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before the question. Again, welcome! Katr67 (talk) 19:44, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
About COI
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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 organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. Katr67 (talk) 19:44, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Copyright problem: Eugene Water & Electric Board
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Sandbox
editHi, I've moved your version of the article to a sandbox I've created for you:User:Ksproles/EWEB. If you have permission to use the copyrighted material, please read how to obtain clearance above. However we would strongly encourage you to rewrite it, especially as usually the copy from a business' website is too promotional in tone: see What Wikipedia is not, for more on promotion. And also the Business FAQ, as linked in the COI section above. It's also problematic to work on an article in mainspace without using edit summaries and show preview, but in your userspace that's not a problem. Once the article is finished, I can help you move it back to mainspace. Good luck. Katr67 (talk) 20:02, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
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Katr67 (talk) 19:59, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
File copyright problem with File:EWEBheadquarters.jpg
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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Skier Dude ► 23:58, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
File copyright problem with File:Eweblogo.jpg
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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Skier Dude ► 00:15, 9 November 2009 (UTC)