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Maryland Capitol Police
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Proposed deletion of Maryland Capitol Police


The article Maryland Capitol Police has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * minor agency, excessive detail; needs check for copypaste

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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.  DGG ( talk ) 01:10, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Maryland Capitol Police
Hi and welcome to Wikipedia!

I notice that recently you created a new article, Maryland Capitol Police, based on an existing article, Maryland Department of General Services Police. This got flagged by a bot that checks copyright issues, and I see it left a note further up on your talk page. It also leaves us a note on a separate page that is checked by volunteers to make sure there are no remaining copyright issues, which is why I'm here. I wanted to let you know about a couple of things regarding the two articles.

You might not be aware that it's not normal practice to just up and create a new article when trying to make changes to a subject. If the article name is incorrectly named it can be moved leaving a redirect behind. This helps people searching for the subject by either name, and none of the article's edit history is lost.

It's also important to understand that conflict of interest editing is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia. This means that where you have a close personal connection to the subject, for example where you're employed by them, you should be very careful when making contributions to the article to ensure that neutral point of view is maintained. Usually it's best to let others make the edits, discussion proposed additions on the article's talk page. When you remove content, especially regarding something as potentially subjective as politics (as you did recently to the original article) it should always be carefully discussed and cite reliable sources.

I notice that the material you include from http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/15dgs/html/15agen.html is in the public domain, so I'll add a notice to the article declaring that. I think what really needs to happen is for the two articles to be merged into one, and a bit of cleanup work done. I take it your position is that the correct name for the article is "Maryland Capitol Police"? This seems to be borne out by http://mcp.maryland.gov/Pages/Home.aspx. Cheers, Basie (talk) 23:35, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Maryland Department of General Services Police
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Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:37, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! I'm not a lawyer, but it's my understanding that state publications in Maryland are not PD. Please excuse me if it turns out that I am wrong about this. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:37, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I've also blanked and listed Maryland Capitol Police for the same reason, and offer the same apology if I have got this wrong. I'm not going to put a second huge template on your page for it, though, just this note. But please see below for important advice. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:47, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Mwarehime. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Maryland Capitol Police, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:47, 14 December 2014 (UTC)