User talk:Brentjsmith

Please do not remove speedy deletion tags from articles you created. If you do not believe the article deserves to be deleted, then please do the following:
 * Place  on the page. Please do not remove any existing speedy deletion tag(s).
 * Make your case on the article's .

Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you. - SDPatrolBot (talk) 09:11, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi there Brentjsmith! I saw that you added a hangon tag to a page which you created, FRANK GORENC. This is good, but in the process you removed the tag requesting deletion under CSD A7. Even though there is a hangon on the page, the deletion template should remain there. But don't worry, this doesn't mean that the page is going to get deleted. Make sure you edit the talk page of the page nominated for deletion, located at Talk:FRANK GORENC, administrators will look at your reason why the page should remain before they decide what to do. Thanks - SDPatrolBot (talk) 09:15, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

March 2010
Please do not add or change content without citing verifiable and reliable sources. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. 98.248.40.19 (talk) 09:31, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Swim For The Reef
This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Swim For The Reef, and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://swim4thereef.org/TheProject.htm. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. See our copyright policy for further details. (If you own the copyright to the previously published content and wish to donate it, see Donating copyrighted materials for the procedure.)

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot (talk) 08:23, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Swim For The Reef
Hello. Concerning your contribution, Swim For The Reef, 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, Swim For The Reef appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Swim For The Reef 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 Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at and send an email with the message to . See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on.

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. -- Shadowlynk (Talk) 08:48, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

re Swim for the Reef
Hi Brentjsmith - Thank you for adding the article on Swim For The Reef. However, Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and we cannot host material whose copyright belongs to others without explicit permission from the owner. Please see this page for information on how copyright owners can grant Wikipedia the right to use their material. Alternatively, you could write an article in your own words, using reliable sources as references. Please let me know if there's anything I can help you with. -- Kateshortforbob talk  09:58, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Brent - Thanks for your message. As far as I can see, there are a couple of things which need to be done for the Swim for the Reef article. The first is the copyright issue, where you can do one of two things:


 * 1) Follow the instructions at this page granting Wikipedia permission to use the material from the Swim for the Reef page. This basically involves sending an email to an official Wikipedia email address from an address associated with the website (like owner@swim4thereef.com). There is a more detailed explanation on that page.
 * 2) Alternatively, you could create an article, written in your own words, avoiding the copyright issue entirely. In this case, I would add the swim4thereef website as an external link so readers could go there for more information.


 * Whichever of these you choose is entirely up to yourself; however, note that any article may be edited by other people, even if Wikipedia uses the text from the Swim4theReef website.


 * The other thing which an article will need is some references from reliable sources - for example, newspaper or magazine articles. I notice that there was an Associated Press article, which would be useful as a citation for the facts in the article, and I also found a brief profile in the Austin American-Statesman (31 December 2002) which mentioned a documentary crew was following the swim. If a documentary was made/broadcast, that would be useful to add to the article. If the other links on your Events and Media page are published newspaper articles, they can also be used as citations.


 * If you have any questions, or there is anything I can help you with, feel free to let me know; I generally check for messages every day. We also have a Help Desk, where experienced editors will answer any questions related to using and editing Wikipedia. I will leave a copy of this reply on your talk page also.-- Kateshortforbob talk  19:10, 10 March 2010 (UTC)