User talk:EducationOasis

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EducationOasis, good luck, and have fun. – S Philbrick (Talk) 13:54, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Issues with American School of Marrakesh

Unfortunately, there are major problems with your edits to American School of Marrakesh. There are too many to address on a case-by-case basis so I am reverting the article to an earlier version and encourage you to start over (If you do not have a conflict of interest) with edits, doing so slowly so that experienced editors can help confirm whether they are appropriate.

The first issue is whether you are employed or closely associated with the organization. That appears to be the case. If so you need to read the conflict of interest policy: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. In particular please pay attention to the declaring an interest section.

I'll mention a couple of the problems with the article.

We take copyright very seriously. It is not acceptable to copy and paste material from a source even if referenced. It is acceptable to use relatively short quotes if the material is included in quotes. We can also discuss issues such as the mission statement which by definition should not be paraphrased and might be longer than typical quotes.

I see that you are including references which is good but we almost never include references in a section heading.

It is great that you included some photos, but the size you used is far too large. There are some rare examples where a very wide photo may be appropriate, such as a stunning panorama, but the side you used is a multiple of what is generally appropriate.

I see that you included a logo and have arranged for a free license. While this is acceptable, it is quite rare for an organization to be willing to give up control over the logo. In most cases, logos are incorporated under a fair use provision. If it truly is the case that the organization is willing to give up control of its logo, that's fine, but we will want a clear permission statement from an official with the authority to make that decision.

I don't know whether this is a complete list — it's just a few items I noticed while checking for a copyright issue.--S Philbrick (Talk) 14:15, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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--S Philbrick (Talk) 14:50, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]