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Rankersbo ( talk) 07:18, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hello! RichSwietek,
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Hello, the article seemed to be a lightly re-written version of the programme's publicity booklet. You can use the booklet as a source of facts, but the article must be in your own words and not just a re-hashed version of someone elses. The article was excessively wrong and most the sources supported facts about dragons rather than the notability of the film itself. Rankersbo ( talk) 07:18, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
The message above was not from me - you can see who sent it by the signature at the end. However, I will reply to your points:
The copyright problem is not because of your previous version, but because you have copied wholesale from other websites. You say you "did not merely copy and paste from another source" but, to take just one example, your section "Tiamat" is a word-for-word copy of this, and the same is true for other parts I checked, many from here.
Copyright is a very serious issue for Wikipedia, so both human and automatic systems check incoming articles. Just changing a few words does not avoid a copyright violation; please read WP:Copy-paste and WP:Close paraphrasing. For instance, your article says:
"the legend of dragons unfolds through a conversation between Skye Ingram (Laurence Leboeuf), a young woman with recurring nightmares of dragons, and Dr. Alistair Conis (Max von Sydow), an eccentric dream therapist and expert on dragons"
which is much too close to your source in the website:
"dragon legends unfold through a conversation between Skye Ingram (Laurence Leboeuf), a young woman troubled by recurring nightmares of dragons, and the peculiar Dr. Alistair Conis (Max von Sydow), a dream therapist of sorts and an expert on dragons."
You must write in your own words. A good way to avoid unwitting copying is to read your sources thoroughly, go and do something else for a few hours, then come back and write without referring to the sources. After you have done that, you can check against them for accuracy.
The article seems unfocussed, wandering from a synopsis of the film to biographies of the actors and general discussion about dragons. We already have articles Max von Sydow, Laurence Leboeuf and Dragon, with subsidiary articles like Slavic dragon and Chinese dragon. An encyclopedia article should have a single theme: if this is about the film, I suggest you write a shorter article that concentrates on the film. More points:
Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 16:14, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
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Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 04:25, 6 May 2014 (UTC)Hello, RichSwietek, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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Rankersbo ( talk) 07:18, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hello! RichSwietek,
I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about 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!
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Hello, the article seemed to be a lightly re-written version of the programme's publicity booklet. You can use the booklet as a source of facts, but the article must be in your own words and not just a re-hashed version of someone elses. The article was excessively wrong and most the sources supported facts about dragons rather than the notability of the film itself. Rankersbo ( talk) 07:18, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
The message above was not from me - you can see who sent it by the signature at the end. However, I will reply to your points:
The copyright problem is not because of your previous version, but because you have copied wholesale from other websites. You say you "did not merely copy and paste from another source" but, to take just one example, your section "Tiamat" is a word-for-word copy of this, and the same is true for other parts I checked, many from here.
Copyright is a very serious issue for Wikipedia, so both human and automatic systems check incoming articles. Just changing a few words does not avoid a copyright violation; please read WP:Copy-paste and WP:Close paraphrasing. For instance, your article says:
"the legend of dragons unfolds through a conversation between Skye Ingram (Laurence Leboeuf), a young woman with recurring nightmares of dragons, and Dr. Alistair Conis (Max von Sydow), an eccentric dream therapist and expert on dragons"
which is much too close to your source in the website:
"dragon legends unfold through a conversation between Skye Ingram (Laurence Leboeuf), a young woman troubled by recurring nightmares of dragons, and the peculiar Dr. Alistair Conis (Max von Sydow), a dream therapist of sorts and an expert on dragons."
You must write in your own words. A good way to avoid unwitting copying is to read your sources thoroughly, go and do something else for a few hours, then come back and write without referring to the sources. After you have done that, you can check against them for accuracy.
The article seems unfocussed, wandering from a synopsis of the film to biographies of the actors and general discussion about dragons. We already have articles Max von Sydow, Laurence Leboeuf and Dragon, with subsidiary articles like Slavic dragon and Chinese dragon. An encyclopedia article should have a single theme: if this is about the film, I suggest you write a shorter article that concentrates on the film. More points:
Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 16:14, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 04:25, 6 May 2014 (UTC)