User talk:Caatoosee1

Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.

Your submission at Articles for creation: Mobas - Inspired Thinking Delivered (December 16)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! The submission has not been accepted because it included copyrighted information, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.

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Ahecht (TALK
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Hello! Caatoosee1, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Ahecht (TALK
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What Wikipedia isn't

First, what it is. It is an encyclopaedia. It has articles about subjects regarded as notable by our standards. These are written in a neutral style, and are intended to be ABOUT their subjects, not BY their subjects. Now, what it isn't. Wikipedia is not a tool for SEO work to increase Google ranking. It is not a medium for displaying advertising or promotional material. In addition, there is no 'right' to have an article, even if all the competition do. If you are being paid for editing, I would warn you that that practice is definitely not the flavour of the month here. As to copyright, if the text has been published, it is copyright and not compatible with our free licences. Please see WP:COPYRIGHT. Text can be licensed, but that was so promotional that it would have been tagged for that if there had not been the copyright problem. Licensing of text can only be done by the owner of the copyright anyway, and this involves licensing it so that it is free for anyone anywhere to use, including use by modifying it (which could even lead to it appearing on a rival's website without any chance of stopping them). Text that looks like promotion or advertising is treated as that no matter how good the intentions of the poster - which we find it hard to assess at a distance. We go by the principle in WP:DUCK. As to your previous editing, I can find one external link to what was probably a commercial site, and which was subsequently removed. If you can write neutrally about notable subjects (and reference them too), you are welcome to do so. If your interest here is only SEO or other PR, you are likely to find it unrewarding. Peridon (talk) 17:49, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]