User talk:Slcdogg

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Richard Notebaert, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. For more information about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, take a look at our Five Pillars. Happy editing! &mdash;  F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( TALK )  22:17, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

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Since you haven't had a chance to read the introductory material, you may not have known about Wikipedia's copyright policy as an open-source reference. The article you created at Richard Notebaert consists of copyrighted material from http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/M-R/Notebaert-Richard-C-1947.html and has been deleted. You are welcome to write an article in your own words and link to the above external link, but simply copy-pasting text is not allowed. Please don't be discouraged by this as this is a relatively common mistake for new users. Regards, BanyanTree 22:22, 10 December 2005 (UTC)