User talk:Moshedebartlo

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Hello, Moshedebartlo, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Stephen Ritz, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type help me on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Skamecrazy123 (talk) 20:43, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
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Proposed deletion of Stephen Ritz


The article Stephen Ritz has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp/dated tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Skamecrazy123 (talk) 20:43, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Stephen Ritz


A tag has been placed on Stephen Ritz requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://stephenritz.com/bio. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material 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 or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, 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 from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:52, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Your email request
Hello, Moshe! I got your email asking about getting the article Stephen Ritz restored. I prefer to handle such requests here on Wikipedia rather than in email; hope you don't mind. I deleted the article because it contained material copied from his website, http://stephenritz.com/bio. Wikipedia takes copyright issues very seriously; see WP:COPYVIO. Copyright is a big deal for Wikipedia's own legal protection, and also because anything published on Wikipedia is released unconditionally for anyone to use, reprint, edit, modify, etc., and the copyright holder needs to understand that.

Two issues: you told me you are his book publicist; that means that you are a paid editor with a conflict of interest. Please read those two links. It's not forbidden for you to create or edit articles about the subject who is paying you, as long as you publicly disclose the connection - but it is discouraged because it is hard for you to be neutral. If the article is restored, be sure to identify yourself on the article talk page as his publicist.

The more important issue is the copying. You stated that you have Mr. Ritz's authorization to use material from "his website etc." and that you have submitted a copyright exemption form. I'm not part of the team that evaluates such things, so I will ping editor Diannaa who is an expert in copyright issues. Diannaa, if you don't mind, I'll request you to handle Moshe's request from here. Let me know if you need anything more from me. --MelanieN (talk) 17:56, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi MelanieN and Moshedebartlo. I am not an OTRS volunteer so I have no way of checking whether or not an email releasing the copyright material under a compatible license has been received. If and when the permission email has been received and checked by the OTRS team, the article can be restored (assuming the subject meets our notability and other requirements). Until then, it's best if this copyright material not be present on this wiki. This is for the protection of the copyright holder, as there's so much copying from this site to elsewhere on the web. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 18:04, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your prompt reply. How will Moshe, or I, know whether the copyright release was approved? Does someone from the OTRS team reply to them and give them the green light? Or is there someone else I should ask about the process? --MelanieN (talk) 18:10, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm a newbie at this. Can you enlighten me, and this new user, about how his copyright exemption form will be processed, and when/how he will know if it has been approved, and whether it will then be OK from a copyvio standpoint to restore the article? (subject of course to Wikipedia's other requirements for an article) Thanks! --MelanieN (talk) 18:54, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Moshe, I got your second email asking how to comment here. It's easy! Just click "edit", either at the top of the page, or next to the section heading "Your email request". That will give you an editing window. Write whatever you wish to say at the bottom of the page, and sign your comment by adding four tildes ~ at the end. That will automatically produce your signature and a date/time stamp. Review your comments, and click "save changes" at the bottom of the page. --MelanieN (talk) 18:16, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx educator / administrator who believes that students shouldn’t have to leave their community to live, learn, and earn in a better one. concern
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx educator / administrator who believes that students shouldn’t have to leave their community to live, learn, and earn in a better one., a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:36, 28 September 2017 (UTC)