User talk:NMLbd

Your addition to National Museum of Language 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 material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions 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. --Hammersoft (talk) 04:08, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The image is one that I created. It is the International Flag of Language. We have it in the Museum exhibits. --NMLbd (talk) 13:57, 29 July 2015 (UTC)Jill Robbins, Vice-President, National Museum of Language.[reply]

The problem isn't the image. The problem is the text you are adding. Portions of the text are directly ripped from the museum's website. For example, the current 2nd paragraph of the article is ripped almost word for word from the main page of the museum's website. Even if we had permission to use the text (and we don't), we couldn't use it. It's not neutrally worded and not encyclopedic. The copyright violating text must be removed, and the text must be neutral in tone.
Also, it is extremely important for you to understand that you have a direct conflict of interest. You must read and understand our conflict of interest guideline. While it is possible to write about subjects with which you are closely affiliated, there are a number of common pitfalls. We don't normally advise people to do it, most especially if you are being paid to edit.
Lastly, it is also very important to understand that Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:42, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I think I am starting to understand the issues. I am not being paid for anything by the National Museum of Language. I am a volunteer. The key issue is that we wanted to update the Wikipedia entry to reflect the fact that the museum is no longer open. It was misleading readers to say that it has an exhibit and to give the old address. I have gone back in to take out some of the editorial language. I hope that this meets with Wikipedia's standards. NMLbd (talk) 02:47, 30 July 2015 (UTC) Jill Robbins[reply]