Colecoman1982

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Notability of HackerbotLabs

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The article HackerbotLabs has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article, which appeared to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for musicians, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. —C.Fred (talk) 00:14, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

I3detroit

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Copyright problems with I3detroit

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Even though the page is under a Creative Commons license, it includes the "noncommercial" restriction. Wikipedia can only use CC content which permits commercial re-use, since downstream users of Wikipedia may wind up using the content commercially. —C.Fred (talk) 00:22, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: individual hackerspace pages

As I mentioned in your talk page, I apologize for the misunderstanding about the notability rules. I will be sure to read up on them before posting further. Also, the i3detroit page was posted immediately before I noticed your first comment to me. As for the copyright issue, I tried to apply the attribution rules provided on the site I took it from. If Wikipedia has additional requirements, as your comments confirm it does, then, again, I apologize. Colecoman1982 (talk) 00:30, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

As a general rule, text should be under a free license. Not only is there potential downstream use of the text, but articles are frequently edited, so there needs to be no restriction on altering the text. (With images, there are specific rules for when and how a non-free image can be used in an article, but those are also pretty restrictive.) Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, but we also need to make sure that nobody's income stream is hurt by the contribution here—that's why the restrictions are severe at times with non-free content. —C.Fred (talk) 00:46, 26 September 2009 (UTC)