JoeBLVO

Your submission at Articles for creation: RAF Firefighting and Rescue Service (April 16)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sophisticatedevening was:

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

• in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
• reliable
• secondary
• strictly independent of the subject
  

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Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 17:58, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello JoeBLVO! Your additions to Draft:RAF Firefighting and Rescue Service have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license—to request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

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Royal aircraft

I can see that you did try to reference, which means I may have been a bit hasty in reverting. Sorry for that - I'm happy to admit when I could have done better.

So the Helicopter Museum in WsM is great place with a huge amount of knowledge and is exactly the sort of reference that should be used. My suggestion is to take a look at the way other references in the article have been done - using the {{cite web}} template. Have a go and shout me if you have any problems. 10mmsocket (talk) 16:27, 4 May 2026 (UTC)