User talk:Ts2803

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Ts2803, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Harvey Schiller has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


 * You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and a cited source. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
 * Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
 * Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied without attribution. If you want to copy from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Copying within Wikipedia.

It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 16:26, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Ts2803. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Harvey Schiller, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

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. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:24, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Harvey Schiller
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Harvey Schiller, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://www.falconheadcapital.com/team/harvey-w-schiller, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Harvey Schiller and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, Harvey Schiller, in your email. See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License, and note that you have done so on Talk:Harvey Schiller. See Donating copyrighted materials for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0", or that the material is released into the public domain, or if you have strong reason to believe it is, leave a note at Talk:Harvey Schiller with a link to where we can find that note or your explanation of why you believe the content is free for reuse.

It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at [ this temporary page]. Leave a note at Talk:Harvey Schiller saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved.

Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:34, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! The Harvey Schiller article has now been blanked because of repeated copyright violations, and listed at Copyright problems for processing. Please be aware that you should not attempt to edit the article until it has been dealt with; that usually takes 7–10 days or sometimes longer, depending on the backlog at that board. I should also warn you that if I see that you have again added copyright material to any article I intend to ask that you be blocked from further editing here until and unless you show understanding and acceptance of our copyright policy. If you would like help or advice on getting started as a Wikipedia editor I am more than happy to offer either or both – I know it isn't easy.
 * Please correct me if I am wrong, but I am assuming that you are connected in some way, either personal or professional, with Schiller (no need to respond). If, once the present problems are fixed, there are things you would like to see added to the Schiller article, I'm willing to help with that. The new information, with independent reliable sources to support it, can be posted (a little at a time, please) on the talk page of the article. I or some other editor will then decide whether to accept the proposed changes or not. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:34, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

help request
( moved here from my user page Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:35, 20 October 2014 (UTC) )may you please help me with the article on Harvey Schiller? I am just trying to improve the page. The page is in copyright question yet nothing is infringed upon. Please advise, any help will be great. Thank you for helping and all your work in the Wiki community.Ts2803 (talk) 16:59, 20 October 2014 (UTC)ts2803
 * Hi! Yes, I will help with the page. It is at WP:CP now because some of the content you added was copied from http://www.falconheadcapital.com/team/harvey-w-schiller (or came from the same place as that page), and we can't accept copied content here. It will be restored in a few days, probably. If you are connected in some way to Schiller, you can request changes in this way:
 * On the talk page of the article, Talk:Harvey Schiller, write Request edit (exactly like that, with the curly brackets - you can copy it from here)
 * Then write the change you want made; for example "Please add that he is Chairman of the Americas Cup"
 * Then write the source (a newspaper, book or reliable website) that proves that what you want to add is in fact true; the source needs to be independent of the subject, so not his company or a press release or something he wrote himself
 * Somebody will see what you have written, and (not necessarily immediately) will decide whether to make the change or not. Also, if you post here, on this page, I will see that you have done so, and will try to answer. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:35, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

-thank you Justlettersandnumbers for providing me with direction. I have added to the Talk:Harvey Schiller, under a Request edit heading. You have been helpful. I hope to see the improvements made. I listed reliable sources at the talk page.