User talk:Atnow24

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Eric Thompson (comedian and magician)[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Eric Thompson (comedian and magician) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://ericthompsonmagic.com/bio.html. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely 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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Copyright and permissions[edit]

The copyright violation detector scores only 32% on Draft:Eric Thompson (comedian and magician), so I doubt that the reviewing administrator will delete it based on that result. There are a few phrases that are closely paraphrased, but I think those can be reworded easily. Be that as it may, this point does bear repeating:

You cannot post copyrighted material on Wikipedia, even if you are the copyright holder or have the copyright holder's permission, unless special licensing permissions are in place. In short, a copyright owner cannot offer Wikipedia a one-time license for use. Rather, the copyright to the material has to be released – permanently and irrevocably – into the public domain or under a free copyright license that is compatible with Wikipedia's licenses. This is because Wikipedia aims to be freely distributable and copyable by anyone, so all content must be licensed for that purpose. Copyrighted material can be donated to Wikipedia by the copyright holder through the steps at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. You can learn more about the general policy at Wikipedia:Copyrights. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 20:46, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]