User talk:Valottih8r

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Proposed deletion of Mark Edwards (harpsichordist)

The article Mark Edwards (harpsichordist) has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

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Proposed deletion of Mark Edwards (harpsichordist)

The article Mark Edwards (harpsichordist) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable musician. One ref is link dead and the other supports none of the claims to notability

While all 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. Stuartyeates (talk) 00:53, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Mark Edwards (harpsichordist) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mark Edwards (harpsichordist) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Edwards (harpsichordist) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:44, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits to Joanna Marsden

I notice that you removed the speedy deletion tag from Joanna Marsden. It was tagged for speedy deletion because it was a blatant copyright violation. However, you removed the tag without fixing the problem. Not only is this a copyright violation, it introduces inappropriate promotional language. I've just had to stub and rewrite the article. It was a blatant copyvio from http://www.musical-offering.org/?page_id=162. Persistent copyright violation can get you blocked, so I'm going to leave you some advice below on how to avoid this in the future. Also, if you have any affiliation whatsover to the artists you are writing about—either personal or professional—please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for guidance on editing under those circumstances. Voceditenore (talk) 07:48, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Avoiding copyright problems

Hello, and welcome. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and a cited source. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied without attribution. If you want to copy from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to visit me at my talk page. Thank you. Voceditenore (talk) 07:48, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]