User talk:Maramd

Welcome
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Copyright concerns
Thanks for your addition to the Holybourne page.

I noticed that the text you put on there was copied from http://www.holybourne.com/organisations/org_theatre.htm and as such is in breach of copyright. Wikipedia has to be very careful about such infringements. Please edit and re-word the text about Holybourne theatre. You can use facts based on your source, but copying and pasting is not acceptable. I have already removed some sentences which are not in the tone of an encyclopaedic entry, but the rest of the text still reads rather too much like an advertisement and needs revising.

Imagine you were writing for Encyclopaedia Britannica or some other such reference work, and you will then get the right factual straightforward tone. If you need any help, feel free to reply by adding text below (by editing this page) - I'll keep the page in my watchlist and will notice if you change it.

Sorry to have to welcome you and then complain! Please don't let it put you off editing Wikipedia - you'll soon get used to the ways of doing things around here. I guess you must have something to do with Holybourne - I know it well, as I used to live there (for 20 years). -- Euchiasmus (talk) 18:27, 6 January 2008 (UTC)