User talk:Srira4a2

Hi, Srira, welcome to Wikipedia! I saw that you created the page Right sizing. We do already have an article about layoffs, and several of the euphemisms that businesses have created for layoffs have been redirected to the layoff page, like Downsizing and Rightsizing. So, rather than have two articles on virtually the same subject, I've changed your article to also redirect to the layoff page. This way, we only have one article to maintain on the subject, rather than two in parallel. But thanks for creating it! Even just a redirect is a useful thing to have. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page, or you can check out the Teahouse, which is a place for new editors to ask any questions they like about Wikipedia in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Thanks again, and happy editing! Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 18:28, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Copyright violation

Hey, Srira, I'm glad you're trying to make changes to the Layoff article. However, your most recent addition to it is actually a copyright infringement, and I had to remove it. You see, it is not allowed to just copy and paste text from other websites into Wikipedia. All of Wikipedia's text must be licensed compatibly with what's called the CC-BY-SA license. The text you copied is copyrighted by Aveta Solutions, and they haven't released it under such a license, so we can't directly use their text.

Also, you should know that that website is probably not a reliable source, anyway. One of the criteria for reliable sources is that they should be independent of the subject of the article. After taking a look at the website you used as a source, it looks like they're a management company that specializes in making these kinds of decisions for other companies (i.e. decisions to lay workers off). This means that the company has a conflict of interest with the subject of layoffs, as it would naturally want to present them in a favorable light. Because of this conflict of interest, the company's publications cannot be considered reliable sources, as they fail the "independent" criterion of a reliable source.

Sorry that you're having a rough first experience with Wikipedia! Its rules can be pretty complex, but it's all right once you get the hang of them, and editing Wikipedia is pretty fun, I find! What I'd recommend, if you really want to edit, is that you find a topic that's not related to business at all and try editing that, perhaps just starting out by fixing typos. You'll get the hang of things soon. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 19:43, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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