User talk:Underwatersculpture
Welcome!
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Hello, Underwatersculpture, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or you can to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! We are so glad you are here! Jim1138 (talk) 18:27, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
January 2016
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Hello, I'm Jim1138. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Jason deCaires Taylor, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Jim1138 (talk) 09:42, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for replacing your text and adding the wp:inline citation to Jason deCaires Taylor. I have added a welcome section at the top and some information below that you might wish to copy to your wp:user page - user:Underwatersculpture which is empty at the moment, and therefore a wp:redlink. You can create the page by adding text and clicking "Save page".
If you have not done so, I would recommend that you add an email to your account. Otherwise, if you loose your password, there will be no way for you to recover your account and you will loose your username. You can add an email on Preferences/user profile/Email options. By checking Enable email from other users, you will allow others to send add you to send others email. This can be nice if you don't want your conversation to be too public. Your email address will not be visible unless you initiate or reply.
I hope you own some great photos which you can upload to Wikimedia! You can upload here: commons:Special:UploadWizard. Do be aware of ownership constraints. I have uploaded a few photos of from the San Diego Zoo, including this lucky shot of a tiger I took with my unfortunately antique point-and-shoot. File:Tiger in San Diego Zoo Safari Park.JPG Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 18:27, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia and copyright
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Hello Underwatersculpture, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Jason deCaires Taylor 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.
- If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
- In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
- Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.
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) 18:42, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
Managing a conflict of interest
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Hello, Underwatersculpture. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article Jason deCaires Taylor, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:
- avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
- instead propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
- when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
- avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
- exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.
In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).
Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 18:43, 14 May 2016 (UTC)