User talk:Meems1965

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Articles for deletion nomination of Lt Col James H Brahney
I have nominated Lt Col James H Brahney, 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/Lt Col James H Brahney. 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. ukexpat (talk) 20:13, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Lt Col James H Brahney
Hello. Concerning your contribution, Lt Col James H Brahney, 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, Lt Col James H Brahney appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Lt Col James H Brahney has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. 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:


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James H. Brahney
Thanks for the message on my talk page and the off-wiki e-mail. Yes, the article was speedily deleted as a copyvio, but I had also sent it to an articles for deletion discussion for a couple of other reasons: first it read like a memorial, which is not surprising given its source, and second, it did not have any reliable sources to support contentions of notability. To deal with the copyright issue, you will have to get permission from the newspaper and send it to the OTRS volunteers as set out at WP:IOWN - I wouldn't hold your breath though, I doubt whether a newspaper would release it on terms acceptable for Wikipedia. To deal with this and the memorial/notability issues, it basically needs to be rewritten, and sources cited -- see WP:BIO and WP:CITE. If you want to write the text and find the sources, I can help with the citing. So, I suggest that you take a look at an article about a similar individual, say Chuck Yeager, and see how it has been put together. Then construct your article in a user subpage -- I have created it for you at User:Meems1965/James H. Brahney (and put a link to it on your user page) -- where you can work on it at your own pace. Let me know if you need any more help. I will watchlist the subpage to see how you are doing! Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 03:28, 20 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the follow-up message. I prefer to keep communications "on-Wiki" unless there is a pressing reason not to, so if I can be of any further help, please leave a message on my talk page. Thanks! – ukexpat (talk) 16:20, 20 September 2009 (UTC)