User talk:Bigtreecountry

June 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Ben Lawers do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. MikeWazowski (talk) 13:57, 27 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Mike, I can see that you've had a few issues with the content we've recently added which has led up to you blocking our account. I'm entirely new to this and suspect this may be beginner's unluck. Perhaps you can help me move forward? Big Tree Country is an area of Scotland that is historically famed for its big trees and the Big Tree Country project is about educating and informing people from across the globe about the area, specific sites of interest, world record breaking trees and historical facts pertaining to those trees. Our approach is informative, neutral and accurate, based on historical research and understanding. As such we consider ourselves to have the leading body of knowledge in this area and felt it was time it was shared on wikipedia. I'm not sure, therefore what I've done wrong? Under your terms and conditions of links that should be considered you state:


 * Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues,[2] amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks), or other reasons.


 * We believe that our body of knowledge on these subject areas encompasses this. As I am a representative of the organisation that holds the copyright for this material (and we're happy to submit to that effect) I don't see the problem here. If you could explain in a bit more detail I'd be most grateful. Bigtreecountry (talk) 17:27, 29 June 2011 (UTC) Bigtreecountry


 * I'm not an administrator, or the one who blocked you - just an editor who noticed your pattern of WP:COI edits. If the group or area you appear to represent truly is notable, uninvolved editors should and probably will insert items in due time. It is not your place to do so when you have a clear conflict of interest. I would suggest that you take a look at the relevant guidelines linked elsewhere on this page and take it up with the blocking administrator. MikeWazowski (talk) 17:55, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Fortingall Yew. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. MikeWazowski (talk) 13:38, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (Bigtreecountry) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this :
 * 1) It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
 * 2) Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guidelines concerning editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. The article in question is Falls of Bruar. Thank you. MikeWazowski (talk) 13:39, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Diana's Grove


A tag has been placed on Diana's Grove requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites 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 belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. MikeWazowski (talk) 13:42, 28 June 2011 (UTC)