User talk:Megan Bowes Cunningham

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Hello, Megan Bowes Cunningham, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as User:Megan Bowes Cunningham, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Megan Bowes Cunningham


A tag has been placed on User:Megan Bowes Cunningham requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.riskza.co.za/index.php/about-us. 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 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.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website or image but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

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 "Click here to 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. GregJackP  Boomer!   12:37, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not for writing about yourself
Welcome to Wikipedia. No doubt you could make a copyright release for the material that was on your user page, but it would be quite unacceptable in any case. Wikipedia is not a place like LinkedIn or Facebook for people to write about themselves. It is a different sort of site, a project to build an encyclopedia, so it is selective about subjects for articles, it is not to be used for any kind of advertising or promotion, and writing about oneself is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Wikipedia is not about YOU and Autobiography.

From the policy WP:NOTWEBHOST: "Wikipedians have their own user pages, but they should be used primarily to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia. Limited biographical information is allowed, but user pages should not function as personal webpages or be repositories for large amounts of material that is irrelevant to collaborating on Wikipedia. If you are looking to make a personal webpage or blog or to post your résumé, please make use of one of the many free providers on the Internet or any hosting included with your Internet account."

The links in the Welcome message at the top of this page will tell you more about Wikipedia. Before editing about your company, or any subject with which you are connected, you should also read the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:01, 27 August 2013 (UTC)