User talk:Climate Change in Lebanon

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Draft:Climate Change in Lebanon (June 24)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! The submission has not been accepted because it included copyrighted information, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work. The existing submission may be deleted at any time. Copyrighted work cannot be allowed to remain on Wikipedia. ''' Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! '''
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Fiddle  Faddle  21:24, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
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Your note at my talk page
Thank you for your note. In general, there are two ways to resolve this kind of thing; one is to obtain a change in the hosting organization's copyright policy, but as that would seemingly require legislation through your parliament, I suppose we shouldn't worry about that right now. The second is to obtain a copyright release and have it sent through OTRS. Imagine that someone requests permission from the MOE to use something copyrighted that's owned by the MOE. Who would have the authority to say "yes" to that request? If you wish to have this content used here, you'll have to convince this person to give permission (see below) and forward that permission to. It will be archived and accessible to any of our "OTRS" team members and hidden from everyone else for the sake of privacy, but OTRS team members are always happy to confirm that permission has been given for a certain page.

"Below" — we don't accept a Wikipedia-only permissions statement. In other words, a permissions statement must allow outside use: we will only accept something that specifically releases the material under the "CC-by-sa 3.0" license. This basically permits anyone to use the content, changing it, selling it, etc., with only two major restrictions: they must attribute the MOE as the author, and they're forced to release any changes under the same license. Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License is the legal text, if you're interested. The best way to make this release is to use the form at Declaration of consent for all enquiries

Final note You are always free to rewrite the material in your own words. I would advise this, because it requires no permission from anyone, and you wouldn't have to worry about going through our bureaucracy or about legal license language. Feel free to ask me for any additional help. Nyttend (talk) 12:06, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I repeat my final note: you are always free to rewrite the material in your own words. Close paraphrasing is still a copyright infringement, and continuing to commit it will result in a block from editing Wikipedia and the potential for real-life legal consequences for you.  You must write something completely new, using the government source for nothing beyond a factual basis for your statements, i.e. saying "The Lebanese government says X" and using the government page for that purpose.  Nyttend (talk) 05:17, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

I have changed the articles. I have rewritten all in my own words. I just wanted to make sure if it is ok. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.126.142.122 (talk) 05:39, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

You asked me for help
I would very much like to help you. At present I see that deleted the draft as close paraphrasing of a copyright document/web page. They have done their job, which is to protect the copyright owner's legal rights.

On my talk page you state that you are "the owners of this website as the Ministry of Environment." I am sure you are correct. The problem WIkipedia has, though, is that you could be anybody. The internet is a vast and vague place. So we cannot take your word for this regardless of the fact that I believe you. What we need you to do is to prove that you own the copyright and that you will release this. Ok so far?

The next step is to follow the procedure at Donating copyrighted materials. Note all that Nyttend says about the correct licence.

I appreciate that you are frustrated. Imagine, though, how angry you would be if someone else had taken your copyright and trampled all over it. We know this is frustrating, but we work very hard to protect copyright owners.

I hope I have helped you. If you need more guidance please ask me on my own talk page. Fiddle  Faddle  12:32, 7 August 2014 (UTC)


 * There is a reply on my talk page to your latest message. Fiddle   Faddle  08:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)