CreativeEditoratLarge
July 2021 edit
Hello CreativeEditoratLarge. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Talk:Better Business Bureau, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.
Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.
Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, 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:CreativeEditoratLarge. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=CreativeEditoratLarge|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. Melmann 23:44, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- I would also note that you should not post your contact information on this public website, for your protection. If you wish to enable others to email you, you may add your email address to your account preferences and check the "allow others to email you" box, which enables email but keeps your email address off Wikipedia itself(though it will be revealed if you reply to messages). In addition, unless sensitive personal information is involved, almost all discussion should take place on Wikipedia, for openness and transparency. 331dot (talk) 08:26, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello - yes, I emailed Wikipedia help to ask about this and the Wikipedia volunteer, Geoffrey Lane, recommended that I submit the request by clicking the button that announced my relationship to the article subject. I am not paid to make this change, but I did disclose that I work for the organization about which the edit was made. He said that my doing so would flag for the appropriate Wikipedia volunteer and that they would be in touch with me to discuss the request. I am definitely trying to follow all of the rules, though admittedly might not be doing them all right. It's a bit of a web to follow. Please advise on next steps and I am happy to follow them. I also appreciate any advice you have on recommending future changes. CreativeEditoratLarge (talk) 14:02, 28 July 2021 (UTC)CreativeEditoratLarge
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Wikipedia and copyright edit
Hello CreativeEditoratLarge! Your additions to Industry self-regulation 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.
- 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. 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.
- We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
- 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 either 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.
- 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 described at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. See also Help:Translation#License requirements.
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. DanCherek (talk) 12:34, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello - I am trying to learn the practices for Wikipedia and appear to be failing miserably. Yes, I did take content from a source, and then cited that source. I didn't realize that would be determined as copyright. I am not a subject matter expert so I was hesitant to re-write the content. I corrected the content where it was old/outdated and cited those small changes. Please advise on the right way to make these updates. The page is currently inaccurate in its definition and I am simply trying to make it accurate. CreativeEditoratLarge (talk) 14:04, 28 July 2021 (UTC)