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Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 17:13, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

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Working on a page based on a webpage

@Curb Safe Charmer:

Hello Curb Safe Charmer,

Thank you for the feedback. I am a co-manager of the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association website, along with a social media manager. We want to add pages on Wikipedia for Grover House and NHMA, pointing back to our website and other related resources. I do understand we don't want to simply duplicate what we have on the webpage, so what else might I add or modify so that our information is published on Wikipedia for the public to find?

I will also be working on a page for NHMA itself, because there is already at least one reference to us under the acronym "NMHA". Again, I will start with our website's posted information of course, since it does describe us well. I'm rewriting it to remove self-references, and will add further information that helps people understand the history and purpose. What else can you advise?

Regards,

MildJoeMA MildJoeMA (talk) 15:46, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Wikipedia is not a directory, so an organization is not entitled to have a Wikipedia article just because it exists. All topics must be notable by Wikipedia's definition to merit inclusion. In the specific case of an organization, it must meet the notability criteria for companies and organizations. For this to happen, the organization must have already received significant coverage in multiple reliable and independent sources. We have no interest in what an organization wishes to say about itself, as this is an inherent conflict of interest. You will have to provide sufficient evidence of third-party coverage for this organization to merit inclusion.

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Managing a conflict of interest

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 20:15, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Draft:Navesink Maritime Heritage Association

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The page Draft:Navesink Maritime Heritage Association has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appeared to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appeared to be a direct copy from https://navesinkmaritime.org/page-1221061. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition has been 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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