ProjectZero
February 2010
editWelcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, but at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Theory of multiple intelligences, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot.
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- The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Theory of multiple intelligences was changed by ProjectZero (u) (t) deleting 9386 characters on 2010-02-04T20:12:00+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 20:12, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Welcome
editWelcome!
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Cirt (talk) 20:36, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Possible conflict of interest at article Howard Gardner
editIf you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Howard Gardner, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Cirt (talk) 20:36, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Copyright problem: Howard Gardner
editHello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Howard Gardner, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a copy from http://www.pz.harvard.edu/PIs/HG.htm, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.
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If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Howard Gardner saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Mildly MadTC 21:10, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Your username may be inappropriate
editHi there, your username appears to be the same as this group, which you appear to be affiliated with. Please read WP:GROUPNAME for Wikipedia's policy on such Usernames, and consider obtaining a different Username using this page. Thanks! Mildly MadTC 21:15, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello
editWelcome ProjectZero. I'm sorry to see that you have been having a complicated start here. A few important points.
- While Wikipedia is an encyclopedia anybody edit, it doesn't mean that we can accept all content. I realize from your notes that Gardner has submitted the bio to you/your organization, but that doesn't mean that there is no copyright on the text. Wikipedia does not accept copyrighted text, and the only way that material can be included is if the copyright holder (which is likely Gardner himself) specifically releases it into the public domain using the methods described above. The other option is for you or somebody else to rewrite the text in different words, with citations to the source of the information. That is probably the preferred option, since the bio did not actually have the appropriate tone for an encyclopedia article either, if you know what I mean. Please do not add the text back. If you continue to do so, I'm afraid to say that you might end up blocked from editing. WP takes copyright infringement very seriously.
- As alluded to above, WP also seeks to have neutral point of view. This means that since there are well sourced criticisms of the Theory of multiple intelligences it is not appropriate to delete information about these, while adding material very supportive of the theory. This is not the place to advocate and promote this or any theory. Edits which look like they are trying to promote a particular point of view are regarded with concern, as you have already found, when your edits have been reverted.
- As Mildly Mad points out, your user name might not be the best. Take a look at the info s/he points and see what you think. --Slp1 (talk) 00:39, 6 February 2010 (UTC)