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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia.

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Eagleash (talk) 21:16, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, SunshineOdyssey380! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering 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! Eagleash (talk) 21:16, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia.

Wikipedia cannot accept material copied from elsewhere, unless it explicitly and verifiably has been released to the world under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license or into the public domain and is written in an acceptable tone—this includes material that you own the copyright to. You should attribute the content of a draft to outside sources, using citations, but copying and pasting or closely paraphrasing sources is not acceptable. The entire draft should be written using your own words and structure. Note to reviewers: do not leave copyright violations sitting in the page history. Please follow the instructions here.

You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.

• User:SunshineOdyssey380/sandbox/Michael N. Huhns may be deleted at any time unless the copied text is removed. Copyrighted work cannot be allowed to remain on Wikipedia.
• If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the or on the . or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 10:56, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello SunshineOdyssey380! 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.

• You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
• Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
• We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
• If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
• Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps described at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. See also Help:Translation#License requirements.

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. Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 10:57, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I saw your question. Both paragraphs removed from the draft article were direct copies of text from https://www.cse.sc.edu/~huhns/ and as that page gives no indication that the material is either a) public domain or b) licenced for re-use it was treated as a copyright violation. From the way you have signed your question I'm guessing you are Professor Huhns (you don't need to answer that) but in case you are please read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY explaining why it isn't considered a good idea to write about yourself. Also please remember that we have no knowledge of who is behind a user account, so we have at first sight, no way of knowing if someone is reusing their own material or not. Therefore offending material (or material which appears to be copyright offending) is deleted as a precautionary measure.

As the penultimate bullet-point above indicates we can use previously published material as long as it is licenced accordingly but it is preferred that material is rewritten. Nthep (talk) 22:20, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Nthep has stated it perfectly. Even if this is your copyright you have not released it for onward use. Assuming that you may be Huhns I know that you would feel aggrieved were your intellectual property to be stolen. In the same way Wikipedia protects the intellectual property of those who have not licenced the material for onward use.

If you happen to be Huhns, if you believe that Wikipedia will enhance your personal or academic reputation please think again. Wikipedia adds no value to you. You must add value to Wikipedia. Passing Wikipedia:Notability (academics) does that. I have no idea whether Huhn passes or not. My interest was confined to the copyright violation. You may find reading Wikipedia:Relationships with academic editors of some interest, though you are not its target audience Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 22:59, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Timtrent was:

It is hardly likely to be accepted while containing "REDACTED COPYRIGHT VIOLATION***" I have broken with my usual practice and reviewed a second time. I have done this to save you time and effort and the wait for the inevitable decline by another reviewer

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 23:04, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, SunshineOdyssey380. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Michael N. Huhns, 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) 23:03, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]