GlobalJPZ

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I was the author of the text, even though it appeared on the Learning2 website, I'm board chair of that site and the text was mine, although not signed on the site. They are using the bio text with my permission. I can reference it, but it seems odd to delete it since it exists multiple places with my permission as well.

Jon Zurfluh (talk) 07:03, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

• Hi Jon, and thanks for letting us know this. However there is a bit more that would have to be done in order to use that text here. Because of the license we publish under, which allows anyone anywhere to re-use our material, you would need to follow the procedure at this link. This will involve you confirming your identity and ownership confidentially of course. Note that once you do this, anyone anywhere can re-use that text for any purpose (including for profit) without further permission from you, as long as they link back to here. If this is what you wish to do, please go to WP:DCM and follow those steps to authorize this text. That text may have to be suppressed again pending this authorization, but can be easily restored once that os complete. Please let me know if you have any questions on this, thanks! Crow^Caw 14:08, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

January 2023

Your edit to Draft:Jon Zurfluh has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. DanCherek (talk) 15:18, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Jon Zurfluh

Hello, GlobalJPZ. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Jon Zurfluh, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 16:03, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

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. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:08, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! GlobalJPZ, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Liz Read! Talk! 04:08, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Jon Zurfluh

Hello, GlobalJPZ. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Jon Zurfluh".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:03, 21 July 2023 (UTC)