User talk:Mark Circus-Tent

James,

Thank you for your promt response. I apologize for being unaware of the policy and will not attempt to write on the topic.

Copyright problems with South shore music circus
Hello. Concerning your contribution, South shore music circus, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). As a copyright violation, South shore music circus appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. South shore music circus has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at and send an email with the message to . See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. 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. Thank you. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:49, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Conflict of interest and promotion
I have read your comment on the talkpage of the article South shore music circus, where you state that you are employed by the company that owns the South Shore Music Circus, and you go on to say "as part of our effort to expand our online presence I have been tasked with creating a wikipedia entry for both of our venues (the Music Circus and the Cape Cod Melody Tent)". Unfortunately this means that you are in conflict with some Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Firstly, an editor with a direct connection with a subject is strongly discouraged from writing about that subject by our conflict of interest guidelines. Secondly, editing with the express purpose of "expanding [your] online presence" amounts to using Wikipedia for promotion, which is contrary to Wikipedia policy. It is likely, therefore, that even if the copyright issue were to be cleared up, the articles would not be acceptable for other reasons, and would be deleted. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:09, 3 February 2010 (UTC)