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Happy editing! GPL93 (talk) 02:13, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Draft:Tim Rock Underwater Photojournalist


The page Draft:Tim Rock Underwater Photojournalist has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appeared to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appeared to be a direct copy from https://bookshop.org/books/diving-snorkeling-guide-to-truk-lagoon-and-pohnpei-kosrae/9781791527730. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition has been be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material 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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Please do not recreate the material without addressing these concerns, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If you think this page should not have been deleted for this reason, you may contact the, or if you have already done so, you may open a discussion at Deletion Review — Diannaa (talk) 21:16, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

I am the author of the description and own both the copy and the image. It is NOT from a Lonely Planet book. Why don't you ask before doing this???