User talk:Stage Entertainment

Sister Act Nun Run
This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Sister Act Nun Run, and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/event_view.php?uid=98698. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. See our copyright policy for further details. (If you own the copyright to the previously published content and wish to donate it, see Donating copyrighted materials for the procedure.)

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot (talk) 11:45, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Sister Act Nun Run
A tag has been placed on Sister Act Nun Run, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. MuffledThud (talk) 11:45, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Although Wikipedia has a great many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Probably not. See FAQ/Organization for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
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 * Add the text below this message box.
 * Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers to search for available usernames.  Your new username will need to meet our username policy.
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If you believe this block was made in error, please see how to appeal a block.

Your account has been blocked, as explained above, because our username policy requires that accounts represent individuals, not organizations, and because it is clear that the account was being used to publicise an event which you are promoting, so that you have a conflict of interest. Even though the event is not a commercial one, still Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause.

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a notice-board, and only stays a useful encyclopedia by having a criterion for inclusion: notability, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." The test is, have people unconnected with the subject thought it interesting and important enough to write about? As this is your event's first year, it seems unlikely that it can qualify, though if it becomes established it is likely that an article may be acceptable in future.

You said on the talk page that "all that is on other websites is details of how to enter, so we decided to add the wikipedia page to explain what the nun run was about"; but you can add the information to the other websites: it is already on-line here. I hope the event goes well and gains the sort of interest which will mean that in the future it becomes notable enough for an article.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 13:16, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I have received your telex message, but I'm afraid I am out of time tonight - I will reply tomorrow. I should have explained that you are still able to edit this talk page, and I am "watching" it so that I will see any messages here. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:18, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Your account, Conflict of Interest, the Nun Run etc.
Apologies for not replying sooner - I have been busy over the weekend.

Setting up a new account: you should be able to do this yourself. Choose your own username - you could read WP:Username first, but the essential is that it should not seem to be a group or organisation - accounts must belong to individuals. Click "Log out" and then "Create account". If you have any problem, leave a message below here.

Blocking: no, it was not unfair, it is routine for any account that seems to belong to a group or company and/or to be being used for purposes of promotion. The great danger for an anyone-can-edit encyclopedia is that it will be treated as a free advertising notice-board and be full of information provided by people with something to sell or a point of view to push. One of Wikipedia's fundamental principles is Neutral point of view, and it is very difficult for people to maintain that when editing about themselves, their companies, clients, products etc., which is why such editing is strongly discouraged. Before editing about anything with which you or your employer are concerned, you must read: If the edits you want to make can't be made within those guidelines, don't make them.
 * WP:Conflict of interest
 * WP:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest

The Nun Run: the article was deleted because it was a copyright violation, text copied from http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/event_view.php?uid=98698. Copyright is another extremely sensitive area that could get Wikipedia into serious legal trouble. On every edit screen it says "Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted." and "Please do not copy and paste from copyrighted websites." It is not sufficient to say "It's OK, I have permission" or "I wrote it" or "they wouldn't mind" - in order to use copyrighted material it is essential to follow the steps explained at WP:Donating copyrighted materials if you own the copyright, or WP:Copyrights if someone else does. Material from websites is seldom suitable for an encyclopedia article anyway, being usually too promotional in tone - it is a mistake to think of Wikipedia as a notice-board on which to pin material written for other purposes. Also, article subjects have to have notability, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it interesting and important enough to write about?

If you think that, within the COI guidelines, you can make a non-promotional article about the Nun Run, citing reliable independent sources to demonstrate notability, the thing to do will be prepare a draft in your WP:User space. Send me a message from your new account, and I will show you how to do that. Read Your first article as a useful guide to what is needed.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:58, 1 March 2010 (UTC)