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Mark Visser
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Speedy deletion nomination of Mark Visser
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Speedy deletion nomination of Mark Visser
A tag has been placed on Mark Visser 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 person or group of people, but it does not 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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 - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Prestonmag (talk) 22:56, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

July 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Wikipedia. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Jimmy Pitt  talk  23:36, 12 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I removed the csd tag from Mark Visser because it seems to me that there's enough in the article to support a claim for notability. That doesn't justify you in removing the BLP tag -- Wikipedia has a strict policy that articles about living persons must be referenced. Jimmy Pitt   talk  23:41, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Mark Visser
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Mark Visser, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a copy from http://www.markvisser.net/about and http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/Gracetown and http://www.markvisser.net/news/visser-readying-himself-return, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Mark Visser and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, Mark Visser, in your email. See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0, or that the material is released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Mark Visser with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License, and note that you have done so on Talk:Mark Visser. See Donating copyrighted materials for instructions.

It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at [ this temporary page]. Leave a note at Talk:Mark Visser saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! VernoWhitney (talk) 00:09, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * While not a word-for-word copy, the article is still a close paraphrase and needs to be rewritten further (preferably from scratch) in order to avoid infringing copyright. VernoWhitney (talk) 00:09, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I have replaced the blanking as it remains a copyright problem unless you have permission from the copyright holder to release the text. If you wish to rewrite the article with references so that it is no longer a copyright violation, please go here. VernoWhitney (talk) 00:49, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Continuing copyright issues
This article began as a copy of, and I'm afraid that the new version created an unauthorized derivative work of that and other sources. For an example of close paraphrasing, consider the following: The article as you created it the second time said:

The source says:

The article said:

This source said:

There are other passages that similarly followed too closely.

While facts are not copyrightable, creative elements of presentation - including both structure and language - are. The essay Close paraphrasing contains some suggestions for rewriting that may help avoid these issues. The article Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches, while about plagiarism rather than copyright concerns, also contains some suggestions for reusing material from sources that may be helpful, beginning under "Avoiding plagiarism".

Please note that even without copyright concerns, there are problems with this material. It is written much more like a newspaper article than an encyclopedia article. We don't describe our article's subjects as "real shining talent" unless we are quoting somebody who is not connected to the subject. The fact that his former trainer believes his abilities "freakish" wouldn't enter; somebody who doesn't or hasn't worked with him would need to say so for us to quote them on it.

Given your contribution history, it's possible that you are connected with the subject of the article in some way. If so, please read through our guidelines on conflict of interest, which may help you see how article development on Wikipedia differs from content placed on a subject's own website. Even if you are not connected with him, you may find it useful reading; while the guidelines were written for those with connection, the rules they describe apply to all editors.

Please let me know at my talk page if you have questions about this. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:49, 20 July 2010 (UTC)