User talk:Eapdrm

Speedy deletion of Disaster Risk Management in East Asia
A tag has been placed on Disaster Risk Management in East Asia requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. 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.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later." You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. —Largo Plazo (talk) 20:43, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

November 2008
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, you can place a tag on the page, under the existing speedy deletion tag (please do not remove the speedy deletion tag), and make your case on the page's. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. —Largo Plazo (talk) 22:40, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

DRM page
Thanks for creating the DRM article. Unfortunately, as outlined above Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or material, and almost all of the article was identical to material on the World Bank website. The topic area may well be notable, but you would need to put the text in your own words first. You may wish to do this in your userspace, somewhere like User:Eapdrm/sandbox so you can play around with the wording before the article goes "live".

I notice your comment above that you are actually the original author of the material. Given the source I doubt you will be able to release it from its copyright even if you did originally write it, but if you do wish to have this material released for free use in its current form there are some instructions on how to do this here. Alternatively, you can simply rewrite it in a different form - the existence and activities of DRM are not copyright, just the particular form of words used on the World Bank page.

Please let me know if this is unclear, or if I can help in any other way. Euryalus (talk) 23:43, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Disaster Risk Management in East Asia
I have nominated Disaster Risk Management in East Asia, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Disaster Risk Management in East Asia. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. —Largo Plazo (talk) 17:29, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Disaster Risk Management in East Asia
Hello. Concerning your contribution, Disaster Risk Management in East Asia, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). As a copyright violation, Disaster Risk Management in East Asia appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Disaster Risk Management in East Asia has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you. Spiesr (talk) 18:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)