User talk:MackenzieMcDonald

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Hello, MackenzieMcDonald, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Occupy Purdue, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Occupy Purdue


A tag has been placed on Occupy Purdue 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 an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://allevents.in/west%20lafayette/blackout-demonstration-against-the-american-vanguard/1278499402189025. 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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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. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  17:40, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, MackenzieMcDonald. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Occupy Purdue, 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);
 * when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

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. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  17:53, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Occupy Purdue


The article Occupy Purdue has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Dubious notability of a local on-campus movement bordering on soapboxing (per talk)

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:01, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

One of the things that Wikipedia is not
I have carefully looked at the editing you have done, and it seems clear that you are attempting to use Wikipedia to publicise or promote a campaign. I have no reason to doubt that you did so in good faith, believing that doing so would be acceptable, but it is in fact contrary to Wikipedia policy. Wikipedia is not a medium for promoting, publicising, or advertising anything, whether a person, a company, a product, a religious or political belief, a campaign, or anything else. There are many web sites where it is perfectly in order for you to publicise your campaign, but Wikipedia is not one of them. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 22:49, 23 January 2017 (UTC)