Jmaya10

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing 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 , and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 15:06, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Jmaya10! Your additions to Gary Kurfirst have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 15:06, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello Compassionate727!, thank you for reaching out to me. I completely understand your message and wish to rectify. I believe the question on hand pertains to the issue with CelebrityAccess. I have access/proof to the original source of the copy that was placed within Gary Kurfirst Wikipedia page from the original Author, Katie Elliot. CelebrityAccess actually used Katie's copy and placed it within their site. In this particular case, what would be the best course of action to resolve this and have my most recent changes placed back. Would putting you in contact with Katie solve this? Would I have to reference another site? If I have the original author's permission, would that suffice? Thank you! Jmaya10 (talk) 22:49, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Normally, we would ask her to update the page containing her article to license it under a CC-BY-SA-compatible license, but I'm guessing that she doesn't control the CelebrityAccess website, and if she sold the rights to her article to them, this may not be legally possible anyway. Let me loop Diannaa in on this, she'll have more experience than me with situations like this. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 16:46, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@Jmaya10: Thank you for your interest in working on Wikipedia. There are a couple of problems with your submission. You cannot post copyright material on Wikipedia even if you are the copyright holder or have their permission, unless special documentation is in place. That is because Wikipedia aims to be freely distributable and copyable by anyone, and all content must have the appropriate documentation in place before that can happen. Please see Wikipedia:donating copyrighted materials which explains how it works.

The second problem is that you appear to have a conflict of interest. Writing or editing an article about a client or someone you know personally is strongly discouraged, as it is difficult to maintain the required neutral point of view. According to our terms of use, paid editors and people editing on behalf of their employer are required to disclose their conflict of interest by posting a notice on their user page or talk page. I have placed some information about conflict of interest below. — Diannaa (talk) 18:48, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you @Compassionate727 and great to be speaking with you @Diannaa, I appreciate everyone's input as I understand Wikipedia requirements and rules at a higher level. I also understand your feedback using copyright material even if I have access to the original author's article before being used on CelebrityAccess' page. Could I potentially rewrite the entire section so be an original take? To do so, would I be able to revert the changes that were taken down, rewrite the section and publish? I did my best to reference and provide credit as much as possible. I hope to resolve this soon. Thank you again @Diannaa Jmaya10 (talk) 21:04, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Writing your own sourced content is always an option. — Diannaa (talk) 01:41, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Jmaya10. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Gary Kurfirst, 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
• 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 Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
• 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, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 18:48, 18 August 2024 (UTC)