User talk:WWIAF
January 2018[edit]
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Speedy deletion nomination of User:WWIAF/sandbox[edit]
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A tag has been placed on User:WWIAF/sandbox requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from wwiaf.org/our-history. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
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Welcome![edit]
Hello, WWIAF, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.
One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)
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).
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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, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! BusterD (talk) 01:27, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
How to proceed from here[edit]
Hi there! This message is intended for someone who might want to edit Wikipedia but has fallen afoul of the policies and guideline which keep Wikipedia from turning into Facebook. If that human being who created the account and build the sandbox page is still interested in seeing this worthy organization get coverage, there may be a way to proceed which doesn't violate those rules. I hope the following doesn't come across as condescending; I just want to make a new editor aware there is a path forward.
I am not writing this in order to extract any compensation from your organization. Paid editing is frowned upon on Wikipedia, though some paid editors do work here, often under some very restrictive and transparent guides. If anyone asks you for compensation, they are exactly the wrong kind of Wikipedia person to talk to.
First, usernames can't represent themselves as being for more than one person. So User:WWIAF violates our username policy and it was blocked. However, someone could create a username like User:WWIAF Roger or User:Friend of WWIAF. These usernames are acceptable because they identify as a person, not an organization.
Second, we take copyright violations very seriously here. When found it's usually deleted quickly, as it was today. Some companies might not want a word for word copy of their website on Wikipedia, where anybody could come by five minutes later and change it. That might make such a contributor very unhappy, but that's exactly what would happen if such were posted, as was done today in the sandbox. Bad for the organization, bad for Wikipedia. This text has been deleted and cannot be restored.
Third, Wikipedia is not a web host. The encyclopedia doesn't exist for the purpose of advertising or publicizing people places or things. It exists in order to bring as much knowledge to as many people as possible. We curate this information in order to prune it, nurture it, and help it grow. In order for an organization, for example, to be included in the encyclopedia they need to meet certain criteria for venerability and notability. The most basic criteria is what we call WP:General Notability Guideline or WP:GNG. The criteria for organizations in specific is what we call WP:Notability (organizations and companies) or WP:ORG. What these guidelines tell the editor is that to be included, the organization must be covered by multiple and diverse reliable sources independent of the subject, directly detailing the subject. Following and skimming those links given above will give a contributor some idea about what we're asking for.
Finally, and this is the most challenging: Wikipedia discourages editors from writing about subject with which they have a personal or professional connection (WP:COI). This means if I'm a writer of novels, I can't promote that writing here. I can't advertise my burgers, my art museum, my wildlife preserve. That said, nothing prevents me from editing or contributing about subjects I know and enjoy. Walking this fine line is the challenge for a connected editor.
Let's say I was associated with a non-profit organization which does wonderful things and helps many people. An organization like that deserves a wider exposure and is to be commended for their community spirit. Perhaps that organization has been written about by the local newspaper, or a regional one. Maybe NPR has done a podcast or Time Magazine covered the organization. If that organization helped veterans perhaps that group has been covered in Navy Times, Stars and Stripes, or VFW's Checkpoint. All these kinds of sources could be used to base notability of a Wikipedia article on the subject. If I wanted to see such an article, I might start collecting as much of that material as possible.
Once one has gathered a fair amount of material (say 5 to 7 such articles, a bare minimum of 3), I might revisit the creation of an article, in encyclopedic tone, anchored with citation. When I was ready, I'd visit Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation and follow the instructions for creating a lasting page. I'd go to the Teahouse and ask for some help from Wikipedians who like to see new editors succeed. And I'd call on the guy who took the time to write this lengthy message, a man literally born in the US Navy who cares deeply about military personnel and their families.
Don't be discouraged. Feel free to call on me if I can be of any assistance. BusterD (talk) 02:16, 5 January 2018 (UTC)