User talk:Sarahmackenziew

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Speedy deletion nomination of Modern dance/kentucky


A tag has been placed on Modern dance/kentucky requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a club, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the.  XboxGamer  22408 talk to me 18:37, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

March 2017
Your addition to Reel World String Band has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. ''Sorry that the automated message sounds a bit bitey! This is not to say that your edits aren't appreciated, just that it would be appreciated if you could be careful when editing to avoid copying over other people's text verbatim.'' Mabalu (talk) 12:50, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I also really want to encourage you to come back and redo this article, as it's something we need more of on here, please do expand it and write it up in your own words, because it definitely sounds interesting. It's not an area I know anything about, so I am not going to presume to fix it up. It didn't make me happy to have to remove so much text from the article, but I hope you understand that the direct copy-pasted text had to be taken out per Wikipedia policy. Mabalu (talk) 13:03, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mabalu (talk) 13:22, 21 March 2017 (UTC)Malabu, could you please let me know what you saw that you believe was copyrighted and not cited? If it was text from the UK finding aid, I am the author and will gladly cite the finding aid. I just want to be sure that I understand what you removed and why. Thanks, Sarahmackenziew (talk) 13:21, 21 March 2017 (UTC)sarahmackenziew
 * The URLs are given in the edit summaries, which you can see on the page history. Basically, most of it was word-for-word matching with content from this page, and there is no indicator that the text on that page is in the public domain. If you are the author of the text on the Uni of Kentucky website, and you want it to be released into the public domain, then you need to read Donating copyrighted materials. Without explicit permission and clearances, we can't use it, even if you, as the author, are transferring it over here, because it has already been published on the University of Kentucky website and therefore, we need formal documentation that we can re-use it here. Mabalu (talk) 14:19, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Category:Mergenthaler Linotype Company typefaces
Hi Sarah. I try to look after the font articles on Wikipedia. Am I right in thinking that you tagged your category for deletion because it copies the "Linotype typefaces" category? Just checking I understand what you're doing. Blythwood (talk) 16:31, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Yes, that is exactly why I tagged it for deletion. Thanks for asking!

Nomination of Category:Mergenthaler Linotype Company typefaces for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Category:Mergenthaler Linotype Company typefaces is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Category:Mergenthaler Linotype Company typefaces until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Blythwood (talk) 23:47, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

October 2017
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Rebecca Caudill. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 14:32, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Charles Lamb. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Theroadislong (talk) 14:37, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Comment
Hello Sarah, I see you've had some problems adding in content. Just as a suggestion, one of the aims of Wikipedia articles is to keep the number of external links at the end low. It would probably work better to say "[Person's] papers were donated to the University of X." and put in a citation. Blythwood (talk) 20:38, 10 November 2017 (UTC)