User talk:UTEPAthletics

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! S Philbrick (Talk) 20:54, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sean Kugler

I wanted to provide a little more explanation about the edits I reverted in the article Sean Kugler.

Based upon your username I assume you are associated with the University staff. Please be aware that we have a conflict of interest policy which almost certainly means you should not be directly editing articles about athletic staff members.

See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest

In cases where your edits might not qualify as a conflict of interest, we have a strong respect for copyright and do not permit the direct inclusion of copyrighted material. In many cases, an editor will object that they happen to be the author of the material and I therefore permitted to use the material. If you happen to be the author, we need a permission statement from the copyright holder was almost certainly the school rather than the direct author of the material.

On a more positive note, I see that the article has an image of Sean Kugler, but it frankly isn't very good. I assume you have access to better photos. Again we respect copyright so no one can simply upload a photograph Unless they have arrange for permission. I have worked with dozens of athletic directors and SID's to help improve the photographs of players and coaches. I'll be happy to walk you through what is needed and help you with some of the steps.--S Philbrick (Talk) 21:01, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am the author of the bio. And the previous image isn't coach Kugler. We need his information updated because it doesn't help when recruits search him and him information is wrong.

Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Materialscientist (talk) 22:07, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello UTEPAthletics, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Sean Kugler has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
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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. — Diannaa (talk) 17:05, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]