User talk:Springfulutopia

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Copyright violations[edit]

Hello Springfulutopia! Your additions to Patricia Windrow have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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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 leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Modussiccandi (talk) 18:54, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Yes, I wasn't sure how to characterize the images I incorporated; I will get permission from the author. Springfulutopia (talk) 18:58, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The images were not the problem. You copied several paragraphs of copyrighted text. Wikipedia's copyright rules apply to both text and images. Modussiccandi (talk) 19:03, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see! I'm sorry; thank you for the clarification. I have been in contact with the owner of the site from which I took the text. He gave me his permission this morning (via email) to use the text from the www.windrowgalleries.com site. I will try to figure out how I can officially register his permission with Wikipedia. Thank you! Springfulutopia (talk) 19:05, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Patricia Windrow moved to draftspace[edit]

An article you recently created, Patricia Windrow, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your page to draft space (with a prefix of Draft: before the article title) where you can work on it with minimal disruption. When you feel that it meets our notability and neutrality requirements, and is thus ready for mainspace, please submit it using the Articles for Creation template on the page. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:00, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Justlettersandnumbers: Thank you so much, Yes, it's on my list of things to do! I appreciate you moving it to Draftspace. I hope you don't mind me reaching back out if I have more questions about this as I move forward! Springfulutopia (talk) 20:13, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Patricia Windrow[edit]

Hello, Springfulutopia. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Patricia Windrow, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 05:02, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Hodé Frankl[edit]

The article Hodé Frankl has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication here that this person is sufficiently notable to have an article in this project

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Please consider improving the page 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. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:59, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]