MaxWellman

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Hello Max,

I just want to confirm with you, after noting that you made these two edits, that you, as an editor with a conflict of interest, are aware that you also must use the talk page to propose your edits with {{edit request}}, and you shall not edit directly again (for pages of which your COI is related to). Thanks, ^{My name is}not^dave (talk/contribs) 18:11, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Nick Lyons

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A tag has been placed on Nick Lyons 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 http://www.lib.montana.edu/archives/collections/2579.html?_ga=2.257035075.978859726.1509039893-253798457.1454425892. 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 removed 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. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:30, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello MaxWellman, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Nick Lyons have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.

• You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
• Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
• Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
• If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
• In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are PD or compatibly licensed) it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, the help desk or the Teahouse before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
• Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

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, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:32, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Bob Jacklin

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A tag has been placed on Bob Jacklin 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 http://www.lib.montana.edu/archives/collections/2594.html?_ga=2.249635790.978859726.1509039893-253798457.1454425892. 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.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

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 removed 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. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:35, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Copyright

If you have permission from the author of a work to put it on Wikipedia then you need to follow the instructions here to prove that (a) you do definitely have permission from the author and (b) the text has been released under the correct licence. (Permission to put the text on Wikipedia is not enough, you also have to grant rights for other people to use the content.) Hut 8.5 20:43, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of A.K. Best

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A tag has been placed on A.K. Best requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, a group of people, an individual animal, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content, or an organized event, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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 removed 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. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Breaking sticks (talk) 21:52, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

I have moved this article to Draft:A.K. Best, where it can be worked on independently without the threat of immediate deletion. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 11:13, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Tom Alkire (angler) (October 26)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.

• Draft:Tom Alkire (angler) may be deleted at any time unless the copied text is removed. Copyrighted work cannot be allowed to remain on Wikipedia.
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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:14, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello! MaxWellman, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:14, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dave Hughes (author) (October 27)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by David.moreno72 was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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David.moreno72 04:08, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia's guidelines on "conflict of interest"

Hello, MaxWellman. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
• instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the {{request edit}} template);
• when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
• exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies.

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 12:59, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Copyright

I have read your comments regarding copyright on the talk pages of articles you created. Copyright requirements for posting content to Wikipedia are more stringent than for publication in many other places, because when you post anything to Wikipedia you release it for anyone in the world to reuse it, for any purpose whatever, either unchanged or modified in any way whatever, subject to attribution to Wikipedia. It is unusual that the owner of copyright in text licenses that text for such very free reuse, and in those few occasions when they do so, we require proof of the fact. I have known it happen that either an individual copyright owner or someone working for a copyright owner has posted content to Wikipedia without realising what broad reuse licensing terms they have thereby granted, and have tried to revoke permission when they have found out. It is also common for authors to think that they are always free to release content they have written, which may not be so if that content was written on behalf of some other person or organisation, such as their employer or a client. For these and other reasons even when a Wikipedia editor sincerely believes they have the authority to post content which is subject to copyright we cannot assume it is so. Wikipedia policy is to require proof of suitable licensing, not to wait for a copyright owner to request removal, nor to simply accept the unsubstantiated word of anyone who chooses to create a Wikipedia account that they have copyright permission. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:03, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (November 29)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 05:11, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: A.K. Best (January 9)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Chetsford was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:A.K. Best and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Chetsford (talk) 03:00, 9 January 2018 (UTC)