User talk:DLALandandMaritime

November 2022
Hello DLALandandMaritime! While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


 * You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
 * Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Knitsey (talk) 16:06, 18 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Ok, the source was us. I am a Public Affairs Specialist from DLA Land and Maritime and that copy is owned by our office as our office owns www.dlalandandmaritime.mil. You cannot plagarize yourself. Our Command has requested that the information be updated to mirror our website. I am reverting it back. Please do not revert it. This is proprietary information and is owned by the PAO office of which I am an official representative. DLALandandMaritime (talk) 16:29, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh and the image I am about to upload was taken by me at the base from my car. Please do not delete it. DLALandandMaritime (talk) 16:34, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia has very strict policies about copyright material. Please read the links above, especially donating copyright material.
 * As for your admission about working for DLAL we also have strict conflict of interest policies when editing articles. I will add the COI notice to your talk page as well so that you understand the rules on how to edit when you have a COI. I will also need to report this to the COI noticeboard. I will also send you the notice when that is done. Many thanks, Knitsey (talk) 16:36, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
 * The PAO office doesn't own diddly-squat. That information belongs to the United States government, of which the PAO office of the DLA is one tiny insignificant morsel. And under U.S. copyright law, that information is not "proprietary", but on the contrary is free of copyright, as work product created by employees of the United States of America in the performance of their duties. (The same applies to the photo you took, by the way, for which we want to thank you.) -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:11, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must: Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  16:32, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.


 * I believe this block is in error as I'm just trying to update the page properly. What do I have to do to update this page properly? This all happened so fast. I had no idea what I was doing was wrong. May I please be unblocked? I can cite the information from our site. We are a military organization and are not promoting ourselves. Just want to get the decades old information off of there. DLALandandMaritime (talk) 16:39, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
 * This block is necessary, because we never, ever allow an account in the name of an organization or group of any kind, be it the DoD or the East Cincinnati Knitting and Tatting Club. An account must belong to a single individual. So "User:Corporal Snafu at the DLA" would be fine, but DLA Land and Maritime cannot ever have an account. And even if you get an account of your own, we do not want anybody, least of all somebody in a public relations/advertising job (experience has unfortunately shown that most [but not all] people with experience in PR cannot be taught to write a proper article, because they are so completely oriented to writing advertisements or quasi-advertisements that they honestly cannot see the difference between that and a proper encyclopedia article), trying to edit an article about the place they work for. So if you do get an account, you would need to go to the Talk page of the article, and make a request for specific edits to be made to the article, with references to sources which are not the subject of the article itself. We don't give a goshdarn what the PAO has to say about anything; your remit is to spin the facts the way the brass wants them spun, not to give us useful information. We want solid facts from solid, reliable sources.
 * Short version: tell Command they instructed you to violate Wikipedia's regs, and it ain't gonna happen. And we don't care if your C.O. is a tech sergeant or a full-bird colonel, Sir! -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:02, 18 November 2022 (UTC) proud son and heir of uppity enlisted men


 * Editing an article about your own organization is an inherent conflict of interest. Wikipedia is also uninterested in what an organization (commercial, non-profit, government, etc.) wishes to say about themselves. Article content is formed as paraphrased summaries of material previously published in third-party sources that are deemed to be reliable.
 * The subject of an article also has no right of ownership or control over its contents. You are one among equals here, with no special privileges or rights over the content of the article about your organization, or any other article for that matter. Article content is arrived at by consensus, Wikipedia's fundamental editorial model. Every article has a talk page where content disputes can be civilly debated in a process of discussion and compromise. If that fails to resolve the disagreement, further dispute resolution measures are available. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 18:54, 18 November 2022 (UTC)