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Hello, I am trying to create a wiki page for a prominent architectural historian, based on the CV that he always uses. Part of it has been published on Princeton University's website, so the language is the same. but as he wrote it himself, it is not copyright infringement or copying. Can you please advise me on the best way to proceed, other than changing the language?
Genevievehendricks (talk) 13:11, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Genevieve. I've removed the text in your article and left a working stub. We cannot host copyright material anywhere on Wikipedia unless it has been formally released under a free license. Your article was a direct copy of this bio from MOMA. There is a procedure for obtaining the permission from the copyright holder and then verifying this with Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for the guide. However, it's a quite complicated process, and on top of that, such material almost invariably needs to be heavily edited for encyclopedic style and neutral tone. I suggest you simply re-write the article in your own words. You also need to provide inline citations to sources independent of the subject which both verify the content and attest to his notability. This is a very distinguished academic. You should have no trouble finding sources. I suggest you use Andrew Ladis as a model. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 17:57, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]