User talk:Alexthegreat334

Orphaned non-free image File:Claremont Fan Court School, Esher, Surrey, UK, Crest 2012.jpg

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Possible images for Claremont Fan Court School?

@Alexthegreat334:

I noticed that Claremont Fan Court School does not have any images on its Wikipedia page. Do you know of any that could be used or have any ideas of who to contact about possible images? I'm relatively new to editing Wikipedia and enjoy updating it. Thanks! Archivingperson (talk) 15:20, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Claremont Fan Court School and possible conflict of interest editing

Hello, Alexthegreat334. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Claremont Fan Court School, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:50, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alexthegreat334. Since you created your Wikipedia account back in 2014, pretty much the entire focus of your Wikipedia contributions has been related to Claremont Fan Court School. While there's nothing wrong with this per se, it could be seen as an indication (as explained here and here) that you might somehow be connected to the school. Perhaps you are a former student, a current of former staff member, a parent whose kids have attended the school or maybe someone who just lives nearby. None of these things mean that you're prohibited from editing the article, but they could mean that perhaps you would be considered to have a conflict of interest with anything written about Wikipedia depending upon the nature of your connection. So, please take a look at the pages that are linked to in blue above this post to familiarize yourself with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines related to conflict of interest editing. If they apply to you, you should try to follow them as closely as possible to avoid any problems. If you weren't aware of them, then that's OK and nobody will hold that against you. If you have any questions about them, you can ask them below, at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard or at the Wikipedia:Teahouse and someone will try to help you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:59, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File uploads to Commons

Hi Alexthegreat334. You also seem to have been uploading a number of files to Commons that are related to the school. Although there's quite a lot of overlapping, Commons and Wikipedia are technically separate projects with their own respective policies and guidelines. Many of the files you've uploaded to Commons have been deleted because of questionable claims of "own work", questionable licensing, or a combination of the two. I strongly suggest that you carefully read through c:Commons:Licensing, c:Commons:Own work and c:Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter#Internet images before uploading any more files. It's OK if you made a mistake when uploading a file, but repeating the same mistakes over and over is not a good thing and may lead to your account being blocked by a Commons administrator. Please take a look at the notifications and messages left for you at c:User talk:Alexthegreat334. If you have any questions about them, you can ask for help at c:Commons:Help desk or c:Commons:Village pump/Copyright. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:11, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

April 2022

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Claremont Fan Court School. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. DanCherek (talk) 04:59, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Alexthegreat334! Your additions to Claremont Fan Court School 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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Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
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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. DanCherek (talk) 05:00, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]