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Analytical Chemistry (journal)
Three paragraphs recently added to this article were a direct copy of this page so I have removed them. We can not copy material directly from other sites unless the material is released under a free license. If you have been doing the same on other journal articles please revert them yourself. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  21:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I have just had a quick look at your contributions. You have created a whole series of likely copyright violations in both articles and images. You are also removing sections that meet our manual of style and adding sections that do not. I suggest you pause, read our guidelines and then review everything you have done. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  22:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

(Copied from User talk:Bduke) Hi Bduke:

You left me a message saying:

"Three paragraphs recently added to this article were a direct copy of this page so I have removed them. We can not copy material directly from other sites unless the material is released under a free license. If you have been doing the same on other journal articles please revert them yourself."

I work for the American Chemical Society and work on the marketing team which drafted the content I posted on ACS's site and here on Wikipedia. They have all been deleted!!! How can I release the material under a free license? I am not posting any journal articles, just information about each journal, and thus am not violating any copyright laws.

I am employed by the publisher of these journals and have been instructed to create a page on Wikipedia for every one of our 36 journals. I'd rather not have to rewrite all the content we already have written so how can I publish this on Wikipedia without having it removed?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Webchemist (talk • contribs)

Thanks for explaining the situation. I am afraid you have a number of problems. First, because you are employed by the ACS, you have a conflict of interest. Look at the wiki page at WP:COI. This does not prevent you from editing articles on the ACS and its journals but it is not encouraged and you have to be particularly careful. Now to the copyright issues. Below the edit window I am working in now is the following:-
 * Content that violates any copyright will be deleted. Encyclopedic content must be verifiable. You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the GFDL.
 * Do not copy text from other websites without a GFDL-compatible license. It will be deleted.

First, read the links in those sentences. Wikipedia uses an open source free license. Second, at the bottom of the ACS page on Chemical Reviews is "Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society". I suppose all the other journal pages have a similar note at the bottom. Unless you can persuade the ACS to put all their material on their own articles out under the GFDL you can not copy the material to wikipedia. Note that it is not sufficient for the ACS to say that you have their permission to copy the material to wikipedia. Wikipedia allows others to use our material in a commercial way. The material has to be freely usable in a general sense. I very much doubt that the ACS will agree to do this.

You have therefore no choice but to write the material in your own words. This will not necessarily mean that it will not be removed because of your conflict of interest. You have to be very careful to strictly follow wikipedia policies and guidelines. It has to be written to a neutral point of view. You must not write in a way that appears promotional or to be advertising the ACS or seeking readers or authors for the journal. You must follow the manual of style. For example, do not use the headings from the ACS page. You must try to find external independent sources. For example, the impact factor can and should be referenced to an external source. I suggest you work more from the existing articles and make small changes, updating material and correcting material that is incorrect. Do not try to make a major rewrite. I would like to point you to journal articles that are well written, but I am afraid most have similar problems in that they have been edited by people like yourself who are employed by the journal. They have been partly fixed and have no copyright problems that have been noticed, but they could follow the manual of style better. Now you are out in the open, you will have be very careful.

You will note that I copied your reply on my talk page here. You can reply here. Your talk page is on my watch list and I will notice your reply. I will try to assist. Good luck. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  20:47, 23 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Not exactly a bad thing if ACS released absolutely everything they publish under GFDL... Perhaps you can suggest that to your employer? --Rifleman 82 (talk) 03:09, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Webchemist--is there someone at ACS to whom we can direct this suggestion? Shanata (talk) 00:53, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Ami cover.jpg
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Ami cover.jpg, has been listed at Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. -- Skier Dude ( talk  04:53, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of ACS Catalysis


A tag has been placed on ACS Catalysis, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of ACS Catalysis and leave a note on |the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Crusio (talk) 10:27, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of ACS Catalysis


The article ACS Catalysis has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Journal that does not yet exist, not a single article published yet. Impossible to say whether this will become notable: violation of WP:NOTCRYSTAL. No independent sources, not indexed anywhere: does not meet WP:Notability (academic journals) or WP:GNG.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Crusio (talk) 13:18, 9 November 2010 (UTC)