User talk:Marygeralyn

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Speedy deletion nomination of Fred C. Hess


A tag has been placed on Fred C. Hess requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article 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.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

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. Travelbird (talk) 19:40, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

May 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to Fred C. Hess appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe this. Thank you. JamesBWatson (talk) 19:59, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Judging from your message at Talk:Fred C. Hess, it seems that you may be confusing copyright with plagiarism. Plagiarism is presenting the substance someone else's work without acknowledgement, so as to give the impression that it is your own work. It is often an adequate defence against a charge of plagiarism to cite your sources. Copyright is a different matter altogether. With some exceptions, it is generally illegal to copy someone else's writing, picture, etc, without their permission. Simply announcing that you are doing so doesn't make it legal, so citing sources is not normally a defence against a charge of copyright infringement. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:05, 1 May 2012 (UTC)