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Hello! Thank you for your recent contributions to Barrow Sixth Form College. I did have one note for you. I am working on a maintenance project to clean up Category:Pages using infoboxes with thumbnail images. In the future, please do not use thumbnails when adding images to an infobox (see WP:INFOBOXIMAGE). What does this mean? Well in the infobox, when you specify the image you wish to use, instead of doing it like this: |image=[[File:SomeImage.jpg|thumb|Some image caption]], instead just supply the name of the image. So in this case you can simply do: |image=SomeImage.jpg. There will then be a separate parameter for the image caption such as |caption=Some image caption. Please note that this is a generic form message I am leaving on your page because you recently added a thumbnail to an infobox. The specific parameters for the image and caption may be different for the infobox you are using! Please consult the Template page for the infobox being used to see better documentation. Thanks!! Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 19:32, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use File:Furness College Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Centre.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Furness College Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Centre.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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Replaceable fair use File:Image of Chetwynde House, Chetwynde School.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Image of Chetwynde House, Chetwynde School.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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October 2021[edit]

Hello Pipkin2.0. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Chetwynde School, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Pipkin2.0. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Pipkin2.0|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. Whpq (talk) 01:13, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I am referring to the declaration on the nonfree image of the school you uploaded stating ". I am the Chief Executive with the ability to authorise the use of this image, which I provide." -- Whpq (talk) 01:14, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, I am not being paid for these edits, directly or indirectly. I am trying to set up this page for public information in my own time. I am employed by the trust but not to do any promotion or marketing activities. I’ll be guided by you as what I need to do, if anything, to get this article published.

Further to my comment above, I have now declared an interest on the page in question and on my user page. Although I am most certainly not paid for my edits, I do work for the organisation so it is a fair query you have raised and I want to be as transparent as possible to avoid compromising the integrity of my contributions. I hope this is ok.

As you can probably tell, I am not experienced in starting a new article but I have tried my best to remain completely impartial and to ensure the article is stating pure fact and no opinion. I have sought out a wide variety of references including from Government bodies and press articles. If you think there is anything I can do to improve it, please let me know.

Finally, the trust owns the copyright for the logo and the image of Chetwynde School but they are free to use by the general public in matters relating to the trust. As I declared, I have the authority to decide whether the usage is fair and I do so in relation to the trust's article and any appropriate link articles.

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Pip

Thanks for declaring your conflict of interest. Please be sure to read WP:COI for more details about expectations. With respect to the image of the school, it's not sufficient that it qualify for fair use, it must meet the stricter policy on Wikipedia for non-free content. The use of such content must meet all of the non-free content criteria. In the particular case of the school photo, there is no impediment to somebody taking a photo of the image and releasing it under a free license so it is replaceable and fails WP:NFCC#1. -- Whpq (talk) 00:46, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you - that is much clearer. I did read the non-free content criteria but I didn’t understand the point you’ve raised. On reflection, the image is obviously free use and I will change it later.

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Question about reliable source[edit]

Is this news site a reliable source ? [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4060:E97:19F5:0:0:5808:820B (talk) 10:22, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t recognise this source which, I assume is South African as it is written in English and Afrikaans. This is not a source I would use without further research. The sources I use are sound as I research their independence prior to citing them.

Your submission at Articles for creation: South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust (April 3)[edit]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust (July 2)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by S0091 was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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Sources are largely primary and no in-depth coverage from independent secondary sources.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust (July 9)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Missvain was:

The proposed article does not have sufficient content to require an article of its own, but it could be merged into the existing article at Furness College. Since anyone can edit Wikipedia, you are welcome to add that information yourself. Thank you.

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Hi.

I’m sorry, but the sourcing here isn’t helping the subject meet our General Notability Guidelines. Most of the citations here are primary sources or only mention the subject in passing. Also, “announcements” (i.e. “new partnership” “South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust launches”) do not establish notability.

We need *significant* in-depth coverage in notable media outlets or by notable publishers about South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust. Examples: magazine and newspaper reviews and features about South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust specifically; books or peer-reviewed white papers written ABOUT South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust; television and radio features ABOUT South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust.

If those are available, please improve this submission. If not, then it might not be the right time (WP:TOOSOON for South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust to have a Wikipedia article. I suggest you merge it into the Furness College article.

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