User talk:Purple.hooded.wytch

conflict of interest?
If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with,
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors,
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam);
 * and you must always:
 * 1) avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially neutral point of view, verifiability, and autobiography.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see Business' FAQ. For more details about what constitutes a conflict of interest, please see Conflict of Interest. ··coe l acan 20:31, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Copyright problems
Hello. Concerning your contribution, SKIP, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material without the permission of the author. As a copyright violation, SKIP appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. SKIP has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. For text material, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source, provided that it is credible.

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 GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:SKIP and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:SKIP with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:SKIP.

However, for text content, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. ··coe l acan 20:31, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

replied from my talk page
Putting aside the issues of copyright for a moment, there is another inclusion criterion that must be met. The article will need to assert notability of the organization, and back that up with citations that show significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. See Notability (organizations and companies) for the specific relevant guideline. I can restore the page, but unless the organization meets our notability requirements, it will be deleted again. ··coe l acan 20:55, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Both authors, Christopher McAloon and Dave Watkins, are SKIP workers, so the coverage is not independent. Also, you should be aware that by adding any content to Wikipedia, you are licensing it under the GFDL, which basically means that anyone can rewrite it and publish it commercially and do almost anything at all with it, including offensive parody, regardless of your later objections. I would not think it prudent to take the content of your website and license it under the GFDL. If a SKIP page can be made that meets notablity, it may be best to write it from scratch.
 * Anyway, if your organization is in the stage where you are providing your own media coverage and press releases, and looking to get the word out, it is not appropriate to be using Wikipedia for promotion. Your org and this website may be an ill fit at this time. I can provide you with a copy of the deleted page, so that you can copy it to a different wiki (perhaps Wikia or something else that accepts promotional work?) ··coe l acan 21:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I should rephrase my characterization. Your article was not "promotional" in the sense of "come give us money!" I recognize that the intent was only to provide information to any interested parties. Unfortunately, the registration of your charity does not count for notability. The registration shows that it does exist and is a legitimate charity, but we do require more than this for notability. I understand your frustration: "who will write for the underdog other than those themselves?" I've seen the deletion of plenty of the articles on small anarchist publications that I am interested in. The rationale for our requirements of independent coverage is that we require verifiability and in general cannot rely on the coverage of anyone who may have a conflict of interest. If your hope is to get coverage in Wikipedia, it will first be necessary to get independent media coverage in enough detail to allow Wikipedia editors to construct an article using these secondary sources. I know it isn't easy, but Wikipedia is not for everything. (You can reply to me by going to the bottom of my talk page and clicking the "edit" link on the right side of the section header for your post. Just add more after what you've already written.) ··coe l acan 22:15, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I've moved the page to User:Purple.hooded.wytch/SKIP for now, you can get the text and formatting there for copying to another site. Let me know if you find an appropriate place on Wikia; if not, I will help you look for another site. ··coe l acan 22:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I'll delete that page in a few days so you should save the text and markup to a text file on your computer, for backup. I note, also, that Wikia also uses the GFDL, so you're probably best off not copying your website's text there verbatim. ··coe l acan 22:31, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. If you have any other questions, just leave me a message at my talk page or email me. ··coe l acan 23:18, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Carol SKIP Birmingham.JPG
Thank you for uploading File:Carol SKIP Birmingham.JPG. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

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File source problem with File:Dom, Kafula and Sidney, Birmingham 2006.JPG
Thank you for uploading File:Dom, Kafula and Sidney, Birmingham 2006.JPG. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

If the necessary information is not added within the next seven days, the image will be deleted. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem.

Please refer to the image use policy to learn what images you can or cannot upload on Wikipedia. Please also check any other files you have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is a [ list of your uploads]. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. mattbr 09:49, 27 August 2022 (UTC)