User talk:Td.software

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (Td.software) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this :
 * 1) It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
 * 2) Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guidelines concerning editing where you have a conflict of interest. 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. --CliffC (talk) 17:24, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. --CliffC (talk) 17:24, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi Cliff,

My account doesn't represent a group. It's just the email address I use with my personal consulting business. However, I'll gladly create a new account using my personal email and try again. I was just adding information I found pretty useful from one of the conversation streams that's been going on in one of the Records Management listServ communities I belong to. The conversation led to adding the info to Wikipedia so I figured I'd share it. Are there any issues with my doing so, once I create a separate account using my personal email address?

Thanks,

Terri Td.software (talk) 20:54, 10 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Hello Terri, there are several concerns here that I'll explain and give you some blue links to follow. Using an account named for your business name, or an email address containing your business name, would be considered promotional and a conflict of interest.  It's not a good idea to display an email address anywhere in Wikipedia, as these pages are constantly patrolled by spammers looking for for fresh targets.


 * Your edits seem to promote the International Foundation for Information Technology. As structured, they have the appearance of citation spam; also inline linking breaks our discouraged links guidelines.  Finally, the text you added seems to be copyrighted material taken directly from if4it.com. Use of copyrighted material without formal permission is not permitted.


 * This seems a lot to absorb, so I've added a template below to help you become more familiar with Wikipedia. Happy editing, CliffC (talk) 00:29, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Welcome!

 * }

Hi Cliff,

Thanks for the references to the help material. I'll definitely go through it all. I hope you don't mind if I ask you questions along the way. For example, when I put in a signature using the 4 tildes, do I have to add anything to the end of it or does it automatically sign based on my account?

On the issue of the account, I'll gladly create a new account based on my personal name but, if you don't mind, I'll do it after we're done discussing this thread so I don't lose any context between this account and the new one. Once we're in agreement on everything I need to do, I'll change my account, let you know what I changed it to so you can review it, and then apply any changes we agree to, to your satisfaction.

On the issue of the content, there were two pieces of content that I added:


 * 1) The first piece of content I added (I actually added it second but it shows up first) was the alternate definition of RM, which I quoted and referenced back to its source at the International Foundation for Information Technology. Multiple communities I'm a part of have evaluated the definitions and feel that IF4IT's seems far more detailed and explanatory, so I figured I'd add it.  In adding it, I tried to follow the same pattern that was put in place for the previous two definitions and I believe it does not violate any copyright terms based on their published terms of use.  Is there any issue with the way it's written or referenced?  By the way, the other two definitions on the page are also quoted word-for-word from their sources, which are also copyrighted, which is why I followed the same pattern for consistency.  (Regarding the your point on the use of copyrights, I read, both, what you pointed me to on Wikipedia and the terms of use on IF4IT's site.  Unless I'm missing something, it appears I followed the copyright rules properly by referencing the content the way I did.)  On the issue of promotion, I'm not affiliated with the organization but I am using some of their material for current clients and I've referenced them in past, for publications I've been involved in.  Their RM related material is new to me but it seems valuable so I figured I'd share it.
 * 2) The second piece of content I added was a breakdown of Private vs. Public vs. Personal Records. This was information I also had from previous discussions on an RM listserv that I wanted to get on the site to share.  This content was also related to conversations initiated around IF4IT but I don't believe it was tied to any specific content on IF4IT's website.  Are there any issues with this content?

Thanks for all the help. I appreciate it. I hope I'm not wasting a lot of your time. -- Terri

Td.software (talk) 17:33, 11 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, take a look at WP:COPYOTHERS, the material you are quoting is copyrighted, follow the links to see how the owning organization can give Wikipedia permission to use it. But sometimes it's easier to paraphrase a copyrighted source (not too closely) than to get permission.  Sorry to be short but I'll soon be away from my keyboard for a few days, additional advice may be available at WP:Editor assistance/Requests meanwhile.  --CliffC (talk) 12:17, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi Cliff,

Sorry for the delay in response but I was also away for a long weekend and am only now catching up on everything.

I understand your point on the paraphrasing so I will gladly follow your advice. Also, instead of an off-page link in the main body of the document, I will follow the same pattern that other references use on the page, which is to create only a formal reference, where the reference, at the bottom points to any relevant material. Also, based on our earlier discussion, I will use my personal account so there is no confusion with my work account, which you pointed out as an issue. I'll let you know once I'm done so you can review.

Thanks again for your help,

Terri Td.software (talk) 19:50, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi Cliff,

Picking up where we left off in the conversation, I just wanted to let you know that I've created a new account, named "Terri.Dorman," that I'll be using in the future, as you suggested above. I would have done so sooner but the last few months have been insanely busy. From now on, you can communicate with me on that talk page. (I don't know how to reference that talk page, here, or I would have.)

Thanks for your help!

Terri Td.software (talk) 19:42, 12 October 2011 (UTC)