User talk:Rachelmartin2015

January 2015
Hello, I'm George.Edward.C. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Monsoon Accessorize with this edit, without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.  George Edward C –  Talk  –  Contributions  17:04, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Legal threat
Your recent edits to Monsoon Accessorize could give Wikipedia contributors the impression that you may consider legal or other "off-wiki" action against them, or against Wikipedia itself. Please note that making such threats on Wikipedia is strictly prohibited under Wikipedia's policies on legal threats and civility. Users who make such threats may be blocked. If you have a dispute with the content of any page on Wikipedia, please follow the proper channels for dispute resolution. Please be sure to comment on content, not contributors, and where possible make specific suggestions for changes supported by reliable independent sources and focusing especially on verifiable errors of fact. Thank you. --McGeddon (talk) 17:17, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding your threat of "we will sue if re-edited". Thank you.--McGeddon (talk) 17:17, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Rachelmartin2015, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Monsoon Accessorize has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


 * You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and a cited source. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
 * Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
 * Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Copying within Wikipedia.

It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:18, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Rachelmartin2015. 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 Monsoon Accessorize, 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.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

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) 17:18, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

January 2015
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for making legal threats or taking legal action. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice:. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. You are not allowed to edit Wikipedia while the threats stand or the legal action is unresolved. § FreeRangeFrog croak 17:20, 7 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Hello Rachelmartin2015, in this edit you threatened legal action. You can, of course, pursue legal action against the Wikimedia Foundation and/or editors, but you cannot do so and edit Wikipedia at the same time; threatening legal action violates Wikipedia's policies because it has a chilling effect and is often intended to force a resolution to a content dispute that is neither legally warranted (such as here, where you removed sourced information about the company) nor in Wikipedia's best interest. Besides, editing Wikipedia and suing it at the same time would obviously be a conflict of interest. See WP:No legal threats for details. You have thus been blocked from editing. You should instead have used the article's talk page to list any concerns you may have had about the article's content so they could have been evaluated and addressed. You would have needed to be specific and explain why you object to what content. For example, you removed the line "It was founded in Beauchamp Place" with an edit summary of "incorrect and out of date not correct factual information" even though the company website itself says, "Our wonderful story starts back in 1973 when the first Monsoon boutique opened on London’s Beauchamp Place." Are you saying the company website is giving incorrect information about the company's founding? Are you saying the place of founding has changed? How would that even be possible? How else could information on where the company was founded get out of date? The content you added is even worse, blatantly promotional. Furthermore, you have violated the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use regarding paid editing because you have made edits to the article on the company you work for without declaring this conflict of interest. In short, given your conduct, you'll probably have to address more than just the legal threat if you want to resume editing Wikipedia. Huon (talk) 18:42, 7 January 2015 (UTC)