User talk:Dorothy Ellis (Miss Blues)

Please do not write or add to an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Ginsuloft (talk) 19:20, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Dorothy Ellis


A tag has been placed on Dorothy Ellis 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://bransontrilakesnews.com/entertainment/article_b620388e-b058-11df-b8e2-001cc4c002e0.html. 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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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Ginsuloft (talk) 19:32, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Contested deletion
You contested the deletion of Dorothy Ellis, saying:
 * This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement, because... I am Miss Blues Dorothy Ellis and I am creating a wiki page about myself.

There are two points to address here: -- WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 19:37, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) The fact that you are writing about yourself does not absolve you from the copyright violation.  Wikipedia cannot accept text that has been published under copyright elsewhere without very specific permissions being granted.
 * 2) Writing about yourself is strongly discouraged.  If you are notable enough to merit an article, and no one has yet gotten around to doing so, you might consider requesting an article, and allow an independent editor to take up the challenge.