User talk:Doug Dobmeyer

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Welcome!

Hello, Doug Dobmeyer, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome!  Luksuh 21:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright problems with an article you put up

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as The Work of the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a direct copy from http://www.povertylaw.org/news-and-events/poverty-action-report/february-2006/chicago-rental-assistance.html, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted.

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  • If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:The Work of the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund with a link to where we can find that note.
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If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at Talk:The Work of the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund/Temp. Leave a note at Talk:The Work of the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Alvestrand 23:27, 10 June 2007 (UTC)