User talk:AllanaM at St.Marks

Hello, St. Marks Church. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 18:28, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Please indicate that you have read the above regarding conflict of interest. Ideally you should avoid directly editing about your church; there are indirect ways of doing so, such as by visiting Articles for Creation. 331dot (talk) 18:30, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

And copyright violations....please remove said content
Your addition has been removed, 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 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&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 18:31, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi, My page St. Mark's Church Niagara-on-the-Lake was deleted. I am working with St. Mark's Church for the creation of this page.They have already emailed wikipedia stating that I have permission to use the content from their website.

Speedy deletion nomination of User:St. Marks Church/sandbox


A tag has been placed on User:St. Marks Church/sandbox requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://stmarks1792.com/history/parish-history/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken 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.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

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June 2017
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username. It also appears that your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization, person or cause that you consider worthwhile. Unfortunately, many good causes are not sufficiently notable for their own Wikipedia article, and all users are discouraged from editing in any area where they have an inherent conflict of interest. You may wish to consider one of these alternative outlets. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Thank you. Neil N  talk to me 18:53, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Yes it would be okay! Thank you
 * Apparently that username is not allowed - I think it's because of the @ symbol, which makes it look like an email address. Would "AllanaM at St.Marks" be OK? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:15, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Done. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:22, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

I also had an issue with content being from http://stmarks1792.com/history/. The owner of the website has sent out an email to info-en@wikimedia.org stating that it is ok to copy the content of the website. Will I get the sandbox for St. Marks back?
 * That will have to be decided by whoever deals with the email, as it will depend on what the release actually says. I think the best thing to do is make a request at Requests for undeletion, say that the email has been sent, and hopefully someone who has access to the email will be able to review it. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:41, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I've deleted the article again. Please do not recreate it until permission has been confirmed. Also, it is very unlikely that an article entirely copied from a primary source will be accepted. You need to provide secondary sources and realize that Wikipedia is not here to host a copy of the church's website page. --Neil N  talk to me 18:16, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of St. Mark's Church Niagara-on-the-Lake
Hello AllanaM at St.Marks,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged St. Mark's Church Niagara-on-the-Lake for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source, probably infringing copyright.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Timothy Joseph Wood 18:02, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of St. Mark's Church Niagara-on-the-Lake


A tag has been placed on St. Mark's Church Niagara-on-the-Lake requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://stmarks1792.com/music-and-arts/the-bells-at-st-marks/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken 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.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:30, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * You've change your user name, so you're half way to resolving your prior problems. But you still may not copy text verbatim from your church's website without first demonstrating that you have permission to do so (see WP:Donating copyrighted material). But even then, you'll want to write a broader article about your church, rather than concentrating only on its bells. And you'll need to demonstrate somehow that your church is notable. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:37, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of St. Marks Niagara-on-the-Lake


A tag has been placed on St. Marks Niagara-on-the-Lake requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://stmarks1792.com/history/parish-history/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken 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.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:23, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of St. Mark's Church Niagara-on-the-Lake
Hello AllanaM at St.Marks,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged St. Mark's Church Niagara-on-the-Lake for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source, probably infringing copyright.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Timothy Joseph Wood 13:14, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

June 2017
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without evidence of permission. You have been previously warned that this is against policy, but have persisted. Please take this opportunity to ensure that you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. Neil N  talk to me 13:34, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

You said, you "will address the copyright and conflict of interest issues". You have not done this at all. So, also blocked as an advertising-only account. --Neil N  talk to me</i> 13:37, 9 June 2017 (UTC)