User talk:Jsingerboston
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Draperlab (talk) 13:36, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
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July 2011[edit]
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has been reverted.
Your edit here to Charles Stark Draper Laboratory was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.youtube.com/user/draperlaboratory/) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a media file (e.g. a sound or video file) on an external server, then note that linking to such files may be subject to Wikipedia's copyright policy, as well as other parts of our external links guideline. If the information you linked to is indeed in violation of copyright, then such information should not be linked to. Please consider using our upload facility to upload a suitable media file, or consider linking to the original.
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Jsingerboston (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
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Hello, I would like to bring my account into compliance to get unblocked, and am a little confused about how to do so. I attempted to appeal to the admin who had blocked me, but haven't gotten a response, perhaps because I'm not doing this right. I work at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, which has an existing Wiki page that was created by someone else -- none of us know who. Unfortunately, the page's info ends in 1973, which has me concerned that some readers may have the impression that our work ended in 1973. That is very much not the case, and I tried to edit the article, based on information that is already online, to give a general overview of what Draper Lab does today. I had thought that using the name DraperLab would be beneficial for transparency, and did not realize that it was against the rules. I am happy to work with any admin here who can help me get unblocked, bring my account into compliance, and allow me to edit the page in keeping with Wikipedia guidelines. Thanks! Jeremy Draperlab (talk) 15:11, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Alex, I work at Draper Laboratory. We have seen that our existing page -- which was created by someone else -- has not been updated with information past 1973, and we're trying to add some brief info that would bring it into the present day, and do so in a transparent fashion. What's the best way for us to get unblocked and do this?
Thanks, Jeremy Singer Draperlab (talk) 20:31, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
- One of the reasons your account is blocked is because it's a role account, which is not permitted. It seems that you are blocked from creating a new account. You may be able to let the admins change the block settings to a {{softerblock}}, in order for you to create a personal account. Then, you'll be able to edit, but you'll have to make sure not to cause a conflict of interest. — Waterfox ~talk~ 19:43, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
I'm interested[edit]
Hello Mr. Singer, My family has a long past connection with Draper Laboratories. In 2013 I did a major rewrite to better reflect the accomplishments of the laboratory.
I note that you are the media relations manager, which makes it a higher bar, but not impossible for you to conform to WP:NPOV with your contributions. I see further that there is a lot of newsworthy material in the press releases on the Draper website. I would be happy to consider further and continuing updates if you can point me towards instances where reliable sources, such as newspapers or trade magazines (especially on the caliber of Aviation Week) pick up on the material that you are releasing and publish it. You could then provide a link around which I could update information in the article.
Pictures that Draper is willing to publish in Wikimedia Commons would also be welcome. They might be the shot that you chose not to use in the brochure or web page, but still illustrates the subject and which you are willing to put into the public domain. I'll watch this page for any news and replies that you may have. BTW, the new logo is not subject to copyright, even though it has legal status as a trademark; this was also the case with the old logo. Sincerely, User:HopsonRoad 17:34, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
File source problem with File:Draper Lab Cambridge headquarters building.jpg[edit]
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