User talk:Aref tehranian

Speedy deletion nomination of Sia Nemat-Nasser
Hello Aref tehranian,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Sia Nemat-Nasser for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Itsalleasy (talk) 02:46, 17 May 2014

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As reviewing administrator, I had to delete the next version also, but because  there was a much more   serious problem-- : it was copied almost entirely from his bio on the web site, and is copyright to them.

Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously; and does not accept material copied from other sources unless it is in the public domain, or released to us under a free license   (It is, by the way, not necessary for pages to have a notice to be copyright:  everything published on the internet or elsewhere is copyright to the owner of that content unless specified otherwise.)

It might be possible to get permission, but there is no point in doing so--a web site of this sort almost always is unsuitable for WP, because it is usually written as a press release, praising rather than describing the subject and containing material we would not include. It is therefore always better to rewrite.

Please never copy this way from an outside source again, and be absolutely certain that in everything you have previously written, there is not just no copying, but no Close paraphrase. If there is, rewrite that part from scratch, changing not just the words, but the arrangement into sentences and the sequence of ideas.

The way to avoid promotionalism is to just describe his career--the distinguished professorship is enough to prove him notable by WP:PROF. You can mention the award, and in the reference say way it was awarded for If you need any assistance, please ask  directly  on   my user talk page,  and I'll respond either there or on your talk page in a day or two.  DGG ( talk ) 19:01, 17 May 2014 (UTC)