User talk:JonLittle5579

Welcome
adminhelp I may well need some help here! I created a page last night for Ware Cricket Club using a generic username which was subsequently deleted. I have now changed the username to my own and have resubmitted the page, removing a link to the club's official website and a generic logo for an accreditation held by the club. The reasons for deletion were pretty sparese, but it seemed that copyright was breached or a terms of use so i "think" what I have done has fixed it. I'm pretty new to all this, but after an hour or so became pretty confident with the language to use.
 * I have just deleted the page again because you copy and pasted copyrighted content from www.warecricket.com/a/history-8904.html I see from that external site that the club is behind writing the article. That raises issues in itself. See Conflict of interest and the business FAQ. You're right that there was a problem with your former name. We do not allow promotional names, and the fact that you were writing about the subject and had a name of the subject is the hallmark of a promotional name, but the article was deleted because it was a copyright violation, not because of the former name. I am going to post directly below a standard template providing information about the copyright issue. I hope that will explain the issue sufficiently for you to understand what the problem is:


 * Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions to the article Ware Cricket Club, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition was deleted under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.


 * You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.


 * If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text—which means allowing other people to modify it—then you must include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later, and the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License." You may also e-mail or mail the Foundation to release the content. See Donating copyrighted materials for more.


 * 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.


 * You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here. You can also leave a message on my talk page.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:20, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

John, thanks for taking steps to resolve the issues that led to your original block on User:Warecricket. One of my current concerns is about conflict of interest - you may not create an article about an organization that you're related to. ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 12:41, 1 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I received your e-mail. Again, I draw your attention to WP:COI.  On a second issue, the cricket club may release website contents (but should do so via WP:OTRS to avoid copyright), but you as a person related to the organization should not be writing an article about them.  If you intend to continue writing this article, you will not be unblocked.  If you have reliable sources and wish to contribute on the topic of cricket elsewhere on the project, we would be happy to see that.  I'm watching this page (as are other admins), so no need to put forward another unblock request. ( talk→   BWilkins   ←track ) 20:10, 1 November 2011 (UTC)