Aphigarchives

November 2008

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Bah

If you're able to read the deletion log to see that I'm the one who deleted it, why can't you read the rationale that says why I deleted it?

ahem

Sorry, that was a little ruder than I'd planned to be.

The article was deleted for being a violation of copyright; that is, it had been copied from some external source - most likely APG's official website. That's not allowed.

I'm not saying we shouldn't have an article about APG, but rather that we shouldn't have that article about APG. DS (talk) 03:20, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

February 18, 2009

I am not blind, I clearly read your reasoning behind the copy right infringement issue. Having a background in the IP field, I understand how it works and when it is a valid call. My argument to this claim would then be if you consider this copyright infringement then I suggest you review every single page that has information about any Greek organization on wikipedia. All data regarding these organizations was taken from their national website. Aphigarchives (talk)

In addition, the article did not conflict with neutral tones, etc. It did not indicate that Alpha Phi Gamma was the best greek organization out there. It did not indicate any opinion about the organization at all. Rather the article followed the same elements as any of Greek organization page that's presently described on wikipedia.

In regard to the guideline that wikipedia suggests contributors avoid or exercise great caution in writing articles pertaining to organizations that we might be associated with, I can clearly indicate that each of the Greek organizations listed on wikipedia with their own historic pages were certainly written by its members in an effort to avoid copy right infringement. I find it rather contradictory that pages exists on Wikipedia which are similar to the one deleted about Alpha Phi Gamma. Aphigarchives (talk)