User talk:Sangimino81kg

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Sangimino81kg! Your additions to United States Judo Association have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


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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. DanCherek (talk) 18:58, 23 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi Dan
 * I work for the USJA and the BoD would like this information to be on there. We are a 501c3 and the previous page was edited by people who are no longer associated with the organization, as well as there being incorrect information. My edits are all correct, and should stand, what are the options here? Thanks! Sangimino81kg (talk) 19:18, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I just checked the page and it looks really bad now, even worse than before Sangimino81kg (talk) 19:19, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
 * First and foremost, since you have been editing the article of your employer, please read WP:Conflict of interest and provide the proper disclosure as required by Wikipedia's policies, and note that paid editors are strongly discouraged from editing affected articles directly, but may propose changes on talk pages by using the template so that they can be peer reviewed.Previously published content may be released by the copyright owner into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license by following the instructions at Donating copyrighted materials. I will point out, however, that Wikipedia is primarily interested in what reliable sources have to say about a particular subject, not what it says about itself, and so all information should still cited to reliable, independent, secondary sources. DanCherek (talk) 19:20, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I work for a company that is managing the USJA's daily operations, I do not work for them directly. I'm just trying to get the page to be accurate. What do I need to do? add
 * to my user profile?? Sangimino81kg (talk) 19:31, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
 * There is no copyrighted materials on the page Sangimino81kg (talk) 19:32, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
 * You can copy and paste the following to your user page:
 * Your additions to United States Judo Association were copied directly from https://usja.net/about/ourhistory and https://www.usja.net/committee/promotion, which has a copyright notice. As I mentioned, the copyright owner could verify permission to use the material at Donating copyrighted materials, but it's not likely to be kept without secondary sourcing anyway. DanCherek (talk) 19:58, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Can I have the president of the organization just give permission to post that stuff? The previous sourcing wasnt even sourcing the information that it claimed it did. Small organizations like this typically wont have secondary sources, i doubt im telling you anything you dont know. 2603:3024:22E:6100:30A1:2A50:12E4:FD53 (talk) 20:02, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Can I have the president of the organization just give permission to post that stuff? The previous sourcing wasnt even sourcing the information that it claimed it did. Small organizations like this typically wont have secondary sources, i doubt im telling you anything you dont know. 2603:3024:22E:6100:30A1:2A50:12E4:FD53 (talk) 20:02, 24 March 2022 (UTC)