User talk:AngieR

Angie, thank you for the articles you're contributing on various crimes in California. However, I have to ask... what's your source for these? Are you copying them word-for-word? DS 23:31, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate your contributions to the Battery on a Peace Officer article, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy editing! —Centrx→talk &bull; 23:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

The articles I submitted, and the numerous others that I planed to submit at all copywritten for the law firm I work for, The Kavinoky Law Firm. Because of your policy against blatant advertising I thought it would be a better idea to submit the articles under a private name without the law firm being mentioned. If there is a particular way you would like for me to cite the firm without violating policy that would allow the articles to stay up and be informative, please inform me as to the procedure.


 * First, Wikipedia articles must be verifiable in reliable sources; no original research. Second, keep in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is not a directory of crimes in the particular jurisdiction of your law firm. For example, it is better to add a general (that is, not specific to California or referencing the California penal code) sentence or two to Battery (crime) rather than to have a separate article on "Battery on a police officer".
 * Also, you are not permitted to add text where the copyright is owned by your law firm unless the law firm permits re-use of the text under the GNU Free Documentation License. This license permits anyone to alter, copy, and distribute the text under the terms of the license; the text will be copied to other websites. Regardless, it is probably best to integrate the information into previously existing articles in your own words. —Centrx→talk &bull; 20:24, 23 August 2006 (UTC)