User talk:Dirkhvanderlaan

Hello, Dirkhvanderlaan, and welcome to Wikipedia! While efforts to improve Wikipedia are always welcome, unfortunately your contributions are not written in English that is good enough to be useful. You appear to be more familiar with Dutch; did you know there is a Dutch Wikipedia? You may prefer to contribute there instead. In any case, welcome to the project, and thank you for your efforts! Ahecht ( TALK PAGE ) 16:31, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Hallo, Dirkhvanderlaan, en welkom bij Wikipedia! Hoewel alle inspanningen om Wikipedia te verbeteren altijd welkom zijn, is het Engels van je bijdragen helaas niet goed genoeg om bruikbaar te zijn. Ik heb de indruk dat je beter thuis bent in het Nederlands; wist je dat er ook een Nederlandse Wikipedia is? Wellicht ben je daar beter op je plaats dan hier. In ieder geval wil ik je hartelijk welkom heten bij het project en je bedanken voor je bijdragen! Ahecht ( TALK PAGE ) 16:31, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Op weg naar een Nieuw Bewustzijn
This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Op weg naar een Nieuw Bewustzijn, and it appears to include material copied directly from http://www.ako.nl/product/9789055993017/op-weg-naar-een-nieuw-bewustzijn-dirk-van-der-laan/.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Op weg naar een Nieuw Bewustzijn


A tag has been placed on Op weg naar een Nieuw Bewustzijn 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 ako.nl/product/9789055993017/op-weg-naar-een-nieuw-bewustzijn-dirk-van-der-laan. 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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Copyright, notability, conflict of interest
Welcome to Wikipedia! Although I am afraid it will seem unwelcoming, I have deleted the page Op weg naar een Nieuw Bewustzijn because it contained copyright material from http://ako.nl/product/9789055993017/op-weg-naar-een-nieuw-bewustzijn-dirk-van-der-laan. Wikipedia cannot host copyright material, even temporarily, see Copy-paste. An assertion of permission is not enough.

Even if the copyright issue were resolved, this page would not be acceptable: I am sorry that this is not explained more clearly at sign-on time. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:54, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
 * This is the English-language Wikipedia, and contributions should be in English. The Dutch Wikipedia is at https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/, but the following two comments would apply there, as well.
 * Wikipedia's inclusion criterion is called Notability, and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The notability standard for books is explained at WP:Notability (books).
 * Wikipedia is not a place like Facebook or LinkedIn for people to write about themselves or their own concerns. As the author of the book, you have a Conflict of interest and are strongly discouraged from writing in Wikipedia about yourself or your own books. Please read that guideline and also Autobiography and the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide.

Your user page
Wikipedia user pages are not like those at social-networking sites. Their use is explained at WP:NOTWEBHOST: "'Wikipedians have their own user pages, but they should be used primarily to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia. Limited biographical information is allowed, but user pages should not function as personal webpages or be repositories for large amounts of material that is irrelevant to collaborating on Wikipedia. If you are looking to make a personal webpage or blog or to post your résumé, please make use of one of the many free providers on the Internet or any hosting included with your Internet account.'" You can find out more about Wikipedia at the WP:Welcome page and the WP:Introduction. JohnCD (talk) 16:56, 11 November 2014 (UTC)