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Speedy deletion nomination of NSW Environment Protection Authority

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A tag has been placed on NSW Environment Protection Authority requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/resources/epa/150848-epa-annual-report.pdf. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed 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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I created a page for the EPA in consultation with the Strategic Engagement and Governance Branch of the Authority. I am also an employee. The page has been removed for copyright infringement, with the EPA Annual Report cited as the source of the infringement. We have permission from the organisation to use the material, and we have referenced the Annual Report.

We wish factual information about the EPA to be available on Wikipedia as we recognise it is an important reference work.

Can the page please be reinstated, or more specific information provided on what needs to be rewritten given we have permission to use the Annual Report.

Kagey2005 (talk) 11:46, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

For such a copyrighted document to be copied in full or in significant part, all of the steps at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials would need to be followed. The content would need to be released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License, the GFDL, or a compatible license. This means that anyone, anywhere in the world, at any time in the future, could reuse this content, or a modified version of it, for any purpose, including for a commercial profit-making purpose. Such a release is permanent and cannot be withdrawn.

To demonstrate this release, either a release notice must be added to the website where the Report is published, or an email must be sent from the NSW EPA to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, with a filled out version of the language from the model at Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries or very similar text. After this is sent, the page could be reinstated with {{OTRS pending}} on the article's talk page.

Even so, there is no guarantee that the released text will continue to be part of the article. It may be edited and modified or removed, in whole or in part, by any editor in a good-faith effort to improve the article. Neither you nor the EPA will own or control the article in any way.

Moreover, as you are an employee of the NSW EPA, you have a clear conflict of intrest. You are discouraged from writing about the EPA at all on Wikipedia. If you do go ahead, you must declare your conflict publicly, in accord with the Terms of use provision on paid contributions, and with Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. The template {{connected contributor (paid)}} can be used to assist in this disclosure.

I hope the above is helpful. DES ^(talk) 13:17, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the advice. I'll try editing it again in my sandbox and ask for guidance before publishing. I'm happy to declare my interest in EPA, but to be clear, I am writing this on my own time.

Kagey2005 (talk) 07:06, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Kagey2005. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article NSW Environment Protection Authority, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
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• 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 for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 14:37, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the advice. I'll have a go at rewriting the entry in my sandpit and submit it for advice. It will be a day or two.

Kagey2005 (talk) 07:03, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

I have published a revised page to my sandbox, and added the template for Conflict of Interest to my talk page, although I don't seem to be able to connect that to the article until it is published. I "Submitted my draft for review". Kagey2005 (talk) 11:06, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (February 21)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Anarchyte 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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Anarchyte (work | talk) 07:13, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello! John from Idegon, 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! Anarchyte (work | talk) 07:13, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Think this was for you. I got it because I submitted your draft. I completely concur with his assessment. If I can help let me know. John from Idegon (talk) 08:04, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you again John. I'll find some independent references and have another go. After that I may well turn to Teahouse and you for further guidance. Kagey2005 (talk) 09:51, 21 February 2016 (UTC)