User talk:Young People's Theatre
Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, and I noticed that your username, "Young People's Theatre", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87".
Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a username change that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 18:23, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
September 2014
Hello, I'm I dream of horses. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 18:24, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
Talkback
Message added 18:43, 26 September 2014 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Young People's Theatre, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages; user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.
If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: Click here to contest this speedy deletion which appears inside of the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy deletion candidate). Doing so will take you to your user talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also edit this page directly to give your reasons, 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 help make it encyclopedic. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. INeverCry 21:19, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Young People's Theatre, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or 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 a cited source. 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 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.
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- Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied without attribution. If you want to copy from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in 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. — MusikAnimal talk 21:42, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
September 2014
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 ~~~~}} below this notice.
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 ~~~~}} below this notice. Thank you. — MusikAnimal talk 21:43, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
Sept. 2015 - page block
- @Davidwr:Hello - I understand now what the guidelines are for editing and that I am not allowed to edit on behalf of the company. How can Young People's Theatre be unblocked to allow other people to see it? YPT50 (talk) 16:25, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
- @Davidwr: I have now created a new user account. Please let me know what the next steps are. Clare36 (talk) 16:29, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
- I recommend going to WP:TEAHOUSE to get help getting acclimated to Wikipedia. Since that "old" account is almost certain to never be unblocked unless we change our username policy (which I assume you've read by now) it's probably best to just start over with this new account and stop editing with any other account altogether. Second, as you know from reading Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline it's best to avoid editing pages about topics that are "close" to you in any way, shape, or form. This means if your or any of your relatives are involved with that theatre or if they have any significant financial involvement beyond making the occasional small donation or occasionally buying tickets, they should be very very careful editing the page. The more involvement they have (including involvement by family members) the more careful they should be. When in doubt, don't edit the page. A little disclaimer is in order: Even if I wanted to unblock the account, I couldn't: 1) I am not an administrator, and 2) even if I was, I would could not unblock it unless I believed that the username conformed to Wikipedia's username rules, which is not the case. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 18:13, 25 September 2015 (UTC)