User talk:RBC Williams
Managing a conflict of interest
[edit] Hello, RBC Williams. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:
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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 13:16, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
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The page Draft:Cheshunt Rugby Club has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appeared to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appeared to be a direct copy from https://www.cheshuntrugby.co.uk/a/history-of-cheshunt-rfc-29840.html. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition has been be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
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The main purpose of a Wikipedia article is to summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage choose to say about the topic, not what the topic says about itself. Specifically, we don't want to know what the club considers to be its own history, we want to know what independent sources say is the history of the club. 331dot (talk) 13:22, 1 November 2023 (UTC)