User talk:Chrisjbanks

Central Operatic Society

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Speedy deletion nomination of Central Operatic Society

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A tag has been placed on Central Operatic Society requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Central Operatic Society

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A tag has been placed on Central Operatic Society 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 clear 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. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Hghyux (talk) 14:00, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Why the article was deleted

You said:

This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement, because it is the official history of the society. It has been approved and verified as being correct and appears in many places as well as on the internet. The text is supplied to certain society officials (of which I am one) to use for such purposes as press releases and historical information journals such as wikipedia. The text was copied directly from the document supplied to me and not from the website although it will be exactly the same as I am webmaster and used the same document for both purposes. If you require verification please visit the www.central-operatic.org.uk site, click on 'contacts' and then click the link to email chrisjbanks@btconnect.com. I will reply to confirm receipt. Many thanks Chris Banks

Sorry, but we cannot accept that, mainly because we don't know who you are. We do have a process, see Donating copyrighted materials.

Please be aware that if you do follow this and recreate the article that it can be edited by anyone, so despite the fact that this version is " approved and verified as being correct" it may get changed. --SPhilbrick(Talk) 14:57, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate that it is unlikely that there will be a complaint, given the authorship of the website, but I would still like to be careful. If you would be so kind as to look at this, and address the phrases where there are a dozen or more matched phrases (the first three entries), I think we will be OK. Eight or nine word phrase matching is generally considered a problem, but given the circumstances, it may be overkill to address that length a phrase.

I don't know whether it "survived" the bot. That bot has been on and off, and I don't know the exact schedule when it runs, although I thought ti looked immediately at new articles. However, I would have expected a 26 word match to trigger it.

In any event, if you can reword those three phrases, I'll move on.

Thanks for your prompt attention to this, and for your understanding. I hope you can appreciate our interest in avoiding copyright infringement, even if in this circumstance it seems odd.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 16:50, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for addressing that. --SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:31, 27 February 2012 (UTC)