User talk:BucksDigital

The article Rebecca Bunting has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article was about a real person or group of people, individual animal, organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content or an organized event, but did not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is actually significant enough for an encyclopedia article, you are free to re-create it, but this time you need to demonstrate that, which is best done by citing to reliable, secondary sources that are entirely unconnected to the topic.

Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for musicians, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. NawlinWiki (talk) 15:29, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of University Campus Aylesbury Vale


A tag has been placed on University Campus Aylesbury Vale 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 a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.ucav.ac.uk/about-us/the-story-so-far/. 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 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 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 or image 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 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. My Pants Metal (talk) 12:31, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of University Campus Aylesbury Vale
Hello BucksDigital,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged University Campus Aylesbury Vale for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source.

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. ubiquity (talk) 15:16, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Copyright problem: University Campus Aylesbury Vale
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as University Campus Aylesbury Vale, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://www.ucav.ac.uk/about-us/the-story-so-far/ http://www.ucav.ac.uk/about-us/, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:University Campus Aylesbury Vale and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, University Campus Aylesbury Vale, in your email. See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License, and note that you have done so on Talk:University Campus Aylesbury Vale. See Donating copyrighted materials for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0", or that the material is released into the public domain, or if you have strong reason to believe it is, leave a note at Talk:University Campus Aylesbury Vale with a link to where we can find that note or your explanation of why you believe the content is free for reuse.

It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at [ this temporary page]. Leave a note at Talk:University Campus Aylesbury Vale saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved.

Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! My Pants Metal (talk) 15:17, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

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. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a business listing directory or a place for organizations to tell the world about themselves. 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. JohnCD (talk) 17:42, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Advice
I should start by apologising that Wikipedia does not do enough to explain to new users what it is not for. The idea is to encourage everyone to edit, but it does mean that a lot of time is wasted to no purpose by people who think this is a social-networking site or a free advertising platform.

First, you wrote "We are digital team from Bucks new university". Wikipedia accounts are for individuals only, who are personally responsible for them, and shared accounts, or accounts whose names are the names of groups or organizations, are not permitted. Your username may be based on your real name, or not, as you choose (see WP:REALNAME for some considerations), but it should not be the name of any other living person. A username of the form "James at BucksDigital" would be acceptable, and would serve to declare your affiliation. If more than one person in your group wishes to edit, all are welcome, but each must have their own account.

Second, Wikipedia is not a free advertising platform for PR teams like yours to post copies of their promotional material. Even if the copyright issue were resolved (which would require a formal copyright release from the actual owner of the copyright), this material would be unacceptable for an encyclopedia article, being written in the first person ("We had over 200 students each week... All of our existing programmes... we have added foundation degrees") and extremely promotional in tone ("The learning environment and social spaces appeal to our student audience, allowing them a relaxed and quiet place to study... ") That is not an encyclopedia article, it is an advertisement, the University addressing readers and telling them how good it is. Nothing like that is allowed in Wikipedia. See User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard for some background

One reason why group accounts are not permitted is that they are nearly always here to promote something. Even with an individual account, in any editing to do with your employer you would have a Conflict of interest and should read that page and the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. You will see that you should not edit directly, but may submit drafts and make suggestions on article talk pages; also that you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use ("Paid contributions without disclosure" under section 4) to disclose your interest.

Wikipedia has an inclusion test called Notability, which has to be demonstrated by references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Youtube, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also Notability (summary).

Independent references are necessary for two reasons: to establish that the subject is of sufficient general interest to justify an article, and to provide a basis on which an article can be written which is more than just the story the subject's PR team wants to tell the world.

There is good advice at Your first article. Here are some other pages that you might find helpful:
 * Introduction to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * Simplified Manual of Style

JohnCD (talk) 17:55, 19 August 2016 (UTC)