User talk:JohnMatel

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Hello, JohnMatel, 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 Forest certification, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Proposed deletion of Forest certification


The article Forest certification has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * WP:FORUM, copied from author's blog post

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. TheArguer SAY HI! 20:26, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Forest certification


A tag has been placed on Forest certification 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. 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 that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but 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 yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. GregJackP  Boomer!   03:23, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Copyright
John, you sent me the following via Wikipedia email:

"My article on forest certification was deleted because it copied a blog post. I wrote the blog post too. My blog post explained forest certification. When I found nothing on Wikipedia on the subject, I posted that too.  There is no copyright violation."

I beg to differ. The blogpost in question, Knowing You're Doing the Right Thing, has been published on the web. For Wikipedia to use the material, it has to be released to the public domain, either by an express release of copyright through OTRS, or by releasing the material under both a CC-BY-SA and a GFDL. The page your blogpost was on did not contain, as of the time of deletion, either a CC-BY-SA or GFDL on that page.

Further, while you are free to release the material to the public domain, the material would have to be altered to be suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia. It appears to be either original research or an essay. It is unreferenced, and has not indication of notability. Any of these criteria would have been sufficient to delete the article.

You may want to look at creating your first article, it has helpful hints. You can also submit it through Articles for Creation, where experienced editors will look at the article and offer suggestions to help.

Regards, GregJackP   Boomer!   16:24, 24 December 2012 (UTC)