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Speedy deletion of HMAP

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March 2009

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. —Largo Plazo (talk) 17:50, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Census of Marine Life

I would urge you to stop editing for a moment and ensure you are familiar with some of our policies as supplied to you in the messages above. Particularly important are Conflict of interest and NPOV. You also need to read up on the use of edit summaries. A lot of the changes you have made to this article are not in keeping with our guidelines on article creation as far as tone and notability and verifiability of facts. Also be aware of introducing original research. Please engage in discussion with other editors on article talk. You should also change your username as it does not comply with our guidelines, being representative of an organization. Any questions please ask. Mfield (talk) 21:00, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Biogeography of Deep-Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems

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Don't be put off!

I just wanted to encourage you to come back and contribute to Wikipedia.

Editors and admins can sometimes be a bit overzealous when it comes to apparent copyright infringement and bias, simply because the overwhelming majority of copied material is placed by users without the appropriate privilege. Automatic search bots have been set up that detect blocks of material that exist elsewhere on the web, and the material is then flagged for a human to investigate and put forward for deletion. 99% of the time this is the correct action, and it helps keep Wikipedia legal and neutral.

Despite this and some of the comments you've received, we really do need individuals like yourself with current detailed information to contribute to some of these articles. For commercial organisations, and those with a competitive agenda (be it monetary or political) self-edits are generally bad. In the case of an organisation like CoML though, I would argue it is not bad - in fact it's likely that only members inside the organisation will have quick access to the relevant verifiable sources of information. The key to avoid conflict is to provide references for information added - generally anything that appeared in a recognised peer-reviewed publication is perfect and will not normally be disputed.

Wikipedia has a rule that goes largely forgotten - that all rules are flexible. (I paraphrase - it's a few years since I read it in its original form, but believe me it's there. The basic premise is that good sense usually takes precedence over written rules.)

So... unless you're already editing under a different account, please feel welcome to resume your contribution to these articles. If you want to add text for which you have copyright permission, feel free to reference it in the edit summary.

Dan Pope (talk) 04:08, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

File:ArcOD Logo 440x440.JPG listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:ArcOD Logo 440x440.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Kelly ^hi! 23:12, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Chesslogo.JPG

A tag has been placed on File:Chesslogo.JPG requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused duplicate or lower-quality copy of another file on Wikipedia having the same file format, and all inward links have been updated.

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 removed 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. Jon Kolbert (talk) 17:49, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:ChEss logo.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:ChEss logo.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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