User talk:Rosemary e. reed miller

AfD nomination of Nellie stoe johnson
I have nominated Nellie stoe johnson, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Nellie stoe johnson. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Z i g g y  S a w  d u s t  20:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of The black fashion museum
A tag has been placed on The black fashion museum 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 include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later." 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 article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. -- Swerdnaneb 20:45, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Nellie stoe johnson
A tag has been placed on Nellie stoe johnson 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 include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later." 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 article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. -- Swerdnaneb 20:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Copy-vio and COI
I'm not really sure where to start... I don't think this is too complicated, but I'm also afraid that I'm going to leave something out. Here's the short version: I don't think Wikipedia can legally have those articles copy-pasted from your book until and unless you jump through a hoop or two regarding the licensing of the text. You, presumably, hold the copyright to this text. In order for this to all work out smoothly, you will need to follow the directions on this page. I am going to try to drag someone in here who knows more about this than me so that they can help you with this. After we get the copy-vio problem taken care of... some people might not be happy about the conflict of interest issues associated with you possibly being seen as promoting your book. -- Swerdnaneb 22:25, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Serdnaneb asked me to review this as well. Put simply, there are a couple of issues here, but they are not unsurmountable. Firstly, you cannot put excerpts of your book onto Wikipedia. The book is copyrighted. Yes, you may own the copyright. But if you release it onto Wikipedia you would release the words under the GFDL licence. I cannot imaginge your publishers would be overly happy that you are freely releasing your work!! Secondly, I note that at the end of the articles we have "Source text from ...." with an ISBN number and a price. If you were merely citing your book as a reliable source why would you need the price? This, I'm afraid, makes it look more like advertising for your books than an encyclopedia article with references. In summary, please understand that due to the copyright and semi-advertising nature of the articles they had to be deleted. If you wish to recreate them citing multiple sources and with the text totally rewritten there is no problem, of course, at least in the context that we are within here. You may find some help at this page as well. Best Regards. Pedro : Chat  07:02, 22 April 2008 (UTC)