User talk:Goran.petroski

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Bencherlite ^Talk 12:26, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

University for Information Science and Technology "St. Paul The Apostle"[edit]

I have taken the article back to just one sentence. You must not write Wikipedia articles as if they were the university's prospectus or to advertise to potential students. That is against Wikipedia rules. Please read the links above, and our guidance on editors and editing with a conflict of interest - if you work there and have been assigned by someone to update the university's entry on Wikipedia, as you said at the help desk, you have a conflict of interest. Bencherlite ^Talk 12:26, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No, if you are going to ignore the bit about editing with a conflict of interest, you certainly mustn't ignore the requirements for material to have sources - reliable sources independent of the university, please. I have removed the unsourced material you added. Bencherlite ^Talk 14:16, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"The University combines both the best research and teaching models from the USA, Europe and the region" is unsourced and promotional in tone. "The teaching and research staff comprised of top domestic and foreign experts" is unsourced and promotional in tone. "...the international character of the University, which is well known not only in the region but around the world as well" is unsourced and promotional in tone (be honest, as this is an institution with about 400 students in the seventh largest city in the RoM founded in 2009, how likely is it that it has a world-wide reputation for anything?). "The university has professional personnel that possess extensive experience in the preparation and realization of scientific-research activities" - ditto. "The faculty of Communication Networks and Security teaches everything about computer networks, their organization and function, as well as methods for information transfer security" - ditto (and it teaches everything? Really?) "The University for Information Science and Technology is a modern institution that follows the latest trends in fields of information science and technology" ditto. Stop writing about your university because it is clear that you cannot do so in a way that is compatible with the rules of Wikipedia. Bencherlite ^Talk 14:35, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I now know why the material sounded so promotional in tone - you had copied it word-for-word from the university's website, so I have left you a message about copyright problems below. Bencherlite ^Talk 14:48, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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January 2013[edit]

Hello Goran.petroski, and welcome to Wikipedia. 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 Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
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 Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia: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. Bencherlite ^Talk 14:41, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Goran.petroski, you are invited to the Teahouse[edit]

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