User talk:Stevewilcox1960

March 2012
I've reverted your recent changes to Elite Systems because they appear to be copied verbatim from the company's website. I've attached a welcome template below that links to Wikipedia's policies regarding copyright. I think the expanded history is valuable, but before it could be added to the article it would need to be rewritten to avoid the copyright problem and to be more appropriate for an encyclopedia. If you want to re-add this information and would like any input, feel free to ask on my talk page or use the "helpme" template mentioned below.

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions; however, please remember the essential rule of respecting copyrights. Edits to Wikipedia, such as your edit to the page Elite Systems, may not contain material from copyrighted sources unless used with permission. It is almost never okay to copy extensive text out of a book or website and paste it into a Wikipedia article with little or no alteration, though you can clearly and briefly quote copyrighted text in the right circumstances. Content that does not comply with this legal rule must be removed. For more information on this, see:
 * Copy-paste
 * Policy on copyright
 * Frequently asked questions on Wikipedia's copyright policy
 * Policy and guideline on non-free content

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I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! Kcowolf (talk) 07:36, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * A further note: if you're from the company as I gather from your username, you can email OTRS (see WP:Declaration of consent for all enquiries) if you want to grant Wikipedia permission to use the text verbatim, but the text looked more like company homepage material than encyclopedia material, so it would probably be easier to rewrite it in encyclopedic form. Kcowolf (talk) 07:58, 9 March 2012 (UTC)