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Hi Mbz. I read over the article. I'd be happy to help out where I can. I see a problem, though, with the poems. The original poems are very old, but the translations are modern and subject to copyright. You may be able to quote a line or two from each poem, but more than that is probably a violation of Wikipedia's fair use guidelines. (See WP:FU#Text.) — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 05:32, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
- Ah Malik, as we would say it in Soviet Union "You are killing me with no knife :-)" (Do you understand what this expression means)? How one could write an article about a poet without providing a few good examples of his poetry?
- OK, I guess I have no choice, tomorrow or in a worse case scenario the day after tomorrow I will re-work the article as you requested. I would remove the last section of it right now. BTW the first poem was published 70 years ago. Do you believe it is still copyrighted? Thanks for helping me out!--Mbz1 (talk) 06:07, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
- I know, I hated to have to bring you bad news. Instead of deleting the whole poem, I think you can paraphrase the poem and quote bits and phrases. As far as what's subject to copyright and what isn't, the magic year is 1923. If a work was published before 1923 and its copyright was not renewed, it's in the public domain in the US.
- By the way, the article is very interesting. Nice work. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 06:54, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Rampage of Deletionism
Not sure if you saw it yet, but I found this AfD very amusing. Qrsdogg (talk) 14:14, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
- I am not sure about Mila, but I actually find DYK nomination for Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle to be one of the most amusing things I have ever seen at Wikipedia.
Mila I'd like you to have it. I framed it for you. It reads as a suspense novel. What will prevail common sense or ...?
Broccolo (talk) 17:57, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Bin Laden Acted 'Cowardly,' Confused in Final Moments
the terrorist leader acted "scared" and "completely confused" in his final moments, "shoving his wife" Have you read it yet?--Broccolo (talk) 18:01, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
- On the same subject, this edit summary pretty much sums things up. Qrsdogg (talk) 19:44, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Congrats on a great article
Congrats on creating another great article, Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle. Sad that some psychotic editors can't allow Israel to enjoy her many successes but let the haters hate. Let us continue to innovate while they stagnate. Plot Spoiler (talk) 03:10, 8 May 2011 (UTC)