User talk:Smmoawiki

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 * PS: There are two major problems: First, your account name is in violation of Wikipedia's policies. It implies you are editing on behalf of the museum. Accounts are personal, not corporate. For that reason I'm going to block this account. Feel free to create a new account that's less official sounding. (See WP:NAME for more information.) Second, you overwrote the existing article on the Santa Monica Museum of Art with text copied from the museum's website. That's a problem for several reasons. One is that it violates the museum's copyright. Another is that it is inconsistent with Wikipedia' neutral point of view policy. So I've restored the previous text. What would be most helpful for the article would be if you were to find articles about the museum published in the mainstream press, like the L.A. Times, and use those as sources for significant facts about the museum. Also, if you'd like to take a picture of the place and add it that'd be great too. While I know this is a a bunch of negativity, I assure you that you really are welcome here and contributions made in accordance with the site's policies are genuinely appreciated. Feel free to place a note on my talk page if I can be of any assistance.    Will Beback    talk    23:17, 28 September 2009 (UTC)


 * PPS: I suggest that a good start would be to look at articles on similar institutions. I suppose these may be in a different league, but there's LACMA and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, for example.   Will Beback    talk    23:21, 28 September 2009 (UTC)