User talk:Gilliganpatrick

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Hello, Gilliganpatrick, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Robert Frost &quot;Design&quot;, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Your contributed article, Robert Frost "Design"


Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Robert Frost "Design". First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Robert Frost. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Robert Frost - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, 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; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 17:26, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

An explanation for my deletion of your article
Gillian,

In the notice above, User:The Blade of the Northern Lights is a bit confused, and your article Robert Frost "Design" was not another version of Robert Frost. However, upon a closer look, I've had to delete your new article as a copyright violation. Please take a close look at WP:Copyright, and at WP:Close paraphrasing. Your article appears to be a pastiche of three other websites: your two references and this article: www.associatedcontent.com/article/2838040/robert_frosts_influence_from_nature_pg2.html?cat= (which I can't link due to our blacklist, I guess). You can't do that here, we can't accept any copyrighted material. Everything you submit has to have been written by you, using your own words, and your own organization. In other words, you could not simply go through what you had so far, change the wording, and be ok. First, that would be an example of close paraphrasing mentioned above, and second, since the original text was copyrighted, the derivative work (i.e. yours) could not be considered Free content. And free content is pretty much our raison d'être.

The subject seems notable to me, so an original article, written by you, would be quite welcome. I'd suggest the article name Design (poem), which more closely follows the typical article naming scheme around here. I'm worthless at writing, but ask me if you need help with more mundane stuff like page naming schemes, blacklists, etc.

In any case, sorry your first effort was so rocky. If you read a few of the links User:The Blade of the Northern Lights left you above, particularly WP:Your first article, I hope your next try will go much more smoothly. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:48, 18 November 2010 (UTC)