User talk:Cherylbennett

Copyright issue with GISAID}}}
Hello. Concerning your contribution, :, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from. As a copyright violation, : appears to qualify for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. : has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. For text material, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source, provided that it is credible.

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 GFDL, you can comment to that effect on Talk:. If the article or image has already been deleted, but you have a proper release, you can reenter the content at :, after describing the release on the talk page. However, for text content, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Butseriouslyfolks 04:16, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, I didn't delete the article. I simply noted the copyright violation.  An administrator checked into it and determined that the text was copied from another website with no assertion of permission.  Wikipedia is intended for articles in a contributor's own words, not entries cut-and-pasted from other websites.  However, if you have permission to copy text from another website, there is a procedure for confirming this permission here.  You cannot assume that because something is a "press release" that it can be posted to Wikipedia.  Wikipedia contributions must be permitted under the GFDL, which allows users to not only post to Wikipedia but also reuse and modify the text.  I hope this information is helpful, and please feel free to contribute.  Just take care to follow the permission confirmation procedure if you copy text from another website, because it might get deleted as a copyright violation if you don't. -- Butseriouslyfolks 10:39, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Ok it is out there again. Please let e know that you are comfortable now. Thank you Cherylbennett 11:02, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Your other message got to me. As you have apparently discovered, all you have to do is leave a note on a user's "talk" (discussion) page, and a "new message" alert will be displayed next time they use Wikipedia.


 * As far as the article, I took a quick look and some of it is still problematic. For example, the first paragraph under "Goals" is taken almost verbatim from the penultimate paragraph of [|the press release].  In the absence of permission (which would have to be noted on the talk page and confirmed via the proper procedure, this and any other copied verbiage will have to be reworded.  I see you initially indicated on the talk page that the press release was in the public domain, but that is not necessarily so.  Even a press release carries copyright protection unless the author indicates otherwise.  There may be an implied license to reprint a press release, but that is not sufficient for Wikipedia, because it does not imply license to modify, for example.  -- Butseriouslyfolks 18:52, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

we are working on it right away trying to figure this one out, as we are the authors of the release. if you can help facilitate that with us, we would be very appreciative Cherylbennett 19:00, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * If you want to communicate with me, you need to leave a message on my talk page, otherwise I won't be notified. I just happened to notice there was something new on this page.


 * Since you created the original press release, here's the information you need:
 * Copyright owners who submitted their own work to Wikipedia: If you submitted work to Wikipedia which you had previously published (especially online), and your submission was marked as a potential infringement of copyright, stating that you are the copyright holder of the work on the article's talk page helps, but will not likely prevent deletion. It is sufficient to either:


 * Make a note permitting reuse under the GFDL at the site of the original publication; or
 * Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en at wikimedia dot org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation.


 * That is from Copyright problems. The "site of the original publication" would be the GISAID website.  Good luck!  -- Butseriouslyfolks 06:03, 12 February 2007 (UTC)