User talk:Jonesy1134

Hi Jonesy1134

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is invited to contribute, but we cannot accept articles copied fom other works, including web pages. Your copied article has been deleted. Please see Welcome, newcomers for more information about Wikipedia. DJ Clayworth 18:21, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Adam

In response to your question, there are two separate reasons why the article you refer to was deleted. The main one is the potential violation of copyright. Blatent copying from the web is grounds enough for deletion of an article. Now if it is true that you are the author of the article, then it isn't a violation of copyright. However you wouldhave to be aware that by submitting the article to Wikipedia you are effectively giving up your rights to the article, as specified by the GNU Free Documentation License. Anyone would be free to edit the article at a later time, and you could not prevent people copying it. You would also have to provide us with evidence that you are in fact the author of the article.

As for the second reason it is that you article seems to be written to explain to people how to choose and install Gondola shelving. Wikipedia is however an encyclopedia, and 'how to' articles should not be included in encyclopedias. The article would have to be substantilly rewritten to get round this. The fact that the article is copied from a website that sells the product it's talking about would also make many contributors suspicious.

If you wish you can re-submit the article and provide evidence of your authorship, but franly I think it would be preferable to rewrite the article.

DJ Clayworth 23:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. I also didn't realize I would lose the copyright, although in retrospect this fact seems fairly obvious :-). Thanks for your help!