User talk:Ccolin2509

Welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia. Take a look at the welcome page. To stay in Wikipedia, an article has to be about something notable, that is, of general interest. Click on Notability for an explanation of what that means, and on Notability (organizations and companies) for more detail. Also, it must be verifiable from reliable sources that arte independent of the subject. Articles that don't meet these requirements are likely to be deleted. JohnCD (talk) 14:30, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * For advice about creating articles, read the Introduction and the Guide to creating your first article.
 * You should not write articles about yourself, your band, your group, your client, your website or your best friend - that's a conflict of interest.
 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not an advertising service or business listing directory. Please read FAQ/Organizations before you write about your own product or organization.
 * For experiments, please use the sandbox.

Copyright problems with IGE+XAO
Hello. Concerning your contribution, IGE+XAO, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). As a copyright violation, IGE+XAO appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. IGE+XAO has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) and CC-BY-SA, under CC-BY-SA, or released into the public domain leave a note at with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you hold 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 CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you.

Please note that even if the copyright issue were resolved, the promotional tone of a company or personal website may well be unsuitable for an encyclopedia article, which requires a neutral point of view. JohnCD (talk) 14:31, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Reply to note on article talk page
For the copyright issue, it is not enough to assert permission: you would have to follow the steps in the warning notice above. Be aware that in posting information on Wikipedia, you are making an irrevocable and very general release by which others may copy your text, modify it, and use it for any purpose - see Foundation:Terms of Use and WP:Copyrights.

But there are other issues. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a business listing directory, still less a web-host for you to "provide online the content of our corporate documentation," and it is unlikely that your documentation is suitable for an encyclopedia article.

Also, in writing about your company, you have a conflict of interest. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for any kind of promotion. Articles have to be of enough general interest for an encyclopedia article: the Wikipedia term for that is notability, and the requirements are explained in the guideline on Notability and in more detail in Notability (organizations and companies). Articles need to be verifiable from independent, reliable sources - a company's own website does not count as independent - and independent references are the best way to demonstrate notability. Also, articles must be written from a neutral point of view, and so people are strongly discouraged from writing about themselves or their own organizations, because of the conflict of interest involved. If you do write on such subjects, follow the advice in User:Uncle G/On notability: "When writing about subjects that are close to you, don't use your own personal knowledge of the subject, and don't cite yourself, your web site, or the subject's web site. Instead, use what is written about the subject by other people, independently, as your sources. Cite those sources in your very first edit.  If you don't have such sources, don't write" For more advice, see the FAQ/Organizations, in particular the sections headed: Regards, JohnCD (talk) 15:09, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Why doesn't Wikipedia have an article on my organization?
 * I think my organization deserves an article on Wikipedia but none exists. What can I do?