User talk:Mathures

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I notice that you have submitted several articles which are exact copies of articles from The Statesman. I presume you are the author of these articles. I would however point out that because you are the author you are not necessarily the copyright holder - frequently that is the newspaper. If you submit any more things like this pleae add something on the talk page so that we can be sure that you are the copyright owner.

Also I hope you are aware that by posting articles here you are effectively permitting free copying of the article. You cannot defend your ownership of these articles. You may want to rethink this if you make a living writing. Also your work can be edited by anyone once it is on this site.

Finally this is an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles have a very different format to newspaper articles. I hope you will write anything new in this format.

Thanks, and happy editing.

P.S. If you want to discuss this just write your reply here. I will see it, though it may take a day or so.

DJ Clayworth 18:52, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I am marking your articles for deletion since you have failed to address our concerns. DJ Clayworth 19:36, 14 March 2006 (UTC)