User talk:Frepa

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Copyright question - Help me!
Please help me with... Got some of my edits removed from my article about Decadence. I have now been in contact with the band and I have their permission to use the text in the article. How do I indicate that I have this permission from the band, and how can I make sure that the edit isn't removed again? Frepa (talk) 07:02, 19 August 2021 (UTC)frepa Frepa (talk) 07:02, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Since you have been in communication with the band, you will need to declare a conflict of interest; articles are typically written without any involvement by the subject. A member or representative of the band with the legal right to grant the use of their materials must properly donate the materials by following the instructions at Donating Copyrighted Materials; you cannot do that yourself. They'll need to understand what doing that actually means(that anyone can use the materials for any purpose, even commercial, as long as attribution is given).
 * That said, please note that a Wikipedia article should primarily summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about the band- not what it wants to say about itself or what it considers to be its own history. Wikipedia is not interested in what an article subject says about itself, but in what others completely unconnected with the band choose to say about it. The band is free to(as it does already) tell the world what it wishes about itself on its own website. 331dot (talk) 08:44, 19 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Text such as "In true independent spirit, the show was self-financed and self-organized and left its impression on the band and the bands future" is not suitable for use in a Wikipedia article with or without copyright permission. That kind of promotional stuff belongs in the band's own web site, not in an encyclopaedia which seeks to give neutral coverage. I therefore suggest you don't bother trying to get permission to use the material, as it is likely to be removed again anyway. JBW (talk) 08:51, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the recommendations and tips JBW and 331dot. I will simply rewrite the text in accordance to your recommendations, disregarding the texts written by the band (other than for reference), before I publish it again. Frepa (talk) 09:31, 19 August 2021 (UTC)frepa