User talk:Architect Office

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Architect Office! Your additions to Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects 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:

Limited quotation: You may only copy or translate a small portion of a source. Any direct quotations must be enclosed in double quotation marks (") and properly cited using an inline citation. More information is available on the non-free content page. To learn how to cite a source, see Help:Referencing for beginners.
Paraphrasing: Beyond limited quotations, you are required to put all information in your own words. Following the source's wording too closely can lead to copyright issues and is not permitted; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when paraphrasing, you must still cite your sources as appropriate.
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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. Ligaturama (talk) 10:49, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand the issue with my earlier update. I cannot see the copyright issue Architect Office (talk) 11:40, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per my edit summary, it's partly copied word-for-word from an external website. Also the entirety of your additions are unsourced - see WP:CITE. Ligaturama (talk) 16:21, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'm not sure what website you are talking about but if it is a copy it is taken from our website and so is perfectly acceptable from a copyright viewpoint. I would also like to know how to upload our crest of arms - can you advise? Architect Office (talk) 17:11, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, it isn't "perfectly acceptable from a copyright viewpoint". Please read the notice above and also the CoI notice below. Ligaturama (talk) 17:14, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Architect Office. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects, 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;
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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. Ligaturama (talk) 10:50, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain why the content I uploaded is preblematic Architect Office (talk) 11:56, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You cannot post copyrighted material on Wikipedia - even if you are the copyright holder, or have the copyright holder's permission - unless the material has been released for use by the verified copyright owner into the public domain or under a license compatible with Wikipedia. These licenses allow anyone — not just Wikipedia — to share, distribute, transmit, and adapt your work, free of charge and in perpetuity, provided that you are attributed as the author. Also, because some derivative works may be commercial, we cannot accept materials that are licensed only for educational use or even for general non-commercial use. Releasing the material is both permanent and irrevocable.

Secondly, your edits removed sourced content and replaced it with unsourced content. Everything in a Wikipedia article has to be properly cited to reliable and independent sources. Sources are considered reliable if they have an established reputation for fact-checking and editorial oversight. Sources are considered independent if they have no personal, political or financial interest in the article's subject. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 06:03, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is not copyrighted material. It is taken from the WCCA website and uploaded to Wikipedia with the permission of the Company. Please can the content be reinstated and an proper explanation be given by a human representative of Wikipedia. I would also like a human to help me with uploading an image to our Wikipedia entry Architect Office (talk) 09:16, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Part of your addition was from https://templebar.london/ which contains a copyright notice on it. In addition, once again, please read the parts of the copyright notice posted above concerning attribution and paraphrasing.

It should be obvious why we can't take your word on having the permission of any copyright holder to copy any text. On this subject, see the part of the copyright notice posted above concerning donating copyrighted material.

And reinstating the material wouldn't address the issue of it being unsourced anyway. Ligaturama (talk) 10:43, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few other points to discuss:

There are no official "representatives" of Wikipedia; all of its users are volunteers. There are no paid staff members who edit articles or provide customer service; this is a collaborative project run by volunteer editors. Some editors who have a good standing and a long, constructive history have administrative rights, but they do not "represent" Wikipedia or its parent body, the Wikimedia Foundation.
You still have not made the proper disclosure of paid editing, as it is clear that you represent the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects. Please review and comply with this mandatory policy.
Please be aware that the company has no right of ownership or control over the content of the article about it. As mentioned, Wikipedia is a collaborative project to build an encyclopedia of notable topics. Anyone can edit any article at any time, and no single editor has the right to insist that an article remain at a version they prefer. The goal is to achieve consensus while meeting Wikipedia's core policies of verifiability, neutrality and reliable sourcing.

--Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:52, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you specifically requesting help from a human? Do you think that Ligaturama and Drm310 are not human? jlwoodwa (talk) 01:31, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 2024

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