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User talk:Acoloradospin

Hello, I'm Ainlina. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Assurance Wireless have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Thanks, Ainlina(box)? 22:56, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Ainlina. I am not trying to promote, but right now Assurance Wireless wiki redirects to Virgin Mobile (who had owned it a few years ago.) They are no longer affiliated so the redirect is incorrect. Is it best to just delete the redirect and then state the change in ownership on the Assurance Page? Thanks@ Acoloradospin

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Assurance Wireless, you may be blocked from editing. VQuakr (talk) 23:07, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you VQuakr I am not trying to be disruptive. Can you tell me how to get the redirect from Assurance Wireless to Virgin Mobile removed? They are not affiliated. Thanks. Assurance Wireless is owned by T-Mobile. (User talk:acoloradospin)

How about writing a bit about them (start with a sentence or two) at T-Mobile US, then updating the redirect there? It doesn't make sense to retarget the redirect until the T-mobile page at least mentions Assurance. VQuakr (talk) 01:26, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Acoloradospin! Your additions to Assurance Wireless 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, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

• You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
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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) 14:37, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]