User talk:Samantha at BIPP

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Welcome!

Hello, Samantha at BIPP, and welcome to Wikipedia! I have noticed that you are fairly new! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. I also see that some of your recent edits, such as the ones to the page James Baker Institute, show an interest in the use of images and/or photos on Wikipedia.

Did you know that ...

...wikipedia has a very stringent image use policy?
...most images from Flickr, online news websites, and other web sources are copyrighted?
...wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously?
...freely-licensed images should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, a central location for images where they can be used on all Wikipedia projects?
...we recommend that new users use our "files for upload" process - at least until you get the hang of things?

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{Help me}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

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February 2014[edit]

Hello Samantha at BIPP, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to James Baker Institute has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

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 a cited source. 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. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied without attribution. If you want to copy from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

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. Anupmehra -Let's talk! 19:39, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Anupmehra, I'm not sure if this is the right place to reply to your message, I'm very new to Wikipedia! I have a question about putting content into the James Baker Institute page, is this where I should be asking them? Samantha at BIPP (talk) 19:45, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Samantha, I'll request you to familiarise yourself with Wikipedia policy and guidelines before you make edits to any article. It would help you to not get your edits reverted by some other editor. However you are advised and encouraged to be bold while updating Wikipedia, an encyclopedia. Most of the times changes not in compliance with Wikipedia policies are corrected by a Wikipedia volunteer. You edit to the page James Baker Institute was undid by me because it was a violation of Wikipedia copyright policy. No worries, re-write them in your words. Just do not copy and paste. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page, consult Wikipedia:Questions, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question here. Regards, Anupmehra -Let's talk! 20:05, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest[edit]

Hello. You clearly have a conflict of interest regarding James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. In keeping with our guideline Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, you are requested to stop immediately making substantial changes to the article. It's OK to make minor corrections to spelling, formatting, etc. But for anything else, you must propose your change on the article talk page for more neutral editors to evaluate. Thank you. ~Amatulić (talk) 01:24, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Amatulic,

Thank you so much for your comments. I take Wikipedia's policy very seriously and I have made edits only with the intent of keeping the neutral point of view. I noticed the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy page was very out of date and did not include much information. I have tried to remedy that through careful research and bold editing. I apologize if any of my edits have come across as biased, I certainly don't intend them to be. Wikipedia's mission of providing an encyclopedia available to everyone is an important mission to me. I have spent quite a bit of time researching how to use Wikipedia and looking through other think tank Wikipedia pages. I am fairly new to Wikipedia and I want to follow all correct procedures! What can I do now?

Many thanks, Samantha at BIPP (talk) 19:24, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I removed a lot of what seemed to be extraneous detail, not relevant to an independent description of the organization. This isn't an organizational brochure or a company handbook. It isn't a supplementary web page for your organization. It's a neutral article about the organization. All the various student programs don't need to be described in detail, for example. It's also irrelevant who exactly is on the staff of which department, although I left those in who have their own Wikipedia articles.

You may make small corrections to spelling, errors of fact, numbers, minor omissions, and so on. Anything substantial should be proposed on the article's talk page. I recommend you preface the text of your proposal with the tag {{request edit}}, which will cause your request to appear on a list of edit requests by editors with a conflict of interest. ~Amatulić (talk) 23:13, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ANI Notification[edit]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.TimothyJosephWood 17:33, 7 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]