User talk:Ericlemarec21

Welcome!
Hi, Ericlemarec21. Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page contains a lot of helpful material for new users—please check it out! If you need help, visit Questions, ask me on my talk page, or. GorillaWarfare (talk) 22:03, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

January 2019
Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Jennie Carignan, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 22:03, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Jennie Carignan
Hello. I see that you have been removing content on the article about Jennie Carignan, with the summary "Changes are based on Brigadier General Carignan's official biography". However, the content you're removing is verifiable in other sources, as you can see in the inline citations on the page. Please discuss any content you think should be removed on Talk:Jennie Carignan before repeating this edit, and explain why you think it ought to be deleted from the page. Thank you. GorillaWarfare (talk) 22:04, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Ericlemarec21, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Jennie Carignan have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. 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 here.


 * 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. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) 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.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are PD or compatibly licensed) it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at Media copyright questions, the help desk or the Teahouse before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
 * Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Translation. See also Copying within Wikipedia.

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. GorillaWarfare (talk) 22:05, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

January 2019
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without evidence of permission, as you did at Jennie Carignan. Please take this opportunity to ensure that you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. GorillaWarfare (talk) 22:08, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Email
Hi Ericlemarec21 and welcome to Wikipedia. I am replying to the email you sent me here for full disclosure and since I am not going to be emailing or personally calling your cell phone off wiki. You state that you personally work for Brigadier General Carignan as her Personal Advisor. This means that you have a very clear conflict of interest. Therefore, you need to review our conflict of interest policy (WP:COI), specifically WP:PAID. As well, the content you were adding was directly copied from an official Canadian website and it was replacing well sourced and more detailed information. What you, and your client, need to understand is that no one owns the page or the content. What this means is that you cannot just take over a page on the basis of what the person wants. When you are unblocked, the first thing you need to do is disclose your conflict of interest on your userpage and Talk:Jennie Carignan. Please understand that editing with a conflict of interest is strongly discouraged and us volunteer editors often resent that paid editors write non-neutrally, displaying obvious bias toward their clients, and writing promotionally. A neutral point of view is one of the five pillars of Wikipedia, and is non-negotiable. Volunteer editors are especially deeply resentful when paid editors ask for help because they say that they "need" it for their clients. The encyclopedia doesn't need to help your clients. So, due to this, I strongly urge both of you to heed my advice and just stay away from Wikipedia. If you want to make a post in your own words you should make WP:Edit requests on Talk:Jennie Carignan following Simple conflict of interest edit request. This is really the only way the Wikipedia community is comfortable with conflict of interest editors. Lastly, please understand that if you do not properly disclose your paid editing status, as is  required  by the Wikimedia Terms of Use, you will be blocked. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 22:47, 19 January 2019 (UTC)