User talk:MarkWriter

Hyphens in compound modifiers[edit]

Please stop inserting hyphens that are contrary to Wikipedia's style guide (WP:HYPHEN). It states "A hyphen is not used after a standard -ly adverb (a newly available home, a wholly owned subsidiary)". The articles that you have changed belong to Wikipedia, and not to any insurance company. Chris the speller ^yack 15:18, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalization[edit]

Please stop changing lower-case common nouns to upper case, as in "... the company has ..." -> "... the Company has...". WP:MOSCAPS notes that Wikipedia avoids unnecessary capitalization; proper nouns and the first word in a sentence are capitalized, and not much more. Chris the speller ^yack 15:25, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Claim of article ownership[edit]

Please read WP:OWN and then get back to me. Chris the speller ^yack 20:58, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, MarkWriter. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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.
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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.Category:Torchmark Corporation Subsidiaries

--Drm310 (talk) 12:32, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. At least one of your recent edits, such as the edit you made to American Income Life Insurance Company, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia.

You have already admitted you have a Conflict of Interest in editing articles relating to Torchmark Corporation, and other editors have already explained where Wikipedia's policies on Conflict of Interest and Ownership of articles can be found, and suggested you read and understand them. Despite this, you have persisted in removing material which has been properly added, and is from a reputable source. Should you do this again, or undertake further edits in contravention of Wikipedia's policies on Conflict of Interest, you are likely to be blocked. Arjayay (talk) 15:04, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (File:Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America Logo Small Color.png)[edit]

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Orphaned non-free media (File:Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America Logo.png)[edit]

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April 2013[edit]

Hello MarkWriter, 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. This even includes text copied from a company's "about us" section on their own website, unless they have freely licensed that text; I have therefore removed some text from your draft article. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:47, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation[edit]

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! TheOneSean | Talk to me 15:11, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation[edit]

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Dreams are real. TV is not. (talk) 09:23, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America concern[edit]

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Your draft article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America[edit]

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. HasteurBot (talk) 05:35, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:FUA and UA company logo.png[edit]

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File:Globe Life Insurance Company Logo.jpg[edit]

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Orphaned non-free image File:Globe Life Insurance Company Logo.jpg[edit]

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Orphaned non-free image File:American Income Life logo.jpg[edit]

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In case you return[edit]

Hello. In case you return to edit Wikipedia, you should be aware of a few important changes.

As of June 2014, Wikipedia requires editors to disclose if they are editing topics for payment. This includes employees of an organization, paid representatives of an organization, and even unpaid volunteers or on-loan staff who edit a topic about an organization for self-serving motives.

As mentioned in a previous post, a company or organization has zero right of ownership or editorial control over the content of its Wikipedia article(s). Wikipedia has no interest in what an organization wishes to say about itself. We only care about what other third-party writers have chosen to publish about it.

You are welcome to contribute as an individual editor to topics where you have no conflict of interest. However, if you continue to edit articles where you have a conflict of interest, or particularly where you have an undisclosed paid editing relationship with the article subject, your editing privileges may be restricted or revoked. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 05:33, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]