Samanthabauman

Your submission at Articles for creation: Machaela Cavanaugh has been accepted

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Bkissin (talk) 14:39, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Samanthabauman, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Machaela Cavanaugh have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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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. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:49, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

February 2019

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violation of our WP:Terms of Use, as you did at Machaela Cavanaugh.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:15, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Unblock

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Samanthabauman (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Recently, I created a wikipedia page for Machaela Cavanaugh during my own personal time. The article sourced public information that is not under copyright law from her campaign page. This is considered fair use information as far as my research says. The page lost almost all of its text once the website information was deemed a violation by user Dianna. Today, I submitted a response to the person who issued the potential copyright issue and was blocked by user Justlettersandnumbers under the pretense that I was a paid employee without appropriate disclosure. I work in the Nebraska Legislature, but creating a biography on Wikipedia is not something we get paid for. I would love some help and guidance in this matter! I am very new and am happy to disclose whatever is needed.

Decline reason:

If you work for the Nebraska Legislature, and you are editing about one of its Senators(I am aware your Legislature is unicameral), you must comply with WP:PAID and declare it. You do not have to specifically be paid to edit Wikipedia. You must also review conflict of interest. As you have been told, the fact that the information is available to the public does not mean it is in the 'public domain'; there must be a specific copyright that is compatible with Wikipedia. Please review WP:COPYVIO. Even if it was OK, original text is preferred. In any event, it is now unlikely you will be unblocked unless you agree to not edit about things in the area of your conflict of interest; in this case that would include anything to do with the Nebraska Legislature. If there are any other subjects that you want to edit about, please state what those are. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 00:18, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

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