Talk:Thomas J. Barrett

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[edit] Copyright issue with Thomas J. Barrett

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Thomas J. Barrett, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.dot.gov/bios/barrett.htm. As a copyright violation, Thomas J. Barrett appears to qualify for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Thomas J. Barrett has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. For text material, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source, provided that it is credible.

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However, for text content, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Pan Dan 16:13, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Can't government biographies be used? NASA's biography section can. Besides, I don't see a copyright logo or issue anywhere on the page I got it from. Socby19 16:18, 11 March 2007 (UTC)SocBy19

Hm, that's a good question. I'll put a {{hangon}} tag and an admin will come along who will know what to do. Even if it's in the public domain, it is necessary to link to it. A separate concern would be that the sources of a Wikipedia article should be independent of the subject (and of the subject's employer). Best thing to do would be to find newspaper accounts of Barrett, and re-write the article using those. Pan Dan 16:30, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
KEEP THE ARTICLE It is a good and factual article. Who would benefit from deleting it? 24.126.170.194 19:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)