User talk:Violet.paton

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Violet.paton. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Bonn International School, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Cordless Larry (talk) 18:35, 13 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi Cordless Larry, I am not editing the page Bonn International School for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything. I will not be receiving or will be expecting the receive any compensation for this. I am stating facts and organizing information in a similar manner as the Vienna International School article, as they are both similar schools. I am new to the wikipedia community and am not familiar around here. Does this mean I cannot edit anymore?

Violet.paton (talk) 18:59, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Do you have any relationship with the school? If so, it's advisable to request edits on the talk page of the article by following the instructions at WP:COIREQ. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:01, 13 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Hey Cordless Larry, thanks for replying. I used to study at this school a while ago. I am using sources that are available on their official website as much as possible in order for future students to know what the school has available. Is there anything that I'm missing? Violet.paton (talk) 19:22, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * That's not really the purpose of Wikipedia. Articles should be encyclopedic and based largely on sources independent of the subject. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:28, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, that makes more sense now. Thanks a lot for the help! Violet.paton (talk) 19:31, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Violet.paton! Your additions to Bonn International School have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


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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. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:07, 13 July 2021 (UTC)