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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Greensaulberg, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to User:Greensaulberg/Michaelbolus has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without 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. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:58, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Hi Greensaulberg. Based upon this post at User talk:MichaelBolusStudio#re user name, I am assuming that you are the same editor who identified himself as the stepson of Michael Bolus. If that is the case, then please be advised that the advice you received regarding Wikipedia's guideline on conflict-of-interest still applies even though you are editing from a different account. Although Wikipedia does not expressly prohibit COI editing, it is something that is highly discouraged. Taking a look at Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide might help explain some of the limitations placed upon COI editing. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:50, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

• Hello again Marchjuly, yes i am he! i freely declared this to D Biddulph back when the COI of Michaelbolusstudio was pointed out to me. Can you advise as to best way to proceed. I think Michael Bolus and his colleagues in the new generation sculptors are notable and wish to add their bio's to wikipedia. I am working on bio of Tim Scott as well as the new generation exhibition of 1965. I could, i suppose, start another account and not declare my conflict or even ask someone else to to present the article's, when (and if) finished. However, this seems underhand. Is there no hope of me getting it passed?Greensaulberg (talk) 10:31, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

I would not advise you starting another account unless it is for one of the legitimate reasons listed at WP:VALIDALT. The archives of WP:SPI are full of editors who thought they could get away with using multiple accounts. There are quite a few savy Wikipedians who are very good at detecting that kind of thing, so i'm not sure it's worth the risk of being indefinitely blocked. As I said, COI editing is only discouraged, so if you're up front about it and your edits show you're here, then you'll be fine. You'll have lots of leeway while working on your drafts and the AfC reviewers will help you make sure the drafts adhere to relevant policies and guidelines. You might find, however, that you'll have less "freedom" to edit if/once your drafts get elevated to article status. You'll still be able to make non-controversial changes or correct violations of WP:BLP, but you'll be expected to use the article talk page to discuss anything more major. As long as you remember that being related to Bolus does not give you any type of ownership rights over the article, you'll be fine. As for notability, the AfC reviewers will check what you have and answer that question for you. My advice to you is to take their suggestions in good faith and try to make the improvements they suggest. Some editors get discouraged when their draft is rejected, and decide to move the draft to the mainspace themselves. I don't recommend doing that since such articles, especially those with notaibility issues, using end up being quickly nominated for deletion. If you're stuck, you can always ask for assistance at Wikipedia:Requested articles or even Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sculpture. One of the members of that Wikiproject may even be familiar with your stepdad and the other artists whose drafts you're working on. Good luck. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:46, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly, Thank you for your aasistence and advice. The New Generation Sculptors are setting a lot of interest at the moment and i am sure that within the next few years there will be lots more refs and citations available, better writers too! I am withdrawing the Michael Bolus article and the other i am working on. Thanks again for your help.Greensaulberg (talk) 13:10, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

You can still work on those other drafts if you want. Just try and submit them through Wikipedia:Articles for creation so that other more experienced editors can help you get them up to Wikipedia standards. All you have to do is show that sources establishing the notability of the subjects exist per WP:NEXIST. If you can do that, then your drafts have a good chance of being approved. If you don't want to write them yourselves, then ask someone else to at Wikipedia:Requested articles. As for the other article, what you're describing sounds a bit like WP:TOOSOON. You're going to have to show that the subject staisfies WP:N now, not that it might satisfy it a few years from now. Good luck. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:28, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

User:Greensaulberg/Michaelbolus

Note that if you wish to have User:Greensaulberg/Michaelbolus deleted you can do so by adding {{Db-u1}} or {{Db-userreq}} to the top of the page. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:12, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

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