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Hello, Sculpture by the Sea, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Sculpture by the Sea, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
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before the question. Again, welcome! I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 01:48, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback and suggestions [User:I dream of horses|I dream of horses]]. I have requested a change of username. I feel the contributions to the page are neutral, but will happily take your advice on asking you or another editor to proofread. New to Wikipedia and appreciate your advice! Sculpture by the Sea (talk) 05:26, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
Copyright problem: Sculpture by the Sea
[edit]Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Sculpture by the Sea, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://www.sculpturebythesea.com/exhibitions/cottesloe.aspx, http://www.perpetual.com.au/philanthropy-awards.aspx, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.
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If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Sculpture by the Sea saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Jojalozzo 02:16, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
- Hello Joja. Own the copyright to the material on page Sculpture by the Sea and have emailed "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Thank you for your concern.
- Sculpture by the Sea (talk) 03:15, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
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[edit]Message added 05:32, 19 April 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
JW SxS, you are invited to the Teahouse
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