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Wikipedia and copyright
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Hello Anbrock, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Model High School have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. 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.
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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. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 18:25, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
September 2017
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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Model High School. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted.
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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Please stop adding material you are copying from the county historical society. Firstly, you cannot copy material from other websites onto Wikipedia. That is a copyright violation, or in other words, theft. Second, the material you are plagiarizing and adding here does not conform to WP:NPOV. Third, the fact that the historical society's website hosts such obviously promotional material is a good indication that it us not a reliable source. Lastly, ad it says above, if a contribution you've added is reverted, it is up to you to either accept that, clarify in your mind why, and if you still disagree, start a discussion on the article's talk page to attempt to form a consensus for inclusion. You should never simply replace it. Continued addition of copyright violating content is almost certainly going to get your editing privileges suspended. Please stop. John from Idegon (talk) 19:26, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
Copyright violations for the Model High School page
editAs a second generation graduate of Model High School, 20 year veteran teacher at Model High School, and 2 years as assistant principal at Model High School, I can assure you that I have permission to use the information added to the Model High School page. With the exception of the History, all of the other information are my words verbatim. Actually taken from the brochure that I created for Model High School. What exactly do I need to do to prove that I have permission from The Watters District Council for Historic Preservation to use "The History of Model School"? Anbrock (talk) 23:24, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
September 2017
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You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Model High School. Stop adding copyright violating content. Stop adding promotional material. Stop edit warring. Read the instructions you've been provided. John from Idegon (talk) 00:01, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
Managing a conflict of interest
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Hello, Anbrock. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Model High School, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:
- avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies.
Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 00:14, 21 September 2017 (UTC)