User talk:Satellitedmb

Onslow Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Speedy deletion nomination of Onslow Vietnam Veterans Memorial


A tag has been placed on Onslow Vietnam Veterans Memorial requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image 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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About your article
Hey, Satellitedmb! I saw your post on the talk page of the article you created, but I wanted to reply to it here, just in case it gets deleted before we get a chance to talk. "Public domain," in the copyright sense, has a very specific meaning: it refers to things that are not protected by or subject to any sort of copyright. Normally, this happens because something is old and the copyright expires. It can also happen if something was created before copyright laws were adopted. But the point is that it's a pretty specific term, it doesn't just apply to anything produced for the public. Indeed, there's a little line at the bottom of the page you quoted that reads: "Copyright © 2011 Onslow Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation. All Rights Reserved." This means that the Foundation itself has claimed the copyright for itself, reserving all rights for itself, which means that it's just not suitable for use in Wikipedia (unless you get them to release it under a free license, but that's pretty complicated and I don't understand it fully, so I won't go into it. :P )

Anyway, don't worry about it! I know you did it with the best of intentions. People have their articles deleted all the time; nobody will hold it against you! Copyright is a very tricky thing that confuses a lot of people (including usually me!), but it's one of the few things Wikipedia itself can get into legal trouble for, so it's necessary for us to be very cautious about it. Stick around; once you get the hang of it, Wikipedia can be a pretty fun place! If you have any questions, you're more than welcome to ask them on my talk page, or you can take a look at the Teahouse, which is a place for people to ask any questions about Wikipedia that they like in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Thanks! Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 18:05, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Writ Keeper
Thanks for understanding and the brief explanation. I may be able to actually get them to do the whole copyright thing, but if not, I'll just work on an article about it some time. I actually have ulterior/capitalist motives (mwuu haha) for joining Wikipedia. I hope that's okay. I recently designed a mobile app that uses Wikipedia (following the terms of use of course). Since this memorial is not on Wikipedia yet (or geonames, but I think I've resolved that, fingers crossed), I can use the memorial to do some field testing. And don't worry, if the app is successful someday; I'll definitely contribute to Wikipedia. There have only been 14 downloads right now so it's got a ways to go :/. I hope that's all okay. Hopefully, I didn't just hang myself with honesty, lol (yikes!). Thanks again.Satellitedmb (talk) 18:15, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Just in case you didn't watchlist it. :)  Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 18:40, 11 July 2012 (UTC)