User talk:Burlenwiki

AMAL carburetter
This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of AMAL carburetter, and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://radiocontrolledcar.eu/amal_motorcycle_en.html. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. See our copyright policy for further details.

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot (talk) 16:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of AMAL carburetter
A tag has been placed on AMAL carburetter 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 blatant 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.

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, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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. ~Sp K 16:38, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Greetings!
Hi Burlenwiki, and welcome to Wikipedia.

I suspect that you've connected with Burlen Fuel Systems, in which case an extra special welcome 8-)  I've used your services in the past and I know how useful your knowledge and records could be to the project.

Now the bad news: this is a weird old place and you're about to be automatically unwelcomed from every direction. Please grit your teeth and hang on... Andy Dingley (talk) 17:35, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Username issues with company accounts
Your username suggests that it's connected with Burlen Fuel Systems, which is identifiable as a group of people but not as an individual. Wikipedia has a policy against that, please read WP:ORGNAME. This is for good, although slightly obscure reasons.

Pretty soon you're likely to find yourself officially warned and indefinitely blocked FOREVER!!! from editing Wikipedia. Please don't panic, it's just the local way of kindly asking you to pick another name. Really. We still love you 8-) So don't panic. user:Drop tester or user:Needle polisher might be available  8-)  Andy Dingley (talk) 17:45, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

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

There are two issues with this:
 * You may 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.
 * Your account cannot represent a group of people, as your username suggests. There must be a single person responsible for the edits made under a single account. To resolve this problem, you should change your username to one that represents you individually.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines.

Andy Dingley (talk) 17:45, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Conflicts of Interest
Here we go again...

Wikipedia gets a lot of spam, and we fight against it. So when a "company" pops up, the natural local reaction is to lynch first and ask questions later... Please don't be alarmed. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:47, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:47, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

I have some idea just how much information you have access to, so I for one am delighted to see you here. Please ask if you have the slightest question, if I can be of any assistance, or if you would like an independent editor to post content on your behalf, reverse an over-keen undo or similar. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:48, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Copyright issues
You'll notice that the AMAL carbs article has already been tagged as a suspicious copyright violation from another site. As discussed on its talk page, I'm assuming that this content has already come from Burlen and so isn't even original to the claimed source site (This happens a lot, BTW).

Easiest way to fix this is to add a reference to the article (and SU) and provide a link to an original copy on Burlen's site, establishing their primacy, then we can take it from there to demonstrate WP's ability to hold the same content. One way (easiest) to do that is to note on the source web site that it's CC-BY-SA 3.0 licensed. Second way involves OTRS and WP's filing system for proving that some content was released through Wikipedia under such a licence. Andy Dingley (talk) 18:02, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

How to verify copyright permission for article SU carburetor
Hello, Burlenwiki.

Thank you for your interest in donating material from http://www.sucarb.co.uk/SUhistory.aspx to Wikipedia. Since we do not currently have a method in place to verify the identity of account holders at account creation, we must verify such donations through external processes. The article has been blanked to allow time for that verification to proceed.

The simplest way to verify is to place a release on that external website putting the material into public domain or co-licensing it under CC-BY-SA and GFDL, which permit modification and reuse, even commercially, as long as authorship credit is given. This release is irrevocable and must continue to be displayed, or the material may need to be removed. A statement such as the following would be sufficient: "The contents of this website (or page, if you are specifically releasing one section) are available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 and the GNU Free Documentation License, unversioned with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts." If you decide to take this route, please put a link to that release on Talk:SU carburetor so we can restore the contents.

Alternatively, you may choose to send an e-mail to the Wikimedia Foundation from an address associated with the original publication to [mailto:permissions-en@wikimedia.org permissions-en@wikimedia.org] or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL. There is a boilerplate release form at Declaration of consent for all enquiries which can be helpful. Please provide a clear link to the website in your e-mail and specify by name the articles on Wikipedia in which the material is being used. Once your e-mail is received and processed by a member of the Communications Committee, the article's contents will be restored if your release is legally sufficient. Please make a note that you've done this on Talk:SU carburetor to help guard against premature deletion of the page. You can compose a note or very simply paste the following on the talk page, brackets and all:

If you decide you don't wish to release the material into public domain or under the terms of CC-BY-SA and GFDL, you are welcome to rewrite the text from scratch at [ this temporary page]. As long as the material is otherwise compliant with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, it will be used to replace the previous contents. Please leave a note at Talk:SU carburetor saying you have done so.

We apologize for the additional steps necessary, but as copyright is a matter of legal concern, we must ensure that we not only protect the rights of copyright holders, but also guard the Wikipedia project against inadvertent infringement.

The article will be revisited in about a week to see what additional steps have been taken or may be necessary. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to let me know at my talk page. We also have a help desk which is typically manned around the clock by volunteers.

Thank you. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:22, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * We will also need to verify permission for SU Carburetter. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:22, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Update regarding copyright concern
Since we do not yet have verification of permission by the processes set out above and sufficient time has passed since the placement of the notice, the content has been deleted for copyright concerns. This deletion is not necessarily permanent. If you have already sent a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) and GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) (if you are not the copyright holder or have co-authored the material, release under CC-BY-SA-compatible license alone is sufficient), the content can be restored when that letter is received and processed by the Wikimedia Communications committee. Likewise, if you have not yet sent a letter, you still may (or resend it, if you believe your original may have been lost), and the content will be restored when that letter is received and processed.

As Wikipedia does not require proof of identity on account creation, it is essential that we receive external proof of authorization in order to ensure that we remain compliant with US Copyright law. It is also essential that we verify that copyright holders understand the extent of the release they are authorizing, in that our licenses permit modification and reuse in any forum, even commercial publication, as long as authorship credit is maintained and future copies are compatibly licensed.

Thank you. Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:44, 5 June 2010 (UTC)