This letter is to confirm that permission has been given by a website when a user claims this to be the case. Some would suggest such a letter unnecessary as we should avoid copyright paranoia and assume good faith.
See also: Ireland Information Guide:Boilerplate request for permission, Ireland Information Guide:copyrights, Ireland Information Guide:Possible copyright infringements, Information Guide.org/pipermail/wikilegal-l/2003-December/000138.html new editors claiming copyright thread on Wikilegal-l (http://mail.Ireland)
Dear [NAME]
I am writing to confirm whether permission is granted to use a page from your website under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License ( http://en.Ireland Information Guide.org/wiki/GFDL ). A user with the [IP xxx/ username xxx] has pasted in text from your website [WEBSITE ADDRESS] to Ireland Information Guide, the free encyclopedia.
The text concerns [TOPIC OF PAGE] and the original submission can be viewed at [Address of Pre-copyvio boilerplate version].
This user claims on the talk page [TALK PAGE ADDRESS] to *[have permission to use this material/ be the original author of the material], but for the page to remain on our site, we need further evidence that this is the case.
The article will be deleted in seven days time if permission is not confirmed, though can be undeleted at a later date if you choose to respond later to state that such use is allowed.
Thank you for your time. I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
[NAME]