User talk:JFIITweb

Please check out WP:COPY and Copyright FAQ. Basically, if you own the right to the material, then you have the right to post the material to Wikipedia. Do be aware that to do so, you must release the material under the WP:GFDL. This has a lot of effects, but in general it means that you are allowing anyone else to use this material, as long as they follow the rules of the GFDL. Anyone, not just Wikipedia. Part of the premise of WIkipedia is that material here is freely availible for others to use for any reason. That's why, for instance, we cannot accept permission to use material for "Non-commercial purposes only". Wikipedia may be non-commercial, but all material on it must be able to be used by others, even for commercial purposes. You need to be aware that this is what you are doing with your text when you place it on our site. If you decide that you do still want to post your material on the project under the GFDL, then you need to follow some steps to get it officially recognized as legitimate under the GFDL. I'll cut&paste from one of the warning templates:


 * If you hold the copyright to this text and permit its use under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License:


 * Explain this on this article's discussion page, then either display a notice to this effect at the site of original publication or send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en at wikimedia dot org or a postal letter to the Wikimedia Foundation. These messages must explicitly permit use under the GFDL.
 * Note: Articles on Wikipedia must be written from a neutral point of view and must be verifiable in published third-party sources; copyright issues aside, your text may not be appropriate for inclusion in Wikipedia.

- TexasAndroid 14:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)


 * The notability issue is separate from the copyright issue I already responded to you about. Notability documentation can be found at WP:NOTE.  WP:RS is also important here.  In general, it says that you need to show that your organization has been detailed in reliable, independent, 3rd party' sources.  Read the links, please.  One more of importance here is WP:COI, conflict of interest.  That describes why, while not prohibited, it is generally a Very Bad Thing for the subjects of articles to be writing their own articles.  It very, very often ends badly. - TexasAndroid 14:39, 6 July 2007 (UTC)