User talk:Paulbaranowski

Hello Paulbaranowski, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Paulbaranowski, good luck, and have fun. --Shinerunner (talk) 03:21, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to Thich Nhat Hanh

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! I am concerned about the article you started about the Five Mindfulness Trainings and I'm assuming you want to start for the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings. These are copyright violations, so it would be better if you wrote an article about the trainings, but you can not reproduce the text of the trainings here. I'm not sure they really warrent an article in and of themselves, though. Feel free to leave a note here or on my talk page if you have questions about this. Nightngle (talk) 14:39, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problems with Five Mindfulness Trainings

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Five Mindfulness Trainings, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.interbeing.org.uk/sanghas/wildgeese/Biog.html, http://www.mindfulnessmeditationcentre.org/5trainings.htm. As a copyright violation, Five Mindfulness Trainings appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Five Mindfulness Trainings has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

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However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:41, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]