User talk:Mikedippel

Dippel
I have noticed that the article you wrote has been copied from. Though your expertise on the subject is welcome, you can't copy-paste articles from the net to be used on Wikipedia, the main reason is because of Copyright violation. The article you have copied may be your work, even so, Wikipedia is not the place for original research, so you must someway change the wording to make it different. Even though the article was quite interesting, I have to tag it for speedy deletion for this reason. Just wanted you to know! Thanks, and Welcome to Wikipedia. Charlesblack 04:16, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello, concerning your contribution,, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a direct copy from. As a copyright violation, appears to qualify for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If the source is a credible one, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GFDL, you can comment to that effect on Talk:. If the article has already been deleted, but you have a proper release, you can reenter the content at, after describing the release on the talk page. However, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Charlesblack 04:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Dippel-th.jpg
Thank you for uploading File:Dippel-th.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of that website's terms of use of its content. However, if the copyright holder is a party unaffiliated from the website's publisher, that copyright should also be acknowledged.

If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. You can find a list of files you have created [ in your upload log]. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged per Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, F4. If the image is copyrighted and non-free, the image will be deleted 48 hours after 19:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC) per speedy deletion criterion F7. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC)