User talk:Caberra

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The Wikipedia Tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Eclipsed  (talk)   (code of ethics)     15:52, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Philabundance Copyright violation
Welcome to Wikipedia. Please be aware that you may not copy & paste copyrighted material from other sources, as you did to the Philabundance article. Also, please do not remove references added by others, unless there is a clear consensus to do so. While everyone is welcome to contribute to creating a good article, they must do so within the policies and guidelines of wikipedia. Eclipsed  (talk)   (code of ethics)     15:53, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Since I own the copyright, how do I go about posting it without getting wikipedia in trouble? I am in charge of all things web related for Philabundance so please advise- thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caberra (talk • contribs)


 * See WP:IOWN. However, be aware that Wikipedia has a style manual, located at Manual of style which describes how Wikipedia articles are supposed to be written.  Even if you donate text to Wikipedia, if that text comes from another website, it is very unlikely that the text will conform to the accepted style of a Wikipedia article.  If you wish to write something for Wikipedia, it would be best to write it fresh and new, and in a style which DOES conform to Wikipedia's Manual of Style.  Furthermore, if the text is from a website you are affiliated with, and you are adding it to an article about a group you are affiliated with, then you have a conflict of interest which prevents you from adding the text in the first place.  Instead of adding the text to the article, your best option is to leave a note at the article talk page, describe the type of additions you would like to see made, and leave a link to the source text, so that other editors may evaluate the text, and help to write it in a neutral tone.  Please note that all of the blue words in this response I have written will link to important policies at Wikipedia.  Using your mouse, please place your cursor over these blue words and click them.  This will bring you to a new page which will describe an important Wikipedia policy in detail.  -- Jayron  32  19:56, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

December 2010
Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Philabundance. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Wuh Wuz  Dat  16:11, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Your addition has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Wuh Wuz  Dat  16:11, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Philabundance, 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, 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 a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. you admitted your Conflict Of Interest here Wuh  Wuz  Dat  16:16, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Learning Curve
Hi. Thanks for the message (I've moved it to my talk page)  Wikipedia has a learning curve, as you may have seen from todays events. I was very happy to start the Philabundance article, as it is a notable organization in the Delaware Valley and many other editors may be interested in contributing to the article. But one must be aware of the arcane web of (often contradictory) policies and guidelines within Wikipedia. Please be aware that if one continues to go 'against' these policies and guidelines, even if done in good-faith, it will often result in a banning. Eclipsed  (talk)   (code of ethics)     17:02, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * As a side note - it is good that you declared your 'Conflict of Interest' (abbreviated here to COI).  It is very possible to contribute to wikipedia even if one has a COI.  For example, I've worked here under a COI for a while now.  But one does have to be careful.  It is an unfortunate fact that wikipedia, as a whole, supports an adverserial relationship with organization, companies, and subject-matter experts.  Therefore it is best to go slowly, be very polite, ignore any preceived insults or attacks, and assume good faith of all involved.  Everyone makes mistakes. It's how one learns from the mistakes that matters the most here.   If in doubt, seek out help from other editors first. Thanks!      Eclipsed   (talk)   (code of ethics)     17:16, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Most importantly, please stop reverting the Philabundance article to include copyrighted material. Wikipedia has strong rules about copyright infringement.  Your actions are making it difficult for other editors to contribute to the article, and will result in a ban on your account if done too often.  May I suggest instead that you post a message to the Philabundance article talk page and offer your assistance there.      Eclipsed   (talk)   (code of ethics)     18:17, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Conflict of interest
Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Philabundance, 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, 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 a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  18:42, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Philabundance. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  18:42, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

This is your last warning; the next time you violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by inserting commentary or your personal analysis into an article, as you did at Philabundance, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Please also read WP:SPAM and WP:COPYVIO. ukexpat (talk) 19:00, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Please slow down.
Look, you appear to be freaking out and are rapidly decending into bad practices. I understand you are new at Wikipedia, and so are not familiar with Wikipedia's rules. This is understandable, but when you ARE new to a place, and you have BEEN TOLD that you are breaking the rules, repeatedly, the best thing to do is to stop, and learn the rules, before repeatedly breaking them. It is bad form to just keep breaking them over and over without attempting to learn them. Specifically, the rules you should learn are:
 * Conflict of interest: Specifically, how it applies to you. You continue to try to edit an article with which you have a conflict of interest.  Instead of editing the article, you should instead be suggesting changes on the articles talk page.  Use the "discussion tab" at the top of the article's page to access it.
 * Copyright violations: You may not copy text from another source and paste it into Wikipedia. Period.  This is nonnegotiable.  If you have information to add to an article, please write it in your own voice.
 * Edit war: You have been repeatedly returning an article to your own preferred state (one which is a copyright violation and with which you have a conflict of interest). Whenever another person or group of people object to what you are doing, don't do it again.  Instead, start a discussion with those people to understand what their objections is and how the problem can be fixed.  Simply trying to force through your own preferred version of an article, with no discussion, will get you blocked for being disruptive.

Please read through these policies before proceeding further. -- Jayron  32  19:05, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for Other editors have told at great length what is wrong with your activities on Wikipedia. You have chosen to ignore their advice, so I'm now giving you a day in which to reflect on what you wish to achieve an how. If you resume your disruptive activities after the block expires, you will likely be blocked indefinitely.. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text below this notice, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Favonian (talk) 19:10, 7 December 2010 (UTC)