If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:
If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at
Talk:Marc Abraham and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See
Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the
GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at
Talk:Marc Abraham with a link to where we can find that note.
If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the
Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the
GFDL, and note that you have done so on
Talk:Marc Abraham.
Finngall, I need to talk to you about the deletion of the Marc Abraham biography that I posted earlier. It was deleted because it was found on the web site www.hollywoodjesus.com which mentions one of his movies, "Tuck Everlasting" and has Marc's bio as information on the producer. That bio was obtained from Marc Abraham's office and written by me, it isn't a problem that they have used it but it is hindering my ability to post an updated version of his bio on Wikipedia. What do you suggest I do?
First of all, we tend to discourage contributions where the editor is connected with the subject for
conflict of interest reasons. Mr. Abraham looks
notable enough to merit an article here. But remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, which means that the material herein needs to be written from a
neutral point of view, and it needs to be
verifiable from
reliable sources that are independent of the subject. That means that Mr. Abraham's promo material should not be used as a source for the article, copyright violation or not, and that the article shouldn't read like a press release, which your article did.
Please note that the fact that the article was
speedily deleted does not preclude its recreation, but if the content is not substantially different, it's liable to get deleted all over again. If you wish to continue to work on the article, I recommend creating a
subpage of your userpage to use as a private workspace. You can then move or copy the finished product to the main article space.