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January 2017
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Speedy deletion nomination of The Backpacker Tax in Australia


A tag has been placed on The Backpacker Tax in Australia requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.reeffree.com.au/blog/view/what-is-the-backpacker-tax-in-australia/. 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 or other printed material 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 and other matters
You may well be the author of the original text, but I'm afraid that doesn't mean it can be used here. Wikipedia is licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 and the GFDL for free use by anywhere. Published text that is not licensed that way, or which is in the public domain, cannot be imported here. (Public domain includes text from certain Indian and US government departments, and material that is public domain because of the time elapsed from the death of its author. It doesn't mean, as many think, text that is available to read free online or on a notice board.) The license Wikipedia operates under gives free use including modification and commercial use. Apart from the copyright issue, the text would not be suitable here because of its style. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a forum or social media, and wording must be neutral and the use of the first and second person is strongly frowned upon. Wikipedia is also not a How To place, and your very good guide to this tax rather comes under this prohibition. We have articles about foods, but not recipes or cooking instructions, for example WP:NOTHOWTO. You could write a neutral article about the tax, referenced to reliable independent sources WP:RS, bearing in mind WP:GNG (our policy on general notability - there isn't a specific one for taxes). I'd advise doing it at User:Djdarbs/DRAFT, where it would be safer from tagging, and I could put you in touch with an adviser to check it before launching into article space. Or it would be possible to add a section to Backpacking (travel) as your info concerning Australia appears to be more up to date than that in the article. (Referencing there should be to independent reliable sources - I'm not saying your page is unreliable, but we prefer something with more of a stamp of authority.) Peridon (talk) 12:56, 2 March 2017 (UTC)