User talk:Mike Brewer

Dahon

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate your contributions to the Dahon article, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy editing! -- — xaosflux ^Talk 03:01, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Saying that you have taken from a website does not get around the copyrights of that website. Please see Wikipedia:Copyrights#Using_copyrighted_work_from_others, and as this was a brand new page it fell under CSDA8. Please review these pages, and if you still think that this page should be included, please let me know. Thanks, — xaosflux ^Talk 03:18, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We don't have a talk reply feature per se, to talk back do as you did, go to my page, and edit it. If you edit someone's talk page they get a message (the big orange bar) telling them it's been edited. Remember to sign your talk page messages with four tildes (~~~~). You can indent text by using the : symbol (edit THIS page to see it in action.) — xaosflux ^Talk 12:09, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just saying you have permission to use someone else's copyrighted work generally is not sufficient. Generally you need to have it documented. You send them a boilerplat request (see: Wikipedia:Boilerplate_request_for_permission, then someone how attach their reply (image in a letter, copy up an email). In most any event using a word for word copyright as an entire article (unless it's from another encyclopedia) doesn't lend itself to being a good article. An important part of copyright release is that they can't just release permission for this entry, they have to release it under GFDL, our free licensing scheme. Thanks, — xaosflux ^Talk 12:09, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome Mike Brewer!

Hello, Mike Brewer, I'm xaosflux and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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, and use edit summaries whenever you change a page. If you have any questions, need help or assistance, check out Wikipedia:Ask a question or contact me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Enjoy Wikipedia!!

— xaosflux ^Talk 03:01, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]