User talk:Mjeb

Dunedin, Florida copyright problem

Thanks for your addtion to this article. Unfortunately, it is from the City of Dunedin home page. City govenrments in Florida generally hold copyright on there webpage contensts. Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted materials. Could you rewrite the content you added in your own words? Cheers, User:Mikereichold | User_talk:Mikereichold 01:10, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know... I didn't realize that. I work for the City of Dunedin and I do help with the changes on the main webpage. I have, however, changed the wording, and added some more items. --Mjeb 20:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. This is realy a complex issue, and I don't understand how a copyright holder can release the work to Wikipedai if it pre-exists somewhere else. Anything on Wikipedia must be released to the public domain or under some sort of GFDL free licnese. The copyright holder cannot afterward assert copyright without experienceing severe legal headaches. Of course rephrasing and attributing alleviates most of the problem. There is another problem with using the City's content on Wikipedia-- it may seem to POV or boosterish for a Wikipedia article.

Releasing the City's copyright on its webpage content may have far-reaching implications and effects. It is a decision that should probably be made by the Council or Manager after conferring with the City Attorney. It may be to the City's advantage by helping promote the CIty and its webpage. Then there is the civic pride issue-- people from the community could step forward and improve the article. Of course, a "copyleft" disclaimer at the bottom of the City's webpage would eliminate the problem of including the work on Wikipedia. Wish I could be more helpful. When I have more time, I'll seek the opinon of others more knowlegeable than I about copyright. Someone you could ask is the admin User:Carnildo. Cheers, and happy editing. User:Mikereichold | User_talk:Mikereichold 14:08, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Florida Recreation & Park Association

A tag has been placed on Florida Recreation & Park Association, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing no content to the reader. Please note that external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article don't count as content. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Kingpin¹³ (talk) 14:01, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Starkey Ranch, florida

The article Starkey Ranch, florida has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Not notable. No sources.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 05:28, 3 August 2015 (UTC)