User talk:Jakte

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Hello, Jakte, 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:

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[edit] Copyright problems

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from "http://www.missourimemorial.com/". As a copyright violation, Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

  • If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
  • 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:Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial with a link to where we can find that note.
  • If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you. SWik78 (talk • contribs) 14:52, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages, such as Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial, to Wikipedia. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --Finngall talk 15:39, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

(Copied from article talk page)
Someone has asserted that you are the copyright holder and permission has been granted, but it's not quite that simple as that:
  • Obtaining permission to use copyrighted material on Wikipedia requires more than a mere assertion--there's a bureaucratic/legal process that needs to be followed. The details can be found here.
  • Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a memorial website or a provider of free web space. Even if there were no copyright issues involved, there is no indication here that this memorial is notable enough to merit an encyclopedia article in the first place. Can you provide references to third-party reliable sources that cover this memorial?
I understand and appreciate your intentions--I've lost a friend in the line of duty myself (Tom Jeffries, Portland Police Bureau). But Wikipedia, while very open to contributions, does have policies and guidelines for what should be here and how it should be presented, arrived at by community consensus. The article as it stands does not meet those guidelines. Regardless of the fate of the current version of the article, I invite you to read up on these policies before editing further. Let me know if you have more questions. Thanks, and take care. --Finngall talk 18:00, 24 April 2008 (UTC)