User talk:Informsac

Help me!
I'm still confused...sorry. I have this: He is the chairman of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging[1]

With my references showing at the bottom but they are not linking...hmmm

Informsac (talk) 19:18, 15 July 2016 (UTC) See Help:Referencing_for_beginners. SwisterTwister  talk  19:21, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Paul H. Irving


A tag has been placed on Paul H. Irving requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.milkeninstitute.org/about/our-team/view/43. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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 * I've deleted it. For the record, writing in your own words is always better.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:12, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Help me!
Hi! Is there a way to retrieve a deleted article? I saved it my email but it was accidentally deleted. I wanted to work on it so I don't have to spend hours on it. Sorry but thanks if you can help!

Informsac (talk) 02:18, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * There are ways to undelete a page, but Wikipedia takes copyright infringement very seriously. As this was the reason your page was deleted, it is highly unlikely it will be undeleted. I suggest that you use the Article Wizard to start a fresh draft, making sure to write everything in your own words. When you feel that it is ready you can submit it for review. If you want more help, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 02:21, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Paul H. Irving


A tag has been placed on Paul H. Irving requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.milkeninstitute.org/about/our-team/view/43. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website or image but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.  DGG ( talk ) 04:24, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * This is the second time now, please take in consideration even the minimal parts of copyvio; if it's still even too closely paraphrased, it's best to not include it. Any further attempts may lead to having the article locked. SwisterTwister   talk  05:48, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi again! So I now see the problem. I have included links from Wikipedia articles...my apologies for that! And now I'm now working to de-orphan the article. I've tried to rewrite it to reduce the copyright issues and so far so good but I can't change some of the titles since that's his titles (past and present). Please advise! Thanks.

After chatting with an editor in the Wikipedia Chat Page, I have de-orphaned the article by adding a redirect. I read in a Wikipedia article that a redirect can help de-orphan an article if other Wiki articles don't mention the title. I look forward to any action. Thanks!

File permission problem with File:Irving Paul Formal.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Irving Paul Formal.jpg, which you've attributed to Milken Institute. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Thank you! Working on this now.

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Informsac. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


 * avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
 * instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the request edit template);
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 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Exemplo347 (talk) 22:46, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

No conflict of interest and am receiving no compensation...I wish :-)


 * A definite conflict of interest exists. In remarks on this page that you later deleted - see here - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Informsac&direction=prev&oldid=732585766 - you admitted to being employed by the subject of the article. Exemplo347 (talk) 17:41, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

I only deleted as it didn't add to the conversation. If you notice (since I now that edited comments are saved) I delete and add if I feel the comment is missing something or needs something. This is a learning process (rewriting pieces)so thanks for the opportunity. I look forward to your comments/ future action.

Please disclose your COI
Full disclosure - I write for publications as a volunteer since the purpose is to build my portfolio. I haven't written for Irving but he saw one of my pieces.

You edits show that you are related to Paul H. Irving in some way. I strongly suggest that you disclose your connection. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 05:05, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Paul H. Irving


A tag has been placed on Paul H. Irving, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the.  DGG ( talk ) 02:27, 16 October 2017 (UTC)