User talk:Johnwwilloughby

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Elaine Macmann Willoughby

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Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! Johnwwilloughby, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Esquivalience ^t 01:35, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

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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. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:31, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright

Hi! I see that you are a new editor, so welcome! Actually, I seem to see that you are two editors - is User:John Walter Willoughby you too? Having two accounts may not be a great idea. I've also, for your reference, posted above this some pre-packaged text on conflict of interest. That is a guideline, not a rule, but in most cases it's best to stick to it.

As you saw, Elaine Macmann Willoughby was tagged by for copyvio by the bot. As far as I can see, the content was probably written by you anyway, even if our rules don't allow free copying in such cases (without going through a whole rigmarole to release permissions, that is). But the same is not true of Robert Hugh Willoughby, where chunks of content seem to have been taken from the websites of other people, including Leonard Garrison and Robert Bigio. That is not acceptable here, I'm afraid, and I have had to blank that page and list it at copyright problems. You are welcome to work on a rewrite (click the third "show" link at middle right on the blanking template), or you can wait until someone else has cleaned it up, and then rewrite in your own words afterwards. That clean-up usually gets done in a week or two. If you have questions you can ask here – I should see that you have done so, and will answer if I can. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:46, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Elaine Macmann Willoughby for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Elaine Macmann Willoughby is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:24, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]