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Speedy deletion nomination of Clare Ogden Davis


A tag has been placed on Clare Ogden Davis 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 clear 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. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Speedy deletion nomination of John Burton Davis


A tag has been placed on John Burton Davis 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 clear 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. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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 the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but 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 yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. → Σ  τ  c. 23:10, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Clare Ogden Davis
I have read what you wrote on the talk page, but I have still deleted the article, for two reasons: It would be much better for you to summarise the material in your own words (taking care to avoid WP:Close paraphrasing), and cite the Handbook of Texas as a reference.
 * The email giving permission from the Data Management Editor of the Handbook of Texas is not enough - it would be necessary to follow the procedure described in WP:Donating copyrighted materials. The reason is that Wikipedia's CC-BY-SA license involves more than just reproducing text - it gives our readers permission to copy, modify and re-use the material for any purpose including commercial, and it is essential that the copyright holder understands and agrees to that. I doubt whether the Handbook of Texas people would actually be happy with that if they understood it.
 * Although this is a matter of opinion, I do not think that an introductory section followed by a "click here to read more" link taking the reader to an external site is a satisfactory way to present an article.

The same applies to John Burton Davis.

If you would like to discuss this, please reply below here - I will watch this talk page. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 08:34, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your helpDebra Watkins