User talk:Vaewyn
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[edit] Howdy All!
Just a note to say hi... drop me stuff below...
[edit] Andrews University
G'day Vaewyn, and thanks for your message. I'll start off with some boilerplate welcome text, in case you haven't seen it yet:
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Ahem. Okay, why'd I revert the addition of the press release? Basically because press releases are rarely free, and even rarer phrased in an encyclopaedic manner. They tend to be useable only under the American doctrine of fair use, and frankly fair use text (apart from quotations, etc.) isn't something we want to encourage here. My view is that we're better off without the information than with a straight press-release. Of course, anyone's welcome to rewrite the content so it's not a copyright violation, and cite the press release as a source. Hope this helps, fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 13:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
