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Speedy deletion nomination of Elmer Wheeler


A tag has been placed on Elmer Wheeler 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 a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.elmerwheeler.net/biography/. 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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Help me
Fair enough, can I write my own version such as:

Elmer Wheeler was one of the first great sales speakers who was forced to enter the sales profession as a result of the economic changes that blighted the thirties in the US and elsewhere.

A former journalist he already had a close understanding of the power of words and realised that the power in sales, as it is in journalism is in the first ten words that you say. From there he created a series of one liners and commanded an extensive following and was ultimately the only sales speaker to be awarded an Oscar.

Elmer was very influential to a lot of people and his influence has spanned generations.

I could then edit this and add links to videos, his list of books, some of which are still available on Amazon.

I have no affiliation with the website the person, the family or any other connection I am simply a fan of his work and was surprised he was not on wikipedia and this is a person who should be celebrated and understood as he provides in my opinion a lot of value and will save people who are entering sales for the first time a lot of short cuts.

I just wrote this from the heart. If I am now going in the right direction with this I can edit it up and turn it into something that I would hope would not infringe the copyright. By the way I did notice that when you look at the terms and conditions of the site in question that there does not appear to be anyone admitting to ownership of the content.
 * You are more than welcome to use the Article Wizard to create a draft, which will be reviewed by experienced editors after submission. As for the copyright issue - legally speaking everything is copyrighted to the owners unless they specifically say otherwise. So if you go to a website and do not see a message saying "this content can be freely used" or similar (for example, at the bottom of every Wikipedia page) then you must assume it's under copyright. If you want more help, change the help me-helped back into a help me, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 23:11, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

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-- 23:09, Sunday, December 4, 2016 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi Drclohite! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
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-- 23:18, Sunday, December 4, 2016 (UTC)