User talk:ParkwynVillage

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Blue Riband► 18:23, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello ParkwynVillage! Your additions to Parkwyn Village 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 Wikipedia: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. The history appears to be copy/pasted directly from the Parkwyn Village website. Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text unless the owner grants formal permission. Thank you. Blue Riband► 18:25, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

I am very disappointed to have received this message and to have my edits removed. I live in Parkwyn Village and own and manage parkwynvillage.com. The text shared from the Parkwyn Village webpage is MY text - I therefore, own the copyright and freely share it with Wikipedia. There was information on the Wikipedia page that was factually incorrect (e.g., not all founders of Parkwyn Village worked at Upjohn Company). The images I posted are images that I took with my own iPhone. So yes, I am the copyright holder of everything shared. ParkwynVillage (talk) 15:53, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

@ParkwynVillage - Yes, I agree that it's frustrating to see inaccurate information only to hit a brick wall like this when your intention was to get the facts right. However if you are indeed the copyright holder at parkwynvillage.com there is a formal process for giving this permission. Please take a look at WP:DCM.

It's not as simple as just saying something like, "It's OK with me to use it." A couple of years ago I requested copyright permission from a website owner to use his text on Wikipedia and he said "fine" - until he got mad over the formal permission process. Ultimately he never completed the release and all his copyrighted text had to be removed from the article.

Regarding your images, scroll down to the section "Donating your photographs" at the WP:DCM link above. That will explain the licensing.

I know this is a lot to absorb. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously and we have to know that the person granting permission is indeed the owner and/or has authority to release it on behalf of the owner. Blue Riband► 19:46, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Parkwyn Village, and I noticed that your username, "ParkwynVillage", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

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