A tag has been placed on Aida Foroutan 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. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://manchester.academia.edu/AidaForoutan‎. 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.

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 modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website or image but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines 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 "Click here to 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. Ruby  Murray  14:03, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

February 2014
Please do not write or add to an article about yourself, as you apparently did at Aida Foroutan. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Ruby  Murray  14:25, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Copyvio
Hey, I deleted the page, but I have no true issue with it being re-created in the future. The long and short of it is that you cannot use direct text pulled from another website such as Academia.edu. It's considered to be a copyright violation regardless of who wrote it. Even if they give up the content as fair use and/or give their permission in general, it is always expected that you (the editor) will re-write the material in your own words. Part of the reason is to avoid legal repercussions in the long run, but there are other reasons for this as well. In many instances the prose will contain words or phrases that Wikipedia would consider to be promotional in tone. (WP:PEACOCK) This is why it's so incredibly important to never just cut and paste text from another website. I have no issue with you creating it, but please do so in your own words and not with text from another website. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   09:39, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I've cut and pasted this from another editor's page, but the sentiment remains. I would also like to urge that you and he show notability by using reliable sources. This means coverage in newspapers, peer-reviewed journals, and the like. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   09:40, 8 February 2014 (UTC)