User talk:Concreteideas

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==Copyright issue with Acid stain==

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Acid stain, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a direct copy from http://www.concreteideas.com/concrete_ideas/interior_floors/stained_concrete/acid_stained_concrete_basics. As a copyright violation, Acid stain appears to qualify for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Acid stain has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If the source is a credible one, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source.

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 the GFDL, you can comment to that effect on Talk:Acid stain. If the article has already been deleted, but you have a proper release, you can reenter the content at Acid stain, after describing the release on the talk page. However, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. CrashingWave 02:55, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Copyright issue with Polished concrete

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Polished concrete, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a direct copy from http://www.concreteideas.com/concrete_ideas/interior_floors/polished_concrete/overview_of_polished_concrete. As a copyright violation, Polished concrete appears to qualify for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Polished concrete has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If the source is a credible one, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source.

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 the GFDL, you can comment to that effect on Talk:Polished concrete. If the article has already been deleted, but you have a proper release, you can reenter the content at Polished concrete, after describing the release on the talk page. However, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. CrashingWave 03:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Copyright issue with Concrete countertops

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Concrete countertops, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.concreteideas.com/concrete_ideas/countertops_and_accessories/kitchen_countertops/concrete_kitchen_countertops. As a copyright violation, Concrete countertops appears to qualify for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Concrete countertops has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. For text material, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source, provided that it is credible.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GFDL, you can comment to that effect on Talk:Concrete countertops. If the article or image has already been deleted, but you have a proper release, you can reenter the content at Concrete countertops, after describing the release on the talk page. However, for text content, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Jhinman 00:53, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

External links issues

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the external links you added to the page Decorative concrete do not comply with our guidelines for external links. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.--Bonadea 08:48, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Conflict of interest and username policies

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1. editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
2. participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors;
3. linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam); and,
4. avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you.

See WP:U for username policy. --Ronz (talk) 22:12, 9 March 2009 (UTC)