User talk:CurtissMuseum
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before the question. Again, welcome! We're so glad you're here! Jim1138 (talk) 17:01, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
May 2014
[edit]Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a message letting you know that one or more of your recent edits to Glenn H. Curtiss Museum has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.
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Conflict of interest with your user name
[edit]Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "CurtissMuseum", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87". Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a username change that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Jim1138 (talk) 17:01, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Copyright violation issues
[edit]Hello CurtissMuseum, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Glenn H. Curtiss Museum 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. Jim1138 (talk) 17:01, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Final warning
[edit]I don't know who you are. Anyone can create a username with "CurtissMuseum". You must use Commons:OTRS to release the information to WP:CC BY-SA public licence which essentially makes it public domain. Do not restore the content without resolving licencing first.
Your addition to Glenn H. Curtiss Museum has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text, or images borrowed from other websites, or printed material without a verifiable license; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Jim1138 (talk) 17:09, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Your attention needed at WP:CHU
[edit]Hello. A bureaucrat or clerk has responded to your username change request, but requires clarification before moving forward. Please follow up at your username change request entry as soon as possible. Thank you. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 20:01, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
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below this notice. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 11:41, 5 July 2014 (UTC)