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Hello, Brosofinvention, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Draft:Craig Bailey (jazz musician), may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Craig Bailey (jazz musician)

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Craig Bailey (jazz musician) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://ccm.uc.edu/about/directory.html?eid=baileycg&thecomp=uceprof. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. CASSIOPEIA(talk) 04:36, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

July 2019

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  Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), such as at Wikipedia:Teahouse, please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:

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Thank you. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:11, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

COI

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Hi, thanks for message. You have an obvious conflict of interest, which you must declare on your user page, You are strongly discouraged from writing about yourself, and should read the guidance below.

  • you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that you meet the notability guidelines. Sources that are not normally acceptable include those linked to you or an associated organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the you claim or interviewing you. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls. You had no in-line references of any kind.
  • you must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, not blatant self-promotion like become one of the most inventive and significant reed players of his generation... was met with a favorable review, nor should you post cherry-picked reviews. Your notability is determined by facts, not opinions (and particularly not your own!)
  • there shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
  • you must not copy text from elsewhere. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial; text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient. Despite what you claim, much of your text was either a verbatim copy or a close paraphrase of a site marked © 2018 University of Cincinnati, and can't be restored for legal reasons.

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. You must also respond to the COI request above Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:16, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

As per this, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Brosofinvention. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Brosofinvention|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message.
Also read WP:CIVIL
Which part of can't be restored for legal reasons. do you not understand? Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:27, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
If you want to attract help, post {{help me}} on this page, including all four brackets since it doesn't work with the three you used. Also remember to sign your messages with four tildes ~~~~ and read the advice you've been given Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:15, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your username

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Brosofinvention", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username, by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:32, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your thread has been archived

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Hi Brosofinvention! You created a thread called article deletion at Wikipedia:Teahouse, but it has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days. You can still find the archived discussion here. If you have any additional questions that weren't answered then, please create a new thread.

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May 2020

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

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If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text

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at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names.

 Thank you. TheSandDoctor Talk 04:55, 19 May 2020 (UTC)Reply