User talk:Shbhm518

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Speedy deletion of User:Safe House Black History Museum/sandbox


The page User:Safe House Black History Museum/sandbox has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appeared to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition has been 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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Thank you. Sdrqaz (talk) 01:04, 5 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi Sdrqaz. I wanted to check in about setting up a call or help session to figure out the necessary protocol for setting up a wikipedia page for the Safe House Black History Museum in Greensboro, Alabama. I am working with historians from the museum to create a page to house information about the museum and the historical importance. This history is definitely notable and recognized in the state of Alabama, there has just not been much of a digital presence with the museum until recently.
 * Also I seem to have messed up by creating the username as the name of the museum, is there a better solution for this? I seem to be confused about the nature of a page versus an account page (or user page)? I would love to go about this in the proper way and add valuable history to a place where it can live digitally, and believe wikipedia is the perfect platform.
 * Please advise at your earliest convenience on any next steps we should take to get the ball rolling on getting this page up. Our historians are ready to fill the page up with loads of information and citations!
 * Best,
 * Trey Ezell
 * Board of Directors - Safe House Black History Museum
 * (I would like to add that there is no conflict of interest in the motives of my involvement with publishing this information, the Safe House Black History museum is an established historical organization that is simply establishing a historical presence online. We'll be happy to provide any necessary information or references to demonstrate our credibility.) Safe House Black History Museum (talk) 04:28, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello, Trey. Communication on Wikipedia is generally through talk pages and not through video calls etc. Conflicts of interest on Wikipedia are where users edit about subjects with which they have external relationships (such as editing about family members, colleagues etc) – it is not meant as a pejorative term. The appropriate guidelines for editing with a conflict of interest can be found here. As for the issue of your username, I left instructions in that blue box above. This is a user talk page, as shown by the "User talk:" prefix in the title. Articles don't have such prefixes, such as ice cream. I would also advise you to read through the notability criteria for organisations, since if your organisation is to have an article, it should fulfil them. Sdrqaz (talk) 02:31, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I am working with Trey, also a Museum board member/volunteer. I have requested a new username to comply with Wikipedia policy. Is there a way to screen for notability prior to writing the article?
 * Marlene Safe House Black History Museum (talk) 14:57, 3 May 2023 (UTC)


 * It may not have been very clear, but please avoid writing about your organization at all. The best way to increase the chance of the Safe House Black History Museum being mentioned in Wikipedia is to point non-involved Wikipedians to (preferrably multiple) independent published sources about the museum, such as news reports, scholarly papers etc., through Requested articles.
 * Please also note that sharing usernames between different people is frowned upon here. — Yerpo Eh? 15:43, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Yerpo - I am confused as to my next step. should I change user name to my name? I have seen wikipedia pages about organizations - e.g. Equal Justice Initiative; National Alliance for the Mentally Ill [NAMI], to name a few. they describe them as nonprofit orgs, give history, mission, etc.  And only one person can know a username? Please clarify. Thanks. Marlene Shbhm518 (talk) 18:48, 4 May 2023 (UTC)