User talk:Johnathan colin

Welcome!

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Copyright problem: University of Pretoria[edit]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as University of Pretoria, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a copy from http://www.myggsa.co.za/connect/receivers/university_of_pretoria/, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under allowance license, then you should do one of the following:

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If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:University of Pretoria saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! The Uninvited Co., Inc. 19:10, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

South African Business Schools Association[edit]

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of South African Business Schools Association, and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://www.usb.sun.ac.za/usb/news/NewsItem.asp?iID=1783. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. See our copyright policy for further details.

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot (talk) 16:25, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of African Business Network[edit]

A tag has been placed on African Business Network 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. ttonyb1 (talk) 17:37, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

June 2009[edit]

Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself, as you did with African Business Network. Please use the {{hangon}} template on the page instead if you disagree with the deletion, and make your case on the page's talk page. Thank you. ttonyb1 (talk) 17:47, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of South African Business Schools Association[edit]

A tag has been placed on South African Business Schools Association 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. ttonyb1 (talk) 17:50, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Block[edit]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for continued copyright infringement after warning. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:47, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not continue adding text to Wikipedia that has been previously published in other sources without following one of the steps you were provided above for verifying permission to reuse this text. Copyright concerns are taken seriously on Wikipedia; we do not accept previously published text unless we are able to verify that it is free for use on our project. I appreciate your interest in improving Wikipedia's articles and in providing further information, but I have to emphasize that this policy is imperative. At the bottom of every edit screen, Wikipedia notes that "Only public domain resources can be copied without permission" and "Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted". Several articles you contributed have had to be deleted because they contain duplicated text; several other articles have been restored to the version that existed prior to your introduction of duplicated text. If you have questions about this or any other policy on Wikipedia, you may find assistance at our help desk. You may also bring a volunteer to answer questions at your page by typing your question and placing {{help me}} (brackets and all) next to it. I will also be watching your page for a time, and after your block expires you are welcome to approach me at my talk page if I may be of assistance. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:13, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Johnathan colin (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

You Have removed my contributions all who have been sourced and refrenced in accordance to principles. The removal thereof is therefore unjustified and malicouius when properly refrenced.

Decline reason:

Please read the below advice from Moonriddengirl. Wikipedia cannot afford to take chances with copyright, and it is important that you fully understand what you did wrong if we are to unblock you. \ Backslash Forwardslash / {talk} 14:32, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Copyright law[edit]

Another administrator will respond to your unblock request, but I want to clarify that you seem to be misunderstanding US copyright law and Wikipedia's copyright policy, which is governed by that law. As the US Copyright Office indicates, "Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission."([1]) Acknowledging the source does not permit you to use the material liberally; you are still bound by fair use restrictions and, on Wikipedia, by our policies regarding the use of copyrighted text. Wikipedia's policies on fair use text are set out at the non-free content policy and guideline. You may in some circumstances use brief quotations of copyrighted text if these are clearly marked (by quotation marks or other acceptable method). You may not create an article by pasting the mission statement of [2] onto Wikipedia, even if you acknowledge where you found it. While information is free of copyright restraints, the expression of that information is not. More about Wikipedia's copyright policies can be found at Wikipedia:Copyrights. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]