User talk:Tuatara2

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Hello, Tuatara2, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Winston Cowie, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Winston Cowie


A tag has been placed on Winston Cowie 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. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.winstoncowie.com/writing/. 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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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 "Click here to 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. JNW (talk) 17:18, 20 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Also blatantly promotional. JNW (talk) 17:18, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, but...
...even though you wrote the website stuff, you can't bring it in here because it is copyright. It's published already, on your website. Wikipedia is licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0 for free reuse anywhere by anyone (subject to attribution), but your text isn't. Apart from which, it is promotional. OK, that's what one's website is for. Wikipedia, on the other hand, is an encyclopaedia and we don't allow advertising or promotion. We don't really approve of autobiography WP:AUTOBIO, but it's not forbidden. Look at WP:AUTHOR (which is a bit stiffer than our current practice seems to be...), and WP:RS about the reliable independent sources needed to prove the notability (which is spot on). If your books are self-published, I'm afraid there isn't much chance as self-published or Kindle only books rarely get the sort of coverage required. Good luck, anyway. It's not an easy business.