User talk:Tcea

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Texas Computer Education Association

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Texas Computer Education Association, and it appears to include material copied directly from http://www.linkedin.com/company/texas-computer-education-association.

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Copyright problems with Texas Computer Education Association

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Texas Computer Education Association, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). As a copyright violation, Texas Computer Education Association appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Texas Computer Education Association has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

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However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While contributions are appreciated, Wikipedia must require all contributors to understand and comply with its copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 15:45, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (Tcea) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this:

It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guidelines concerning editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. The article in question is Texas Computer Education Association. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 15:45, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding this comment you left at my talk page:

I'm the creator of all this content in both places and have the rights to use it.

With regard to using the text on Wikipedia, that means you need to have the rights to give it away. Remember that when you add text to an article, "you irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL," per the notice below the edit box. That means that anybody else can use the text for any purpose whatsoever, including commercial re-use of the text. Accordingly, make sure you have that level of rights over the text and intend to do that before donating the text.

Remember that Wikipedia articles should be neutrally written descriptions of their subjects. They should not be mere repetition of the subjects' websites. A shorter article describing TCEA, built around articles written about the association in independent reliable sources is better than a long copy of press releases and other publicity text. This neutrality issue is part of why it's preferred that editors with conflicts of interest not write about the related subjects.

As far as how to go forward, I'd suggest two things:

Change your username. While a new username will not eliminate your conflict of interest, it will bring you inline with the policy restricting the use of organization names as usernames.
Locate independent reliable sources. If TCEA is notable, it will have been written about in newspapers, magazines, and other sources that meet Wikipedia's definition of reliable and are independent of TCEA.

If you don't do both of those steps, you could find yourself blocked for using the account for promotional purposes only. —C.Fred (talk) 17:02, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]