User talk:Csoukoulis

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Csoukoulis, good luck, and have fun. – Jnanaranjan Sahu (ଜ୍ଞାନ) talk 10:47, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Costas Soukoulis


A tag has been placed on Costas Soukoulis requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://cmp.physics.iastate.edu/soukoulis/vitae/Soukoulis_short_CV_2013.pdf. 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. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Costas Soukoulis
Hi, thanks for message. You can sign your comments automatically using four tildes ~. Please add your messages to the bottom of the talk page, or they may be overlooked. I deleted your article because:
 * The article was a copyright violation. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.
 * it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of unsourced claims presented as fact include: Soukoulis has proven that he has the ability to productively change research fields and to establish new interdisciplinary approaches
 * it did not provide adequate independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the prof test.It is now Wikipedia policy that biographical articles about living people must have independent verifiable references, or they will be deleted. Although you gave several refs, they appeared to be mainly to his papers and therefore not suitable as independent references. Better in a publications section.
 * You have an obvious conflict of interest when it comes to editing articles about this subject. Thank you for declaring your interest. If, after reading the information about notability linked above, you still believe that you are notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could, if you wish, post a request at Requested articles for the article to be created. See also Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.

I will shortly post the text here. Please make sure that you address the issues as soon as possible, or copy the text to an external editor. Because of the copyright issue, it cannot just sit there, cheers  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  17:31, 28 February 2014 (UTC)