User talk:Anushka at ISN

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Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Anushka at ISN! Your additions to International Society of Nephrology 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. It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Our policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Wikishovel (talk) 13:00, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
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March 2024
Hello Anushka at ISN. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to International Society of Nephrology, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

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As previously advised, your edits, such as the edit you made to International Society of Nephrology, give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Anushka at ISN, and the template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Wikishovel (talk) 23:58, 29 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Greetings, I have been trying to make edits to the wiki page of the International society of nephrology. The current page is severely outdated, and I am just trying to make sure it doesn't provide false information (about how many members it has, its current leaders, etc). You argue a goal of 'self-promotion' - I am simply trying to accurately document who the ISN is and what it does. We are a non-profit. The language is positive-leaning, but looking at many articles on Wikipedia we are not the only ones to write this way (check: American Society of Nephrology) These facts are published in journals and are referenced. Please, allow me to make corrections to the page - the information currently there is no longer factual and false, whereas the goal of wikipedia is to keep the community up to date on the facts? I'm willing to work with you to find a reasonable compromise I hope.
 * I do not get directly or indirectly compensated for my edits. Anushka at ISN (talk) 21:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * You have a WP:Conflict of interest on this article, even if you are an unpaid volunteer for the ISN. You must immediately stop copying promotional copyrighted content from the ISN website, or you will be blocked from editing by an administrator. You're welcome to suggest edits at Talk:International Society of Nephrology, so an editor unconnected with the ISN can make the edits you suggest there. But you must also disclose your connection with the ISN at your user talk page, as already explained to you in posts above. Wikishovel (talk) 21:46, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

April 2024
Your edit to International Society of Nephrology has been removed in whole or in part, 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 very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Copying text from other sources for more information. Wikishovel (talk) 21:39, 3 April 2024 (UTC)