User talk:SocialScholar

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:SocialScholar/sandbox

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A tag has been placed on User:SocialScholar/sandbox requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.eyeonleicester.co.uk/post/george-sfougaras. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely 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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Dear rsjaffe,

Thank you for the warm welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for your review of my Wikipedia page. I am an inexperienced Wikipedia contributor and tried hard to follow the rules, but did not realise that quoting directly from a source was not allowed. From the information you have provided here, I fully understand that this was a breach of Wikipedia's copyright, and thank you for alerting me to that. I would like to request that you kindly undelete the page for me, and move it to draft status (obviously minus the quoted text just mentioned), as I was actually in the very early stages of drafting the article, and had created a table with information in every row that had independent sources, which I still intended to add - thus addressing issues of notability and reliability. I thought by placing the text in my sandbox, I could take a few days to complete it before it went for review, but from reading further in the Help section, I now understand that there is a separate process for creating drafts. Please be assured that I will not use any direct quotes in the revised text.

I look forward to hearing from you - SocialScholar. SocialScholar (talk) 18:59, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry we had to do that, but Wikipedia is very strict regarding copyright violations. I’m not an administrator, so don’t have access to the deleted article. You could post on the deleting admin’s talk page (User talk:Athaenara) and ask her if she could do that for you. One of the best resources I’ve seen for adapting sources without copying or close paraphrasing (which is also a copyright violation) is WP:FIXCLOSEPARA. It’s a quick read. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 19:13, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, SocialScholar, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited 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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Hello Jimfbleak and thank you for the welcome! I appreciate the links you have shared and will certainly take you up on your offer of a proofread before I submit it - many thanks! SocialScholar (talk) 08:36, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again imfbleak. I am writing to ask if you are able to proofread my article - Draft:George Sfougaras - before I submit it. I have done my best to follow all the guidelines and have declared my conflict of interest on the Talk page. Please let me know if you don't have time and would prefer me to ask another editor. Many thanks for the support you provide to new contributors like myself, and for your role in helping to keep Wikipedia unbiased. I look forward to hearing from you. SocialScholar (talk) 19:18, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've tidied a bit, added a couple of links, fixed the category and rephrased to clarify that what you claim isn't an objective fact. Also remove two links, the ukprinters one is both unreliable and dead, and YouTube isn't suitable, and amounts to self-promotion. You should probably submit and see what the reviewers say Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:51, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks Jimfbleak - that is greatly appreciated. I have submitted the draft article for review. SocialScholar (talk) 13:04, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]