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Happy editing! Storchy (talk) 15:19, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello MochaM123! Your additions to World Food Programme 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. Storchy (talk) 15:20, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and well noted. Let me try and amend text within the Wikipedia rules MochaM123 (talk) 15:25, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. And in I should point out that most of the copyrighted text was there before you began editing. Please shout if I can help. Storchy (talk) 15:27, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again. I've tried to address the immediate copyright issue on the first part of the Emergencies section. I'll revert to this on Monday where I'll focus on getting more non WFP direct sources. If there are other areas in particular I can look at please let me know. I wonder also if it's possible to have a stay of grace so the warnings aren't flashing on the page, at least until Monday evening when I will have tried to redress all. MochaM123 (talk) 15:58, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest

Hello, MochaM123. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page World Food Programme, 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:

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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. Storchy (talk) 20:39, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I can confirm I'm not a staff member at WFP or any other UN organization, but have a keen interest in the work of the UN agencies. I'd wanted to look at editing some others too. I've added some secondary sources to the WFP page and happy to do more in time, but equally happy to take a step back if preferred. MochaM123 (talk) 15:23, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for the fast reply. Storchy (talk) 15:28, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]