User talk:Kd23001

Copyright problems with COMP8440 Free and Open Source Software Development
Hello. Concerning your contribution, COMP8440 Free and Open Source Software Development, 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, COMP8440 Free and Open Source Software Development appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. COMP8440 Free and Open Source Software Development has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

Even if the article were rewritten to avoid this copyright problem, the article would still almost certainly be deleted, as its subject does not appear to satisfy the Wikipedia notability guidelines. Consequently I do not recommend spending time trying to deal with the copyright problem. However, the following will tell you what you could do if you did wish to attempt to deal with a copyright violation issue in an article. 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 Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) 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 . See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, 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 or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:26, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Your reference for Andrew Tridgell
I see that in the article Andrew Tridgell you added a "reference" to the talk page for that article. Firstly, references to Wikipedia are not acceptable. This is because anyone can edit Wikipedia, so that it is not a reliable source. Please make sure in future that any references you give are to reliable sources and also that they actually do support the statements to which they are attached. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:35, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

March 2010
Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself. Please use the template on the page instead if you disagree with the deletion, and make your case on the page's. Please note that this applies whether or not you are logged in to the account you used to create the article. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:19, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of COMP8440 Free and Open Source Software Development


The article COMP8440 Free and Open Source Software Development has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Not Notable college course.

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. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. GregJackP (talk) 14:30, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of COMP8440 Free and Open Source Software Development
I have nominated COMP8440 Free and Open Source Software Development, 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/COMP8440 Free and Open Source Software Development. 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.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. GregJackP (talk) 20:53, 24 March 2010 (UTC)