User talk:BentleyPhoenix

Wikipedia and copyright
Meters (talk) 00:06, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello,

I am an administrator and Bentley School and am attempting to pull information from our public website for this page. Our website is: www.bentleyschool.org. How can I go about this and have it accepted?

Best, Ryan Weible Assistant Head of School


 * Hello. For starters, since you are employed by the subject of the article you're editing, you are required by Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure policy to clearly and visibly disclose this information. The preferred method is by placing the template on your userpage (User:BentleyPhoenix). You also have an inherent conflict of interest by editing the school's article. Readers expect to find neutral articles written independently of their subject, not corporate or personal webpages, or platforms for advertising and self-promotion. You should be limiting your involvement to requesting edits on the article's talk page, and be aware that the school does not have any right of ownership or control over the content of the Wikipedia article about it.
 * You cannot post copyrighted material on Wikipedia - even if you are the copyright holder, or have the copyright holder's permission - unless the material has been released for use by the verified copyright owner into the public domain or under a license compatible with Wikipedia. These licenses allow anyone — not just Wikipedia — to share, distribute, transmit, and adapt your work, free of charge and in perpetuity, provided that you are attributed as the author. Also, because some derivative works may be commercial, we cannot accept materials that are licensed only for educational use or even for general non-commercial use. Releasing the material is both permanent and irrevocable.
 * The content of Wikipedia articles is supposed to come from reliable sources that are independent of the article's subject, properly paraphrased and summarized, and written in a plainly factual manner. Apart from the most basic facts and figures, we have little to no interest in what an article's subject wishes to say about itself.
 * Looking at the edit history of this article, there appears to be an unfortunate habit of editors - who are obviously associated with the school - directly making extensive edits. This pattern has to stop. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 04:21, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Some of the information added to this page was blatantly false and an obvious attack on the school. How would Wikipedia propose that accurate information is provided and is not a platform for cyberbullying? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.48.64.90 (talk) 18:27, 15 November 2022 (UTC)


 * If you are the same person as the individual as this account, then it is important that you log in before making edits. Wikipedia's policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow the use of both an account and an IP address by the same person in the same setting and doing so may result in your account being blocked from editing. Additionally, making edits while logged out reveals your IP address, which may allow others to determine your location and identity. If this was not your intention, please remember to log in when editing.
 * About your question: if there is material that is obvious vandalism or blatent libel, then you can remove it. However, as someone with a conflict of interest, you should make a note on the article talk page explaining why you removed it. This gives other unconnected editors the opportunity to review the changes.
 * For any other edits, you or any other staff member should limit your involvement to the article talk page, where you you would ask for changes in the form of edit requests. You would be expected to provide reliable, independent sources to support them. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 22:35, 15 November 2022 (UTC)