User talk:Zadig Zian

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Zadig Zian, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Proxy advisor 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.
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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. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 08:36, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Executive compensation and activist shareholders
Zadig Zian, Thank you for your contributions to Corporate governance, Executive compensation, Executive compensation in the United States, Board of directors, Activist shareholder, Say on pay and Hedge fund, but I am very sorry to have to tell you that I have had to remove all of them for the following reasons: (1) you copied copyrighted material into them, which is not allowed in Wikipedia (see above), and (2) there seemed, rightly or wrongly, to be an element of self-promotion, for which WP:PROMO applies. I have left your new article, Institute for governance of private and public organizations, in place. If you want to reply to this, just leave a message here or in my talk page. Wildfowl (talk) 23:13, 17 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank Arthur goes shopping and Wildfowl for your complementary information about Wikipedia and copyright. I would like to precise that I just want add a different point of view on these topics. I will make some modifications in order to contribute correctly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zadig Zian (talk • contribs)


 * Wildfowl is it possible to add only references at the bottom of Wikipedia pages mentioned at the top ? I can understand that it could be considered as self-promotion but I really think that some articles and reports could help to have a different points of view ? In a second time, I will prepare a special contribution to explain the points. Thank for your answer. Zadig Zian (talk) 16:23 26 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Zadig Zian, All references must be mentioned in the text, but what you can do is add an item in the "further reading" or "External links" sections, if they exist for that article. If not, you can add them in. The normal order at the end of an article is: "See also", "Notes" or "References", "Further reading", "External links", any navigational boxes, categories. Here are some tips on what you can and can't put in Wikipedia: What Wikipedia is not. There is also the Wikipedia Manual of style. Wildfowl (talk) 20:28, 26 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank Wildfowl for your tips. I will apply them. Zadig Zian (talk) 14:47 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.  DGG ( talk ) 03:26, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

March 2015
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you.  DGG ( talk ) 03:41, 13 March 2015 (UTC)


 * DGG I do not think that the links added are inappropriate. Moreover, before add these links, I ask to Wildfowl is it possible to add them. As already said, these link give a different point of view on these topics. Please read the articles and the reports to understand the added value to Wikipedia Zadig Zian (talk) 13:30 13 march 2015 (UTC)


 * that editor gave the way of handling them if we do use them. He didn't comment on whether we should use them. They are policy papers from a think tank, and these are not necessarily reliable sources, as all such organizations have a definite policy line they are supporting. I agree with the removals made by the very experienced, and I removed a few more that he missed.  DGG ( talk ) 19:15, 13 March 2015 (UTC)