Wikipedia and copyright[edit]

Control copyright icon Hello Sofiejenkinson, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Institute for Public Policy Research has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. 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.

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. — Diannaa (talk) 16:15, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Diannaa - I don't think I'm breaking any copyright laws here as I work for the Institute of Public Policy Research and so not only have permission but we operate as open source. Sofiejenkinson (talk) 16:37, 9 May 2016 (UTC) sofiejenkinson[reply]

I'm not seeing any indication on the source website that the material is released under a compatible license or released into the public domain. If the copyright holder wishes to release this material to Wikipedia under license, please have them follow the instructions at WP:donating copyright materials.

Conflict of interest[edit]

If you are employed by the institute, you have a conflict of interest and should not be editing the article at all. Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 16:44, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]