Talk:Simone Tomassini

This article was nominated for deletion on 20 April 2010 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep.

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Future editing[edit]

I've re-written this article entirely and referenced it. The previous version by another editor was a copyright violation - pasted verbatim from the subject's web site, blatantly promotional, and completely unreferenced. Future editors, especially those who are affiliated in any way (personal or professional) with Simone Tomassini or his fan club must adhere to the following guidelines when editing it.

1. Before even starting to edit it again, please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Autobiography for guidance.

2. Simlarly, Wikipedia is not a newsletter or bulletin board. Avoid terms like "now", "soon", "currently" and "recently" which make the article both imprecise, and in many instances, quickly inaccurate. Instead, use expressions such as "as of 2009".

3. This is an encyclopedia article, not Mr. Tomassini's personal web site, fan site or news letter. All additions must be referenced to reliable sources. Future performances are inappropriate. Performances should be added once they have actually taken place and a reference for them can be provided.

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– Voceditenore (talk) 10:01, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image removal[edit]

I have removed the image of the album cover for Sesso gioia rock 'n' roll (File:Sgrr.jpg) added by User:Simonetarantino. Non-free images of album covers may only be used under "fair use" in articles specifically about that album. They may not be added to discographies or used simply to illustrate the article on the musician. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Note that the image also lacked the required detailed fair use rationale. I have now created the article Sesso gioia rock 'n' roll, used the image there, and provided the required rationale. The remaining image in the article, File:Foto09.jpg (also added by User:Simonetarantino), also violates the non-free content policy as it is of living person, for which a free image is possible. This image has been tagged for deletion on those grounds (not by me). If Mr. Tomassini wants an image in his article, he must release one under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. Note that he can only do this if he personally owns the copyright or provides documented permission from the photographer for release under the Creative Commons license. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission and Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information. Voceditenore (talk) 14:19, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem removed[edit]

Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Simone-Tomassini/74042245076?v=info. Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. Voceditenore (talk) 14:19, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not only that it was badly written in ungrammatical English and full of puffery. This is an encyclopedia article, not Tomassini's facebook page. Whether it was copyvio or nor ir doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Voceditenore (talk) 14:19, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]