01lora21

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello 01lora21! Your additions to Draft:Kofi Stone 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, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. TheManInTheBlackHat (Talk) 19:41, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Kofi Stone

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Kofi Stone, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Your intent here

It appears your intent here is to promote musical artists. Please understand that Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. Further, please read our conflict of interest guideline. If you have questions, let me know. Thanks, --Hammersoft (talk) 20:07, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

As someone who joined 16 hours ago I’m confused as to why you’ve managed to get a page i was working on on an artist (kofi stone) who has millions of streams on Spotify taken off when it wasn’t even published yet? He’s well known in the area I’m from and was surprised that he didn’t have a wiki page- he has a track with maverick sabre which is on his wiki but kofi stone doesn’t have a page so thought I’d experiment with making one and would have ensured that this was all credited properly prior to publishing. I’ve just spent an hour on that and it’s now gone because you’ve prejudged my intent. Kinda irritating to have wasted my time as I’m sure you’d be irritated by that happening to you being as though you also only just joined. Could have simply communicated what I’d done wrong and I could have rectified it? 01lora21 (talk) 20:13, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

• Welcome to Wikipedia, and I'm sorry for your confusion. We have a policy here at WP:NEUTRAL. Using terms such as "Kofi complements the beats perfectly" and "A long list of deep but ever-relatable topics" is hardly neutral. The draft was deleted under speedy deletion criteria WP:CSD#G11, as decidedly promotional in nature. Draft:RVSTVR was deleted for the same reason. It's important for you to understand that Wikipedia is [[WP:NOTPROMO|not a means of promotion, nor is a means to publish reviews of artists. We are an encyclopedia. It's important you understand and abide by the WP:NEUTRAL policy. If this artist is truly notable, then I'm quite confident you can find reliable, secondary sources with which to support such fame. Please have a look at WP:ARTIST. I don't mean to throw a lot of things at you. I'm just trying to explain that you're off on the wrong foot, and how to get on the right foot. Feel free to start again, but this time make it neutral and source to reliable, secondary sources. Thanks, --Hammersoft (talk) 20:24, 1 January 2023 (UTC)