User talk:Prillwitzig

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Speedy deletion nomination of Nature Conservation in the GDR


A tag has been placed on Nature Conservation in the GDR 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 a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.naturschutzgeschichte-ost.de/index.php?id=198, http://www.naturschutzgeschichte-ost.de/index.php?id=199, and http://www.naturschutzgeschichte-ost.de/index.php?id=200. 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 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.

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 * Prillwitzig, I have now deleted this page because of the copyright issue. It may be true that you own the copyright, but you must first release the material as described at Donating copyrighted materials.  However, in my opinion the material is unsuitable for an encyclopaedia article as is.  For one thing it is much too long.  A much better solution, which avoids the copyright problem altogether, would be to write a new summarized article.  See this list for articles we already have on conservation in specific countries. SpinningSpark 23:00, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Your solution, which appears to have been to edit the material, while still retaining large swaths of text copied verbatim from your website, does not meet Wikipedia's guidelines. Admittedly, you spent time crafting the language of your articles for publication in your books and website, and you think you've got it "just right", and perhaps you have, but Wikipedia cannot then reuse those "just right" words without permission, because they are published under copyright elsewhere. If you insist on this language, then you'll need to go through the process of WP:Donating copyrighted materials. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:53, 25 October 2016 (UTC)