User talk:Ftball65

Copyright problems with FirstGroup America
Hello. Concerning your contribution, FirstGroup America, 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, FirstGroup America appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. FirstGroup America 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:


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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. AlexHOUSE (talk) 17:32, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Redirect
Hi there, so we think it makes the most sense to redirect FirstGroup America toFirstGroup, which is an existing article about the same company. Please feel free to contribute to that article instead. Cathardic (talk) 17:54, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Please stop un-redirecting this, the existing articles cover this company very well. Cathardic (talk) 18:04, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Seeing as you're a new user, you might check out WP:Redirect. The whole point of this is that we already had an article for FirstGroup before you created yours (which was a copyright violation of their website). So we're turning your contribution into something helpful by redirecting it. If you have any questions, please respond here by clicking the "edit" button for this section. AlexHOUSE (talk) 18:09, 2 April 2010 (UTC) Clarifying: Was talking to Ftball65, not Cathardic.

Hi, FirstGroup America and FirstGroup are different. If other divisions of this company, First Student and First Transit have been created, why are they not deleted or directd to FirstGroup? [[User:Ftball65]
 * How are they different? It seems that Firstgroup America is just a front for their american operations, whereas first-student and first-transit are the parts of FirstGroup America that actually are service providers, right? Cathardic (talk) 18:27, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

FirstGroup America is the American branch of FirstGroup. First Transit and First Student are not necessarily division of FirstGroup, they are division of FirstGroup America. Am I capable then to make edits to First Student and First Transit's pages? Ftball65
 * Capable? You seem excellent.  I checked out some of the edits that you've made already and they're very good.  Sorry if we were rude earlier, please carry on by all means. Cathardic (talk) 18:36, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed; I suppose FGA should at least have a stub and a link. If you make an article, though, (and I say this with all sincerity) please ensure you're doing so within the guidelines. Refer to WP:Your First Article and have a look at WP:Copyvio. Feel free to ask any questions you may have. AlexHOUSE (talk) 18:47, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you all very much for your help. I will hopefully be able to still access the FGA link? If so I'll read the links you have provided me. Sorry for the mistakes, this is my first time to use this. Thanks again for all of your help, everyone. Ftball65
 * Not a problem. It's good to see someone diving right in to article creation. I'll probably stick around for copyediting and the like. AlexHOUSE (talk) 19:50, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

FirstGroup America
Please see my complete reconfiguration of the article. There are now links to articles for four of the five divisions, and references for the remainder. Secondarywaltz (talk) 22:14, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Citations/Reference
Hello,

On the First Student (US) page, I am trying to include a fact page. I have someone disputing it because it has no reference. Can anyone please assist me with how to place a citation to a website on the facts that I currently have and plan to continue adding.

Thank you