User talk:Repace1

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Repace1, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to James Repace has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of 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 cite the source using an inline citation. 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. ''Are you James Repace? If you need assistance editing your biography, you can place an edit request on the talk page of the article. Thanks.'' Thank you. Altamel (talk) 03:41, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

December 2016
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at James Repace. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Please do not add text to which you do not own the copyright. Iago Qnsi  (talk) 03:48, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Repace1. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article James Repace, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


 * avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
 * instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the request edit template);
 * when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Iago Qnsi (talk) 03:49, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Your article
As I just explained, you may not copy and paste paragraphs of your biography into Wikipedia. Unless you personally the paragraphs from the ISES program, you're asking Wikipedia to host a copyright infringement, which is against this website's policy. If you did write those paragraphs, then I apologize for the revert, but you have to confirm giving permission for reuse of the text by following the instructions at Declaration of consent for all enquiries. I am attempting to rewrite the paragraphs you copied and pasted into the Wikipedia article, but please discuss here on this page instead of just restoring the material. Thanks, Altamel (talk) 03:52, 2 December 2016 (UTC)