User talk:AndyAnders

Speedy deletion of Lisa Haley
A tag has been placed on Lisa Haley requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant 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.

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Lisa Haley reply
Hi there Andy & welcome back. Lets clear up the "in your own words" question. For copyright reasons we cannot accept text which is copied verbatim from other sources. the only exception this is if the source is out of copyright or has been released to GFDL. So, any article must be written in your own words but must also be supported by references to reliable published sources. You might summarise the key points of someone's life in a few paragraphs but reference the facts therein to a published biography which might be of several hundred pages.

You will need to find more sources than the Overture Magazine article (it could be considered just a bit too local and remember that Wikiedpia requires "significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources" and you will need to inline cite them in the article too, but based on that & some other online sources I dug up the start of a Wikipedia article might look like this:


 * Lisa Haley is an American Grammy nominated Cajun / Zydeco musician. Although she was brought up in California, her family's roots are in Louisiana and Lisa is the fourth generation to play the fiddle. ...... etc etc


 * References

Notice how I have taken the facts from the sources but reworked them in my own words?

You need to emphasis the notability (e.g. the Grammy noms, the chart placings) and avoid mentioning that the album is available for purchase as that will just make the whole thing look like a vehicle for selling a few more copies. Would also suggest a quick flick through the notability requirements for musicians just to be on the safe side and to make sure you have included everything which is relevant.

Hope this helps & good luck! Nancy talk  17:13, 16 November 2008 (UTC)