User talk:Michaelcoderre

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[edit] Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://aero-defense.ihs.com/news/2006/dod-dir-2000-19.htm?wbc_purpose=http%3A. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences.

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There was no copyrighted text or images, nor was it used for a source of sentences. All it did was link to Department of Defense Directive 2000.19E, a public domain PDF document. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelcoderre (talkcontribs)

Oh, okay. I see where the confusion is. The 'focus (lead, coordinate, etc.) portion can't be copyright Aero-Defense, since it is in the 2000.19E DoD Directive verbatim. I've altered the phrasing and added a reference to 2000.19E, where JIEDDO's mission was explicitly stated as such. Apologies for the rancor.

[edit] Recreation of article

It is customary to discuss the prior deletion of an article with the deleting admin before recreating it. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:35, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I was given no solid reason for or warning of deletion. I just logged on to see that the entry for a very relevant organization (see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/specials/leftofboom/index.html) was nuked. I understand completely that public editing is what makes Wikipedia so great, but there was no editing here - the entry was obliterated without a viable explanation or fix.