User talk:Sarfraz Lloyd

December 2012
Hello, Sarfraz Lloyd. 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 West Coast University - Panama, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

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.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * 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.

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. '' Your name corresponds with the name of this institution's president, indicating a likely conflict of interest. '' Orlady (talk) 01:08, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to West Coast University - Panama. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. ''Also, please be advised that Wikipedia requires the content be supported by reliable sources for verifiability, and for copyright reasons we cannot accept content copied from another website. '' Orlady (talk) 01:10, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to West Coast University - Panama, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. '' Also, please do not add promotional material -- or other unsourced material -- to the article. This is an encyclopedia, not a free bulletin board for posting of promotional material. '' Orlady (talk) 04:21, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Hello Sarfraz Lloyd, and welcome to Wikipedia. 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 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.
 * 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 without attribution. If you want to copy 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. Dougweller (talk) 11:58, 20 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Ambox warning pn.svg Please refrain from using the Wikipedia article West Coast University - Panama to disseminate content which promotes the university. If you are the president, you definitely have a conflict of interest, as outlined earlier.


 * The content you added most recently describes the university's status with several organizations that are listed on List of unrecognized higher education accreditation organizations; these are not reliable sources. Also, IMO, being listed as an accredited member on the websites of these organizations is not particularly meaningful. --Orlady (talk) 04:38, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Procedures
You can ask how-to questions at WP:HELPDESK, but Talk page guidelines is not the right place and I have removed your message from there. Issues about an article should be discussed on its talk page (apparently Talk:West Coast University – Panama). If a discussion at that page does not resolve the issue, opinions about whether an article is neutral or biased can be raised at WP:NPOVN. Johnuniq (talk) 03:26, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

@Sarfraz Lloyd: At Wikipedia, the standard method of communication is to add a message to a relevant talk page, as I mentioned above. Email is only used for confidential information which should not be displayed in public, and experienced editors will generally not respond to a message that should be on the article talk page. Please go to that talk page and click "new section", then explain your concerns. It would be very desirable to first read the messages on this page, and take some time to think about what they mean. Johnuniq (talk) 07:12, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

January 2017
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. 2601:188:1:AEA0:8530:666:624C:71A7 (talk) 06:05, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Your addition has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. 2601:188:1:AEA0:8530:666:624C:71A7 (talk) 06:05, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. Doug Weller talk 11:33, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Your only edits have been to add promotional and copyright material for West Coast University (Panama). If you are indeed the same Lloyd who is president of that university, this is a clear conflict of interest. Doug Weller talk 11:38, 20 January 2017 (UTC)