User talk:Daylight Sucks LLC

January 2020
{{unblock|1= I have no idea where to insert my reasons for requesting to be unblocked. I am a new user to wikipedia and not an active contributor. My name is Katie Barberi. I am an actress. I own the company "Daylight Sucks" and chose it as my username so as not to use my real name. That was my only purpose for that decision. Currently on my page, it states that my career "was widely damaged due to the negative reception of The Garbage Pail Kids Movie." It was not, and I have no idea who contributed that information. It is opinion and biased. I consider that summary at the top of the page of the information about my person on wikipedia to be disparaging and detrimental to my person and public image. That's all I was trying to fix. I apologize for choosing what was considered to be an inappropriate username. I hope this message reaches someone, and that I am given instructions on where to copy and paste my request to be unblocked so that I can protect my public image and career by adding an appropriate biography about my accomplishments in the entertainment industry. Thank you.

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Daylight Sucks LLC, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Katie Barberi have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) 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.


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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, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 23:37, 20 January 2020 (UTC)