User talk:Joc

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Joc, good luck, and have fun. – Robert McClenon (talk) 21:05, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

COI[edit]

Please don't add your comments to someone else's message on another topic, I've fixed it now.

When you write about a person, you must

provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that they meet the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the person or an associated organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the person claims or interviewing them. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls.

Your sources were his own imdb and social media, not the indepedent third-party sources we require here
You said in your article that he was a math teacher [1], coder and engineer[2], YouTube science educator and initiated a fund raiser. None of these make him notable as defined above, even if they had proper references. No mention of how much you claimed he raised, let alone independent verificaion.
What you or anyone else think of his videos isn't a criterion of notability as linked above

You must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.
There shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
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You should use wikilinks, like sudden infant death syndrome

You said I agree that the initial page was limited and needs improvements, but one has to start somewhere That's what draft space is for, especially when it's clear that English isn't your first language.

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:46, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]