Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to
Basketball Manitoba, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the
edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been
reverted. Please make use of the
sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you.
Mlpearc
MESSAGE 02:47, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Basketball in Manitoba
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Feezo
(Talk) 22:22, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Basketball Manitoba, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://www.basketballmanitoba.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=26 http://www.basketballmanitoba.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=114 http://www.basketballmanitoba.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2853&Itemid=382, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.
If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:
- If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Basketball Manitoba and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, Basketball Manitoba, in your email. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
- If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0", or that the material is released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Basketball Manitoba with a link to where we can find that note.
- If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License, and note that you have done so on Talk:Basketball Manitoba. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for instructions.
It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.
If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Basketball Manitoba saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Jackmcbarn ( talk) 21:01, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
- Why can't I edit Wikipedia?
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{{
unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read the
guide to appealing blocks first. Daniel Case ( talk) 03:22, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Baskman ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Requested username:
Request reason:
Decline reason:
Here are a few key questions:
- Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
Yes.
- Do you understand conflict of interest?
Yes. A majority of the page is cited by outside sources.
- Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?
Yes. All the references made in the article were noted as required by outside sources. Much of the page content was updated by others I don't know and I searched for the external references to add credibility to the updates by others to the page over the last year.
Is there anything that can be done by me to rectify this issue in Wikipedia's eyes?
You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been
promoting, contrary to
the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above.
Bjelleklang -
talk 09:38, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to
Basketball Manitoba, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the
edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been
reverted. Please make use of the
sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you.
Mlpearc
MESSAGE 02:47, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Basketball in Manitoba
If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on Basketball in Manitoba requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.
If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} to the top of
the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on
the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.
Feezo
(Talk) 22:22, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Basketball Manitoba, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://www.basketballmanitoba.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=26 http://www.basketballmanitoba.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=114 http://www.basketballmanitoba.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2853&Itemid=382, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.
If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:
- If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Basketball Manitoba and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, Basketball Manitoba, in your email. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
- If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0", or that the material is released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Basketball Manitoba with a link to where we can find that note.
- If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License, and note that you have done so on Talk:Basketball Manitoba. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for instructions.
It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.
If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Basketball Manitoba saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Jackmcbarn ( talk) 21:01, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
- Why can't I edit Wikipedia?
Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
- Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?
Probably not, although if you can demonstrate a pattern of future editing in strict accordance with our neutral point of view policy, you may be granted this right. See Wikipedia's FAQ for Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again.
- What can I do now?
If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you may consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
If you do intend to make useful contributions here about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
- Add the text
{{ unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}}on your user talk page. - Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy.
- Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
- Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
- Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.
{{
unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read the
guide to appealing blocks first. Daniel Case ( talk) 03:22, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Baskman ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Requested username:
Request reason:
Decline reason:
Here are a few key questions:
- Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
Yes.
- Do you understand conflict of interest?
Yes. A majority of the page is cited by outside sources.
- Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?
Yes. All the references made in the article were noted as required by outside sources. Much of the page content was updated by others I don't know and I searched for the external references to add credibility to the updates by others to the page over the last year.
Is there anything that can be done by me to rectify this issue in Wikipedia's eyes?
You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been
promoting, contrary to
the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above.
Bjelleklang -
talk 09:38, 29 July 2013 (UTC)