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Conflict of interest

Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Chapman University, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

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Additionally, you may want to review the username policy, as this edit suggests this might be a group account representing the John Fowles Center at Chapman. —C.Fred (talk) 01:06, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of John Fowles Center for Creative Writing

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A tag has been placed on John Fowles Center for Creative Writing 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.

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), 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. E. Fokker (talk) 04:27, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from John Fowles Center for Creative Writing, a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, you can place a {{hangon}} tag on the page, under the existing speedy deletion tag (please do not remove the speedy deletion tag), and make your case on the page's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 05:09, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• The article on the John Fowles Center for Creative Writing has been deleted because Wikipedia does not have permission to use the text. It was copied from the Chapman University website, which bears the notice "©2010 Chapman University". In the absence of a more specific license, Wikipedia must assume that's an all-rights-reserved license. If the University has placed its web pages under a free license, such as Creative Commons-BY-SA 3.0, there is no legal page on the website that makes those terms clear.

If the university wants to donate the text, the easiest way is to place a notice on that webpage that the text is under the Creative Commons and/or GFDL licenses. However, that will mean that any text so licensed may be used in any derivative use, including commercial reuse, with nothing but attribution owed back to the university. The better approach would be to write new text specifically for Wikipedia; when it's contributed to Wikipedia, it's then placed under the CC and GFDL licenses. —C.Fred (talk) 05:19, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Jfcchapman. You have new messages at C.Fred's talk page.
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