User talk:Txtphile

Finchley Golf Club
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate your contributions to the Finchley Golf Club article, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy editing! Ollie 20:45, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I have the permission of the author to use his material for the wiki on the golf club? What is wrong with the article?

Hi. Have a look at Copyrights for Wikipedia's copright policy. Wikipedia aims to be a free encyclopedia (free as in speech, as well as free as in beer) that is useable elsewhere. Because you have permission to use the text only on Wikipedia, this condition is not met. Generally, text used on Wikipedia from elsewhere must be licensed under the GFDL, which basically states that text can be freely copied anywhere. I hope this helps answer your question. Ollie 17:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I have permission to use the text anywhere and so does anybody else. The author has express intent that his text is freely distributed to inform anyone about the golf club. When I said that I had permission I should have been more explicit - I was only using this wording for the particulars of the dialogue i.e. my role in using material in a particular context.

In that case, i see no reason for you to recreate the article if you wish. I would advise that you add a note on the talk page of the article making it clear that the author has given permission for the text to be used on Wikipedia. This should hopefully avoid further issues with the copyright of the article arising. Ollie 21:39, 20 June 2006 (UTC)