User talk:Michaeldow

Commander Daniel Dow RD, RNR 1860-1931
Hi. Welcome to Wikipedia. You created the article Commander Daniel Dow RD, RNR 1860-1931, apparently copying text directly from the web-page at http://www.dowfamilyhistory.co.uk/body_daniel_dow_.html, without giving any indication that such copying was permissible. All Wikipedia text is licenced under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, so only text which has been licenced under that or a compatible licence may be copied in. You need to either (1) provide evidence that the text has been appropriately licenced (a link to a statement on the website would be fine) or (2) rewrite the text completely. Rwxrwxrwx (talk) 12:15, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Daniel Dow
A tag has been placed on Daniel Dow 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 blatant 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.

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 this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. ThaddeusB (talk) 21:35, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Recent edits to Thomas Cooke (machinist)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Thomas Cooke (machinist), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Materialscientist (talk) 11:47, 8 May 2015 (UTC)