User talk:Drm310

Holiday Swap Disclosure

Hi Drm310,

Please be advised that I have received no payment, direct or indirect for the writing/editing of the Holiday Swap page.

A copy of this disclosure will be posted on the Holiday Swap talk page - please advise as to whether I need to take any further actions in order to stop the page being deleted.

W0tti (talk) 19:21, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Regarding the social media pages you have discovered, if you could be a little more specific, maybe I could alleviate your scepticism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by W0tti (talk • contribs) 17:01, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

The WP:PRIVACY policy prevents me from specifying this publicly. I contacted the administrator DGG with my concerns and perhaps he could weigh in on the matter. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:11, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

What I suggested doing in this case , and what is being done, is to deal with the article in our usual fashion, which in this case is the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holiday Swap (2nd nomination). Articles as promotional as this, will almost always be removed no matter who wrote it. DGG ( talk ) 18:19, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Submit a new page

Hello,

Thank you for advice, I submit a business page , I am new I need some guideline. Talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectorbuilder I understand previous link was incorrect can you please check this flowing links .... are this relabel? or I am still wrong

https://www.livescience.com/64388-boy-encoded-and-injected-dna-bible-quran.html

https://finexaminer.com/2019/03/28/horrell-capital-management-boosted-microstrategy-mstr-stake-streamline-health-solutions-strm-shorts-down-by-7-23/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Houston-media (talk • contribs) 06:27, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

@Houston-media: Please review Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). A company is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability. All content must be verifiable. If no independent, third-party, reliable sources can be found on a topic, then Wikipedia should not have an article on it.

The sources you provided have only brief mentions of the company, so they lack the required depth of coverage to establish it as notable. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:43, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

108th Aviation

Sir or Ma'am,

I am a member of the 1-108th Aviation, Kansas Army National Guard.

I am direct copying the information from the Unit History, attempting to update the Regiment's Wikipedia Page to contain accurate information and not be blank and empty.

Please let me know how I can help others who may be seeking out the History of this Regiment via Wikipedia. If needed, I can gladly provide my .mil email address and Office Phone Number to corroborate my authenticity.

Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coigligh (talk • contribs) 11:53, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

For starters, I would review Wikipedia's plain and simple conflict of interest guide. We advise users not to edit articles where they have a personal or professional connection with the topic. It is not prohibited outright, but discouraged because of the inherent difficulty in adhering to the required neutral point of view.

You should also place this code on your userpage (User:Coigligh):

{{UserboxCOI
|1=108th Aviation Regiment (United States)
}}

This will visibly disclose your connection to this topic. Other users will appreciate your honesty as a sign of good faith.

Most importantly, you cannot post copyrighted material on Wikipedia even if you are the copyright holder, unless special licensing permissions are in place. In short, a copyright owner cannot offer Wikipedia a one-time license for use. Rather, the copyright to the material has to be released – permanently and irrevocably – into the public domain or under a free copyright license that is compatible with Wikipedia's licenses. This is because Wikipedia aims to be freely distributable and copyable by anyone, so all content must be licensed for that purpose. You can learn more about this policy at Wikipedia:Copyrights.

If you'd like to use the copyrighted content in an article, you can follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission on how to obtain the proper licensing. If you are the copyright holder, refer to Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for how to grant us permission to use your content. Alternatively, you could write a new article that does not closely paraphrase the material available online. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. However, be aware that any content you submit can be edited by other users at any time, and can change substantially over time. Article content is arrived at by consensus, and no single editor has any right of sole ownership or editorial control.

My recommendation is that you use the article's talk page and use the {{request edit}} template to post your proposed changes for other editors to review. This will guarantee that an impartial third party will critique your additions, and make any changes that will lessen the likelihood that they are challenged in the future. Good luck. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:36, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Problematic username

Hi there, Vayyar2019 seems to have an organization for a username and links to that company from his userpage. They also seemed destined to violate COI rules, ARBIPA and a bunch of other stuff which gets newbies templated to death. Mind taking a look? Hydromania (talk) 17:21, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

It's a pretty obvious WP:CORPNAME problem, and the userpage is spam and can't be left up. Aside from the warning you left them already, there's not much to do until they (hopefully) change their username. If they don't, I would take it to UAA. If they do, I'd remind them of WP:COI and WP:PAID. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:45, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I just didn't want to bite, as they seem to so far be editing constructively and don't seem to be an SPA. Hydromania (talk) 17:58, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

City of Clyde Texas

I am working on writing new material so please be patient. This is my job but I only work part-time. The City Administrator just wanted our material to reflect more accurate information about the City of Clyde, Texas. City of Clyde (talk) 15:48, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

@City of Clyde: You should be aware of a few important points:

1. Copyrighted material that has not been properly released is not allowed on Wikipedia - not even for a short time. Copyright violations are removed as soon as they are discovered.
2. Your account name violates Wikipedia's username policy. We do not allow accounts to represent organizations, only individuals. Please request a change of username, as your account as it's currently named will be blocked from editing.
3. Article content is not owned or controlled by the subject of the article. Please be aware that any content you submit can be changed by other users, perhaps substantially over time.
4. We discourage users from directly editing articles where they have an inherent conflict of interest. Instead we advise them to request changes on the article talk page with the {{request edit}} template.
5. As you have stated that you are working for the city, you will need to declare yourself as a paid editor per Wikipedia's paid editing disclosure policy.
6. Wikipedia expects that content added is verifiable by providing citations to reliable sources that are independent of the article's subject. Primary sources can be used for basic facts and figures, but not interpretations of those facts.

--Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:56, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Signing posts

Tks for letting me know about signing articles. Saskatoon, by the way, had an excellent tram system, which seems to have been torn out for no other reason than "going along with (er, modern???) trends." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tramfish (talk • contribs) 15:32, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Yes, the streetcar system was discontinued sometime in the 1950s... long before I was born. By the way, you didn't sign your comment above... --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:05, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Kalpana Mohan Page

Hi, I really appreciate your guidance & help for a beginner. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yashkkaryan (talk • contribs) 18:55, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Kalpana Mohan Page

Thank you, Sir

Sir I have followed your advice writing in a neutral point of view and finding reliable sources in my case. Which I did the article of Times of India is a reliable source. Link: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shammi-Kapoors-Gulbadan-Kalpana-Mohan-dies-at-65/etarticleshow/11433606.cms?referral=PM

Sir, the line ” Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru often invited Kalpana, a trained Kathak dancer, to dance at the Rashtrapati Bhavan whenever dignitaries visited”. This line is a part of the newspaper article. It is the straight copy and pastes from the article. So the point why it is removed? It had not violated neutral point of view.

Sir if India 1st Prime Minister call you to perform at prestigious Rashtrapati Bhavan before Foreign dignitaries visited. It is indeed a great high in an Individual career. It is one of her career highlights. But her achievement was deleted, Could you please explain it?

Also, Sir an extra line, Which I quote “Her third film, Professor (1962), was successful. It starred Shammi Kapoor, who earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actor. In 1965” My objection is to the line “who earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actor. In 1965” Sir, my question is does this line is a Kalpana Mohan achievement? Then why it is on her page. It can be an achievement for actor Shammi Kapoor so it has to be on his page or in the film, Professor (1962) page but definitely not hers.

One more point I like to highlight does the Filmography I added differ from the name already mention on Kalpana Mohan Page. I have only added them in chronological order of release. I had already provided the link cite my source using a reference. Which I did but still I have been asked to provide more reliable citation links. The link was not reliable? My point of contention is Kalpana Mohan Page is based on the same above link.

Sir, I request can you please provide clarity on the above matter. The matter is looked by Masumrezarock100 Thank you, Sir, for your help in advance. Yashkkaryan (talk) 15:01, 26 April 2019 (UTC) Yash Aryan

Wik-authoring COI editnotices

Hi Drm310, I noticed that you placed several COI notices on a series of pages that I believe are those edited by user Wik-authoring. If so, please note that I, where that hadn't already been done, reverted this user's edits, so I don't think the notices are necessary. Regards, Lordtobi (✉) 15:03, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

@Lordtobi: Isn't the intent of {{COI editnotice}} to serve as a notice to extant and future editors with a COI not to edit the article directly, even if their edits have been reverted? --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:07, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Drm310, not really, since it is a banner that usually turns both editors and readers away from an article due to a preceived bad quality. The banner further suggests that the present state of an article was bugged with active involvement of COI'd editors, which is not the case. The user in question has also not been active since I reverted their edits (except for the partial discourse on their talk page, of course). Regards, Lordtobi (✉) 15:10, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Orgizational Editorials

Hello please refer to the "Canadore College" wiki page. I would like to know how to get back edits to finish what I have been tasked with as well as prevent content disruptions, as my manager had perviously made changes that were all reverted last year.

Any advice or guidance to not just resolve but also solve for the future would be appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dan (Canadore College Marketing) (talk • contribs)

@Dan (Canadore College Marketing): I see that you have already started a talk page discussion, so I would encourage you to continue down that avenue. I can already tell you that your request to "relock" the article will not be accepted. As I mentioned on your talk page, your college doesn't own or control the article content, so it cannot insist that it remain at a version you prefer. Please see the full policy at Wikipedia:Ownership of content.

One last thing - when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:

1. Add four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment, or
2. With the cursor positioned at the end of your comment, click on the signature button located above the edit window.

This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:22, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Autoconfirmed

Hello, I just had a question about editing, that I thought you could answer. Do edits on my personal talk page and the on the Teahouse count as edits for user groups such as Autoconfirmed users? Thank you! Eclipsefc(talk)

@Eclipsefc: Yes, I believe those edits count toward the minimum of 10 edits to become autoconfirmed. Your account also has to be at least four days old as well. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 02:38, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Can You help?

I definitely need help on the appropriate way to go about my User Page. Can you Please guide put me through? Thanks AM

Alex Mouth (talk) 03:01, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

@Alex Mouth: First of all, your motivation for writing on Wikipedia should not be to tell the world about yourself and your work. Wikipedia is not social media, nor is it a place to promote a topic with which you have personal involvement. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and most specially Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not.

Wikipedia's userpage guidelines provide details about what is considered acceptable content, as well as what is not. Userpages can contain a small amount of biographical data and a description of your interests, as they relate to working on the encyclopedia. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 05:58, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

New Page Deletion

Hi Drm310, thanks for the note on the reason for the speedy deletion of my new page. I have read all the footnotes and links and I do see those unintended errors and why my page was definitely flagged. I am new here and never read these guidelines on Autobiographies of living persons, writing about oneself etc. but now I get it. As I am trying to wrap my head around how best to re-present my articles, I will like to ask you this question, If my article about myself had been simply presented in a similar manner or tone like this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyosi_Akerele-Ogunsiji would it have survived deletion? This was one of my reference that I used for style and format of presenting oneself (as this page was simply an autobiography of her and what she's done) that I used in developing my article, and this is an accepted page about oneself, so am trying to understand what more I need to avoid. A larger part of my write up was in this format while I admit all the errors of external links and lack of references but if for example I write my page in this style and format and follow all the rules on references and external links (which I do have for most of my headlines which I plan to add at a later edit) would that survive wiki standard? Akinola Solanke (talk) 18:26, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

@Akinola Solanke: The page that you wrote your content on is not an article. It is your userpage, and it is not the same thing as an article. A userpage is meant to have a small amount of biographical information about you, and also your interests as they relate to editing Wikipedia. The userpage guidelines describe what is and is not considered acceptable content.

Wikipedia articles are about notable topics - those that have gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time. We consider evidence from reliable and independent sources to gauge this attention.

A person is considered notable if he or she has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject. If the person is alive at the present time, then strict adherence to Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons is required. I feel compelled to point out an important difference: a biography is a writeup of a particular person, and an autobiography is a writeup of a person that is written by that same person.

Writing an autobiography is highly discouraged because it is difficult to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography, and there are many pitfalls. You might be tempted to cite your own personal knowledge or experience, which isn't allowed. You will also find it very difficult to write from a neutral point of view, even if you have good intentions. If what you have done in life is truly notable, then someone else will eventually write an article about you.

I can't speculate if writing your content in the same way as the example you gave would survive deletion. The existence of one article does not guarantee the acceptance of a similar article. Each article is judged individually on its own merits. There is a manual of style to maintain a standard layout and look and feel to articles, but this has little impact on whether the contents are suitable for inclusion.

Please look at Wikipedia:Autobiography, Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing and Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not about YOU. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 07:59, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Reply: Thank you Drm310 for providing broader context, I do get it and will read further the links youve shared and keep in touch for additional guidance if i needed. Outside of the personal information in my write up, you will notice my core interest and notable works has been on the subject of Nigeria's national flag and what we have done with respect to the Designer of the flag which are worthy information that needed to be recorded for history which i was part of to improve the subject of the flag and of the designer who already has a biography written on Wiki. I will focus on contributing to that subject as you have highlighted in some of your thoughts for now and see how things lead from there. THanks again and I will keep seeking your guidance and that of others to ensure my contributions here aligns with wiki, with so many rules to bear in mind, its proving to be a tricky path to walk in. --Akinola Solanke (talk) 15:59, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.18

Hello Drm310,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:

• Allow filtering by no citations in page curation
• Not having CSD and PRODs automatically marked as reviewed, reflecting current consensus among reviewers and current Twinkle functionality.

Reliable Sources for NPP

Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.

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News

• Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Discussions of interest

• A request for bot approval for a bot to patrol two kinds of redirects
• There has been a lot discussion about Notability of Academics
• What, if anything, would a SNG for Softball look like

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I am not paid to edit any pages and never have been.

Hi DRM310,

I don't really understand why I have to answer your questions or even if you have any regulatory authority over my ability to use Wikipedia. On the chance that you do have such authority, (I have no idea how any of this works honestly) I am responding to your menacing message to me and your command to not make any further edits until I have responded to you.

Here is your message to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Theoslater#Disclosure_of_employment

I have never been paid by anyone to write anything or edit anything on Wikipedia. I don't know why you assume that I have. The California National Party is an all-volunteer organization, and therefore no one has ever been paid to do anything on its behalf (though obviously, we pay vendors for out website etc.)

Anyway, long story short, not only have I never been paid to edit content related to the CNP on Wikipedia, but I have never been paid by anyone to edit anything on Wikipedia.

In the future, I advise you to ask more questions and make fewer assumptions.

Regards,

-Theo