User talk:0PB2

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, 0PB2. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Alleyn's School, 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
 * 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 WP:PAID.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:07, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

September 2019
Hello, I'm ToBeFree. I wanted to let you know that a part of of your recent contributions to Alleyn's School has been undone because the text appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:09, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Alleyn's School. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. The article is not a marketing catalogue; it should summarize what independent sources, not primary sources, say about the subject. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:16, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello 0PB2, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Alleyn's School 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 Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


 * 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 cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at 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 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 the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
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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. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:23, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Not providing a reliable source
Please do not add or change content, as you did at Alleyn's School, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:04, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Independent sources are important
Hi, please try to avoid relying on primary sources when writing an article. Wikipedia, as a tertiary source, needs, reliable, sources for verifiability.

Please also read the previous messages and disclose your connection to the school. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:10, 24 September 2019 (UTC)