User talk:Leftcoastbreakdown

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COI
Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. -Jéské ( Blah v^_^v ) 05:28, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Let me be a little more blunt. Extensively editing your company's Wikipedia article is not only against the rules, it can bring serious negative publicity down on the company.  For some examples try googling "wikipedia" in connection with terms like "microsoft", "john howard", or "adam curry".  It's been a few days since you've made the edits.  I trust you get the message and don't pick up again.  But if you want to hang out here and edit articles on your own that don't otherwise present a conflict of interest, by all means.  Note: there is a discussion regarding this matter here. Thx, Wikidemo (talk) 08:53, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:AmericanApparelNYTimes12-2107.jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:AmericanApparelNYTimes12-2107.jpg
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 * Hi there. I see some trouble with this image of the American Apparel New York Times ad.  There's no way it will qualify here as long as it's copyrighted.  First, you can't upload any copyrighted image just to link to; to justify being here it has to be an image visible in the body of at least one article as an image, not a link.  Second, it won't qualify for non-free use because it's not completely necessary and we can link to the New York Times version instead.  I made a long winded post to the American Apparel talk page that if the company is willing to release the copyright in full, making it part of the world's repository of copyright-free images, that would be okay.  The way to do this is through either Flickr or Wikimedia Commons - after getting company permission of course, which might involve legal counsel, top executives who approved the image, or the advertising/marketing department.  At that point it would make a good addition to the article.  I can't promise that all would agree but I would be happy sponsor it and insert it myself so it avoids the conflict of interest question.  Of course most companies are justifiably concerned about releasing copyrights because they lose control, but this is a public spirited ad to begin with so perhaps.  It would be a nice gesture.  Wikidemo (talk) 00:42, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Leftcoast - as a disinterested third-party, one of the things that I CAN tell you is that citing Wikipedia pages as references is generally not a good idea. If an information set has a reliable third-party source citation, it is better to leave it as such... Edit Centric (talk) 01:18, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:AmericanApparelNYTimes12-2107.jpg)
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New concerns about COI and sockpuppetry
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Sockpuppetry case
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