User talk:Dragonyear64

Thanks for your note. The situation with respect to copyright on Wikipedia is a complex one, and I think it's best if I first refer you to WP:Copyright, which will allow you to investigate the policy first-hand. You have asked how you can create an article using material from IMDB, and the best advice I can give you, in order to make what you want to have happen as fast as possible, is that you have to re-write it in different words. You have said that you wrote the IMDB material, and I don't doubt that for a moment, but we here have to respect the copyright that is inherent in the material being posted on IMDB because to reproduce material from other websites can get us into serious trouble if we can't prove that you wrote it. We would be possibly giving away something that belonged to someone else, and we could be legally liable for the consequences. There is an automated program that does nothing but identify duplicated information from other websites for quick removal, just so we won't get sued (to put it in simplistic terms) and I believe that's what prompted me to delete the article in question.

I have also left you a standard welcome message immediately above this note which will give you fast access to a number of different pieces of useful information, such as Your first article. I do advise you to read up on the policy at this link, which discusses the "notability" that is required for the subjects of Wikipedia articles. There are a number of other policies that you may find useful -- one of them is the policy about reliable sources, and you may be surprised to learn that IMDB is not considered a reliable source for articles here. If you have any other questions about Wikipedia policy with which I can be of assistance, feel free to leave me another note -- please do so at the bottom of my talk page, not the top, and please don't wipe out other content when you do so. Accounting4Taste: talk 00:24, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I had a look at the deleted article, and I urge you even more strongly to read the policies on notability and reliable sources. I think the article I read would not meet either of those standards for Wikipedia contributions and would be subject to "speedy deletion", and I wouldn't like to see you upset for the same reason twice in one day.  Again, if you have any questions, leave me a note.  Accounting4Taste: talk 00:28, 19 April 2008 (UTC)