User talk:Ryancutts2019

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Hello, Ryancutts2019, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Draft:Quality Infrastructure, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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I am attempting to create a page to explain a definition for which I need to use quotes, so I have referenced them. I have the approval of the creator of the definition, UNIDO, of which I am an employee, how would I go about proving that permission? Alternatively, I understand there may be restrictions on an employee writing about their organization, in which case how would the organization create a page? I was attempting to use my own works to describe the definition, but referencing various sources who have themselves quoted UNIDO. I am fully prepared to take any action needed! Very many thanks indeed! Ryancutts2019 (talk) 12:10, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, firstly, if you are being paid for your edits, you must declare it per WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE. With regards to "definitions", we cannot accept material copied from elsewhere unless it is under a free use license.  Many thanks,   SITH   (talk)   17:15, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Quality Infrastructure


A tag has been placed on Draft:Quality Infrastructure requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.speed-program.com/content/download/2896/25872/file/Standards Hanbook EN final.pdf. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material 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.

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Help me!
I drafted a new page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Quality_Infrastructure How may I be updated on progress? My previous page with the same heading was marked for deletion, so I started again following all site rules.

Ryancutts2019 (talk) 08:41, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Close paraphrasing is also a copyright violation. You have also failed to disclose your paid relationship as required by Wikipedia's Terms of Use. Because of this, your account is now blocked from editing. Yunshui 雲 水 09:34, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for failing to disclose paid conflict-of-interest editing, and copyright violations. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Yunshui 雲 水 09:36, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Help me!
Hello, I would like more information on how to correctly create a page, since I am blocked from editing. I was asked to create a page with a definition for "Quality Infrastructure", which is a subject that my employer UNIDO is involved with. As a UNIDO employee, I thus have approval for creating the page and referencing our definition, which itself was taken from a partner - all of these links were cited in my page. I am not paid per se for creating the page, though it is one of my work tasks so I appreciate that I need to declare my employment, which I am quite prepared to do.

When I created my first page, I simply used the definition adopted by UNIDO, but this entry was marked for deletion as I should instead use my own words. This is very difficult as the page is intended specifically to define what Quality Infrastructure is, so putting it in my own words somewhat defeats the purpose. However, I started again with the page, this time using my own words. I am now told that close paraphrasing is also a copyright violation. I do not understand how I can refine my own words further without diluting the message, which was already very oversimplified. Can I instead say "Quality Infrastructure comprises all parties and policies that assure quality. It is important to allow standards to be met which in turn gives access to foreign markets. That will also lead to development and well being."

Or, if I am anyway declaring my relationship with UNIDO, can I simply use the exact adopted UNIDO definition?

Ryancutts2019 (talk) 10:43, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Has that partner given everybody the right to freely re-use and modify the content in question for any purpose, including commercial purposes? I couldn't find evidence of a release under such a free licese, which would be required for use on Wikipedia.
 * That said, Wikipedia content should be a summary (in our own words, neither copy-pasted nor closely paraphrased) of what reliable secondary sources such as newspapers, reputable magazines, peer-reviewed scholarly papers or textbooks have reported about a subject. If no secondary sources have reported on a topic, that topic isn't notable to be the subject of a Wikipedia article. If the article is meant to merely reproduce the UNIDO definition, there's no point in having it on Wikipedia - people can check the UNIDO website for that definition. Huon (talk) 12:11, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict) As you are blocked, in order to be unblocked, you must make a formal unblock request. You may wish to read the guide to unblock appeals to learn how to do this.  In reference to your particular situation, there are several issues here.  First, and frankly, Wikipedia is not concerned with what your employer has asked you to do.  As a neutral encyclopedia, Wikipedia only summarizes what independent reliable sources state about article subjects that meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability. Wikipedia is not interested in what companies want to say about themselves or what they do.  Feel free to show this message to your boss or superiors. A definition sourced to your own company (and even copied from your company's materials) is not independent.
 * You should also review policy on copyright violations. You working for your company and using its materials does not by itself permit them to be used here; they must be properly donated per the process laid out here.  That would require your company to give up certain rights to the materials, which they may not wish to do. The donation must be from someone with the authority in your company to do that. Wikipedia also prefers original text anyway.
 * At this point it is unlikely you will be unblocked to continue to edit about subjects related to your conflict of interest as a company representative. If you want to be an individual, general Wikipedia contributor, you will likely need to agree to not edit within the area of your conflict of interest and tell what you will edit about instead.  As I have made this comment, which is kind of a pseudo-unblock review, I will not review any formal unblock request you make, but this is how I see your situation. 331dot (talk) 12:15, 14 May 2019 (UTC)