User talk:Akitalovr55

A belated welcome![edit]

Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, Akitalovr55. I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:

Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page, consult Wikipedia:Questions, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there.

Again, welcome! Spike Wilbury (talk) 11:08, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Logo Jana Partners.jpg[edit]

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:Logo Jana Partners.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:40, 16 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Greg Williamson (jazz musician)[edit]

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Greg Williamson (jazz musician) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://ponyboyrecords.com/files/gwbio.html. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 15:38, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Diannaa: I am sorry the content was considered CR infringement. I would like to re-write and put 'Greg Williamson (jazz musician)' back up. Can you give me some advice on how to avoid making the same mistake? I did not think I was copying when I wrote the article the first time, so I guess that means I need some help. Thanks. Akitalovr55 (talk) 06:28, 10 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your addition was flagged by a bot as a potential copyright issue and was assessed by myself. Here is a link to the bot report. Click on the iThenticate link to view the overlap.

Content has to be written in your own words and not include any wording from the source material. One thing I find that works for me is to read over the source material and then pretend I am verbally describing the topic to a friend in my own words. Stuff should also be presented in a different order where possible. Summarize rather than paraphrase. This will typically result in your version being much shorter than the source document. There's some reading material on this topic at Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing and/or have a look at the material at Paraphrase: Write It in Your Own Words. Check out the links in the menu on the left for some exercises to try. Or study this module aimed at WikiEd students. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:25, 10 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Diannaa: Thank you for your help and insight. I do think he is Wiki worthy and I reworked the piece to conform to standards. Still working out what is and isn't allowed in the wiki-verse and hope that this will stick this time around. Akitalovr55 (talk) 05:35, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Paid edits require disclosure[edit]

Hello Akitalovr55. The nature of your edits 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 egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

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, and if it does not, 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:Akitalovr55. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Akitalovr55|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. MER-C 13:29, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MER-C: I had a feeling that rabbit hole I went down was going to make someone jump. Haven't you ever just gone down a crazy rabbit hole and gotten totally involved in one topic? Yeah, first time I've done that craziness...and then I was trying to teach myself how to do a disambiguation page (which I did wrong the first time) and some other rookie mistakes. Now that I've made myself sick of all of those Williamson guys...I'm on to the next adventure and hopefully to more interesting topics. Sorry for any confusion I caused but I've got no stake in any of this except to find things that can be added to the wiki world.Akitalovr55 (talk) 05:07, 24 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]