User talk:Graham Bagley

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Hello, Graham Bagley, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Stephen MacMahon, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Proposed deletion of Stephen MacMahon


The article Stephen MacMahon has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one.  Gourami Watcher   (Gulp) 14:51, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing at Stephen MacMahon
Hello Graham, and thank you for contributing the article on Stephen MacMahon! I noticed that some of the sentences were quite similar to MacMahon's page at the George Institute. This counts as close paraphrasing, and is actually a breach of copyright of the original text. (See Close paraphrasing for the details.) Wikipedia takes breach of copyright very seriously, and editors often get blocked for posting copyright violations, so you should probably watch out for that next time. Let me know if you have any questions about this. Best regards —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 15:24, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

April 2012
Your addition to Stephen MacMahon has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 15:58, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Please do not remove Biographies of Living Persons prods from an article unless it contains at least one reliable source or was created before 18 March 2010, as you did with Stephen MacMahon. If you oppose the deletion of an article under this process, please consider sourcing the article or commenting at the respective talk page. Thank you. —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 15:59, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Potential conflict of interest
Hello Graham Bagley. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Stephen MacMahon, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Qwfp (talk) 12:53, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Stephen MacMahon
I see you reverted back to the old text of Stephen MacMahon. This version is problematic, as it closely paraphrases this website: http://www.georgeinstitute.org/professor-stephen-macmahon-principal-director-george-institute. Close paraphrasing counts as a copyright infringement, and we take copyright very seriously on Wikipedia. I have removed the copyright infringement for you. Just to warn you again, if you revert back to the old infringing text, there is a very good chance that you could be blocked from editing Wikipedia. To avoid this, I really strongly recommend that you read Close paraphrasing so that you can better understand the issues involved. Best regards —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 17:53, 29 April 2012 (UTC)