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Your submission at Articles for creation: Henry Pope Anderson (November 12)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia.

This submission appears to be taken from https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=182336673. Wikipedia cannot accept material copied from elsewhere, unless it explicitly and verifiably has been released to the world under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license or into the public domain and is written in an acceptable tone—this includes material that you own the copyright to. You should attribute the content of a draft to outside sources, using citations, but copying and pasting or closely paraphrasing sources is not acceptable. The entire draft should be written using your own words and structure. Note to reviewers: do not leave copyright violations sitting in the page history. Please follow the instructions here.

You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.

Draft:Henry Pope Anderson may be deleted at any time unless the copied text is removed. Copyrighted work cannot be allowed to remain on Wikipedia.
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Nosebagbear (talk) 22:47, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Anderskga! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Nosebagbear (talk) 22:47, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Declined Draft

Hi there,

I'm the reviewer who has just declined your draft on Henry Pope Anderson. Unfortunately I had to decline it on copyright violation - the text looks like it mainly came directly from his obituary. Wikipedia has to be really careful on copyright requirements, so this means the draft may be deleted. However this isn't a total end of the line by any means.

While an obituary can make an excellent source, it both can't be taken directly as a source (it needs paraphrasing) and can't be a sole indicator of notability. Lacking Wikipedia's "notability" is NOT the same as lacking importance by any means - just an indication of how much reliable coverage there is of the individual in secondary sources.

If there is more reliable material (look for things like reviews on the texts he wrote) then you could re-create his article appropriately. It is worth having a look at writing your first article for some easy how-to details.

Please let me know if you have any questions (just respond below) Nosebagbear (talk) 22:51, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]