User talk:Arcanaman411
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Wikipedia and copyright
[edit]Hello Arcanaman411, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Pixies (film) 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) 13:01, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
Please don't upload any more copyright images that you find online
[edit]Hello. I am Diannaa and I am an administrator on this wiki. Please don't upload any more movie posters or images that you find on the Internet or elsewhere until you are sure you understand copyright law and our non-free content criteria. Non-free images such as movie posters and still shots from films are only allowed at low resolution and under strict guidelines that help keep us in compliance with copyright law. The guideline is available at Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. There's more information about copyrights and how it applies to Wikipedia at Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright. As you can see, copyright law and its application are complex matters, and you should not upload any further images until you have taken the time to read and understand our policies. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 13:02, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Diannaa. First, I would like to thank you for making an effort to improve the pages I have been creating, such as linking the pixies page in the disambiguation section. I really appreciate that. However, I did want to discuss the copyright issues you have been raising. All of the images I have uploaded thus far are property of the owner, which is my boss. He is the owner/CEO of an animation studio and all the images I am uploading are his films and he owns all the copyrights associated with them. I assume the problem stemmed from me not linking the images to a license statement or agreement. However, I approached my boss and he did not know of any license agreements documents that he had. Therefore I just went ahead and chose the option to forgo the evidence. Is this an issue? Let me know your thoughts on this. Thanks Diannaa.--Arcanaman411 (talk) 00:15, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
File permission problem with File:Frozen Kingdom Blue-ray Cover.jpg
[edit]Thanks for uploading File:Frozen Kingdom Blue-ray Cover.jpg, which you've attributed to DVD cover, from Arcana Studio. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.
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If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:37, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:Howard Lovecraft and The Frozen Kingdom Movie Poster.jpg
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Managing a conflict of interest
[edit]Hello, Arcanaman411. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:
- avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
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- disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
- avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
- do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.
In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.
Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. --Animalparty! (talk) 02:42, 22 January 2020 (UTC)