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August 2024

Hello, I'm Tacyarg. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Sheila McGregor have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 12:48, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi there kindly leave the links as Wikipedia is asking us to insert more external links. Why are you removing them? I'd be interested to see the justification, and am open to persuasion. Howoever it's rather frustrating when Wikipedia is asking us for more corroboration of her life's work. She is now too old to do this herself. So kindly restore what you deleted unless there's a really good reason? Thanks Tacyarg. We are not advertising -there are no other external links to the books besides those used. Thanks again. 2A02:A453:D48A:1:B05C:1E55:F216:9BC7 (talk) 12:58, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

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Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Sheila McGregor. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Please don't add Amazon links, or unsourced information. Tacyarg (talk) 12:54, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

If I cannot add amazon links but we published the book ourselves through amazono kindle, what other links can I add to verify that these books exist? Should I add other booksellers besides Amazon or are those also not acceptable? We don't have an independent website set up. Maybe your comment means we should set one up. right now I can't but thanks for the comments - will address this. Can you leave the links for now!? I am a Wikipedia contributor! Helen Hintjens 2A02:A453:D48A:1:B05C:1E55:F216:9BC7 (talk) 13:03, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

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Hi, thank you for your message on my Talk page. It sounds as if you have a connexion to Sheila McGregor. In that case, you should not edit the article about her directly. You can add edit requests to the article's Talk page. I will post the guidance about conflict of interest below, which explains this. See WP:ELNO for the guidance about unacceptable external links. Tacyarg (talk) 13:46, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, 2A02:A453:D48A:1:B05C:1E55:F216:9BC7. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Sheila McGregor, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
• disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
• avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 13:46, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello 2A02:A453:D48A:1:B05C:1E55:F216:9BC7! Your additions to Sheila McGregor 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, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

• Limited quotation: You may only copy or translate a small portion of a source. Any direct quotations must be enclosed in double quotation marks (") and properly cited using an inline citation. More information is available on the non-free content page. To learn how to cite a source, see Help:Referencing for beginners.
• Paraphrasing: Beyond limited quotations, you are required to put all information in your own words. Following the source's wording too closely can lead to copyright issues and is not permitted; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when paraphrasing, you must still cite your sources as appropriate.
• Image use guidelines: In most scenarios, only freely licensed or public domain images may be used and these should be uploaded to our sister project, Wikimedia Commons. In some scenarios, non-freely copyrighted content can be used if they meet all ten of our non-free content criteria; Wikipedia:Plain and simple non-free content guide may help with determining a file's eligibility.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 13:54, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

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