User talk:Emily Kebert

December 2017

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 02:13, 8 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Mizzou Education, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to University of Missouri College of Education have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of 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 sources to avoid copyright and 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 the 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 legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are PD or compatibly licensed) it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, the help desk or the Teahouse 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 must follow the copyright attribution steps in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. See also 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) 02:26, 8 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Emily Kebert (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

Emily Kebert (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Individual name instead of org, new to this and appreciate the help Mizzou Education (talk) 14:01, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Renamed and unblocked. Please remember to read WP:COI and WP:PAID before editing further. You have a conflict of interest and must disclose this prior to editing any more. :) Yamla (talk) 14:07, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

As you have refused to comply with WP:COI despite two prior warnings, I have now blocked you indefinitely. Any administrator is free to unblock you if you agree to refrain from any further edits to University of Missouri College of Education and any other subject area for which you have a conflict of interest. WP:GAB will explain how to craft an appropriate unblock request. --Yamla (talk) 17:20, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I hope I'm doing this right... Hi Yamla, thank you, and my apologies. I reviewed your prior message and was reminded of the previous COI issue. I'm trying to read through the pages you linked and understand how to proceed. I think that I need to disclose the COI, by adding {{connected contributor (paid)}}at the top of my talk page. I’ve read the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure page. Do I understand correctly that I need to add: | User1 = Emily Kebert | U1-employer = MU College of Education | U1-client = | U1-EH = yes | U1-banned = | U1-otherlinks = above == December 2017 == on my talk page? I’m sorry for these questions. This is very new to me and I definitely do not want to break the rules. I figure I should understand this before I proceed with an unblock request. Appreciate your help and guidance. Emily Emily Kebert (talk) 18:38, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, at the top of your user page rather than your user talk page, but essentially yes. However, given your repeated violations, you are not going to be unblocked to write about the MU College of Education. If instead you wish to write about other things, subject areas for which you have no conflict of interest, you are very welcome to tell us what you'll write about instead! --Yamla (talk) 19:10, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm truly sorry and had no intention of breaking wiki rules due to COI. It was 2 years since I last updated the page. I was told to update the ranking and just logged in an updated, without remembering the previous issues except the username part was vague in my mind. I now understand the COI and need for paid contribution disclosure. I totally want to follow the rules, truly. I respect the platform and want to do things the right way. If there's any chance you can reconsider, I would greatly appreciate it. If not, I understand. I apologize for my mistake and thank you for your time either way. Emily Kebert (talk) 19:47, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Again, "you are very welcome to tell us what you'll write about instead". Once we are convinced you won't violate WP:COI again and aren't interested in writing about the MU College of Education but will instead write about other things, we'll be happy to unblock you! --Yamla (talk) 21:34, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Emily

I created the college of Ed page and am currently working on University of Missouri School of Music. If you’d like updates at University of Missouri College of Education I’d be happy to make them. If there is information from the colleges website you think is relevant I won’t upload copyrighted material, but I’m pretty good at paraphrasing. Grey Wanderer (talk) 15:07, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]