Devangae200

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Hello, Devangae200, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Seeds of Hope Publishers, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, visit the Teahouse, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 04:04, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Devangae200! Your additions to Seeds of Hope Publishers 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, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

• Limited quotation: You may only copy or translate a small portion of a source. Any direct quotations must be enclosed in double quotation marks (") and properly cited using an inline citation. More information is available on the non-free content page. To learn how to cite a source, see Help:Referencing for beginners.
• Paraphrasing: Beyond limited quotations, you are required to put all information in your own words. Following the source's wording too closely can lead to copyright issues and is not permitted; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when paraphrasing, you must still cite your sources as appropriate.
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• Copyrighted material donation: If you hold the copyright to the content you want to copy, or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license the text for publication here. Please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 04:05, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Seeds of Hope Publishers for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Seeds of Hope Publishers, to which you have significantly contributed, is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or if it should be deleted.

The discussion will take place at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seeds of Hope Publishers (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

To customise your preferences for automated AfD notifications for articles to which you've significantly contributed (or to opt-out entirely), please visit the configuration page. Delivered by SDZeroBot (talk) 01:02, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia's guideline on conflict of interest, and related matters

Hello, Devangae200. 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 conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
• disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
• avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
• do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to 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 Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. JBW (talk) 20:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

June 2024

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or self-promoting in violation of the conflict of interest and notability guidelines.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Star Mississippi 01:00, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Devangae. I'm GreenLipstickLesbian, the person who removed your original edits to the Seeds of Hope publishing page, and nominated the page for deletion. I've also read through your posts to Liz's and TheTechie's pages. You might not be being paid for you edits, but because you have a close connection to the article's subject, you do have a conflict of interest. On Wikipedia, we don't actually care what an article's subject, or its employees/volunteers, has to say for itself. We care what independent sources (such as newspaper reports, or books) have to say about a person. If there's enough coverage in those sources to write an article, an editor may create one. On the Seeds of Hope page, there weren't any such independent sources. There were just passing mentions, an article written about Ms Cook by an organization she worked for, and a lot of references to the Seeds of Hope's own webpage. And then, with your edits, a lot of information copied from the Seeds of Hope's own webpage. (Which isn't okay, as I explained in my warning above.) It's great that you're volunteering for this organization- they seem to do great work. But, unfortunately, Wikipedia isn't a merit based system. We're also not a venue to promote organizations, or people. We may be the first result on Google, but we're not Google. We're an encyclopedia.

I encourage you to read more about what Wikipedia is at this page, as well as the guide that Star Mississippi linked to you about appealing blocks. GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 06:37, 12 June 2024 (UTC)