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Hello, Greggmitch, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, like Victoria Riskin, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for page creation, and may soon be deleted.

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A tag has been placed on Victoria Riskin requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{ hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Durova ³¹⁹ 05:07, 16 September 2009 (UTC) reply

Hi. The primary problem with the content is that it comes from a website that is clearly marked "© 2009 Writers Guild of America, West. All Rights Reserved." and the procedures set out at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials were not followed to verify that the material was free for reuse. Since we do not currently have a method in place to verify the identity of account holders at account creation, we must verify such donations through external processes--either via notice at the website or e-mail contact to the Wikimedia Foundation from a clearly related site.

The simplest way to verify is to place a release on that external website putting the material into public domain or licensing it under CC-BY-SA, which permit modification and reuse, even commercially, as long as authorship credit is given. This release is irrevocable and must continue to be displayed, or the material may need to be removed. A statement such as the following would be sufficient: "The contents of this website (or page, if you are specifically releasing one section) are available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0." If you decide to take this route, you may either let me know so that I can restore the former contents of the article or simply begin the article anew.

Alternatively, you may choose to send an e-mail to the Wikimedia Foundation from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en@wikimedia.org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA. There is a boilerplate release form at Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries which can be helpful. Please provide a clear link to the website in your e-mail and specify by name the articles on Wikipedia in which the material is being used. Once your e-mail is received and processed by a member of the Communications Committee, the article's contents will be restored if your release is legally sufficient.

A secondary concern here is your connection to the subject, which may constitute a conflict of interest. Please read over that linked guideline to get an idea how best to proceed. It may be necessary once permission is verified to address other concerns in the text, if it is otherwise inconsistent with our policies and guidelines.

As copyright is a matter of legal concern, we must ensure that we not only protect the rights of copyright holders, but also guard the Wikipedia project against inadvertent infringement. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to let me know at my talk page.

Thank you. -- Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 18:47, 27 October 2009 (UTC) reply