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[edit] Copyright status of Kansas Poet Laureate - Denise Low

Please do not post copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to Kansas Poet Laureate - Denise Low. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites (http://www.kansaspoets.com/kspoet_about.htm in this case) 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. 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 the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

  • If you have permission from the author leave a message explaining the details on the article Talk page and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
  • If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Kansas Poet Laureate - Denise Low with a link to where we can find that note;
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Otherwise, you are encouraged to rewrite this article in your own words to avoid any copyright infringement. After you do so, you should place a {{hangon}} tag on the article page and leave a note at Talk:Kansas Poet Laureate - Denise Low saying you have done so. An administrator will review the new content before taking action.

It is also important that all Wikipedia articles have an encyclopedic tone and follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If you want to edit constructively, take a look at the welcome page. Thank you. The Evil Spartan 17:08, 4 August 2007 (UTC) (

Dear Wikipedia Watch Dogs -- Per you notes below, please know that I am the orginal author of the "Kansas Poet Laureate - Denise Low" information. I am the creator/developer of the website www.kansaspoets.com where the info orginally appears. Please note that I create/write all the text that appears on the site that otherwise is NOT credited to other writers. I work closely with Dr. Low and she asked that I place the material "as is" on Wikipedia. I would assume that this would make the posting of the article on Wikipedia ok. Note that I will place a message on the kansaspoets.com website stating that it is OK to use the information... as it is public domain info. I will also place a note on the Wikipeda materail that the info also appears ont eh kansaspoets.com website. As well, per your instructions,I am also sending you an e-mail regarding this topic. This was my first attempt at placing material on your website. I will be more be more alert as to the rules next time. Please note that I now canNOT locate the article that I might make the changes. Do I have to republish it? Thanks for the insight. Sincerely, GG
If you follow this course of action, it will be OK, yes, as it is public domain. However, we are also now dealing with other problems. One of which is that the tone of the article alone would have qualified it as spam. Don't be alarmed - when people take material off their own websites, they usually qualify as spam, as what they say on a website is meant to sound flowery. Please see WP:SPAM. As such, if the article is recreated, it would have to be extensively edited anyway. I hope this is clear. 18:30, 6 August 2007 (UTC)