Kirk 246

Copyright violations

Hi there, surely you don't think that pasting entire articles [1][2] into Wikipedia can be done without violating copyrights, do you? That seems unlikely, since virtually every child is taught that copying is unethical. You may excerpt small portions of prose under WP:FAIRUSE, and you should be extraordinarily selective, to ensure that the content you are adding is appropriate for inclusion in an encyclopedia, which strives to present content from a neutral point of view. Indiscriminately pasting whole articles into Wikipedia doesn't mesh with this goal. As an example, your indiscriminate inclusion of content about the Porsche Sport Driving School does nothing to enhance our understanding of the PlaneSense corporation. If you do this again, I will have to interrupt your editing privileges to protect the encyclopedia. Lastly, if you work for PlaneSense, you have a conflict of interest and you should not be editing the PlaneSense article, as that too is almost certainly unethical. People with conflicts of interest tend to be unable to write about the subject objectively, and wind up introducing promotional language like the content you added in this edit, which reads like a page from the PlaneSense brochure. I would advise you to declare your conflict on the article's talk page and post edit requests there instead of editing the article directly. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:21, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

I love Wikipedia and I, in no way, want to go against the guidelines. I was under the impression that adding a third party article that is sited would be good for Wikipedia, to add validity. This article shows what Planesense has been up to and does as a company. I do not work for Planesense, I do, however, have an interest in aviation.

I will be sure to work towards following the guidelines; I was just unaware that adding a sited third party article would be a problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kirk 246 (talk • contribs)

I appreciate your response. You should be aware, that cited or not, all content is protected by copyright once it is published. This was established at the Berne Convention. Fair use allows us to excerpt small portions so long as an encyclopedic purpose is being served. In film articles we would be allowed to excerpt brief quotations from reviews to support statements made about the film's special effects, for instance, but we cannot base large portions of articles on excerpted text. Hope that helps. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:09, 1 April 2016 (UTC)