User talk:Deseretmusic

October 2023

Hello Deseretmusic. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Deseretmusic. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Deseretmusic|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. 331dot (talk) 16:08, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have anything to do with the User:Provomusic account who uploaded the image of the band that you used in this draft? 331dot (talk) 16:11, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! I am not being compensated for my edits. I'm a fan of Utah music in general and an avid concertgoer and armchair music historian. I do have the Provomusic account and originally was planning on uploading this page through that account (I uploaded the image), but I saw on my talk page that I had a message that recommended changing my username because editors were worried I was connected with Provo Music Magazine. Provo Music Magazine is one of 3 music publications in Utah, in addition to SLUG Mag and City Weekly. I've changed my name to Deseretmusic to hopefully help differentiate myself. Tbh this is kind of frustrating. I appreciate you guys being watchdogs on this issue, but am I just blacklisted now from writing about significant bands out of my region? I'm trying to comply with advice I've been given. Deseretmusic (talk) 23:05, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I asked if you were associated with the other account because the other account claimed the photo of the bad as their own personal work, but it seems to be a professionally taken publicity image. If you were not the photographer, you can't claim it as your personal work. Typically, the copyright of a photo belongs to the photographer. If the publicity image was released with a copyright permitting its reuse for any purpose with attribution, you need to show that. Otherwise, the image will need to be deleted. 331dot (talk) 23:27, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is why I asked if you were a paid editor. If you aren't, okay, but this issue will need to be addressed. Thanks 331dot (talk) 23:28, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sincerely, thank you for your help and your explanation! :) I tracked down the copyright holder. His name is Nick Tate, and the photo shoot was a work for hire for the band. So the photo should fall under free use with Attribution. I've updated the license on the image instead of "Own Work." I have also added Nick Tate's attribution to the caption on the band's page. Deseretmusic (talk) 15:52, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Roseburg (Band) (October 26)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by 331dot was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of music-related topics). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Doesn't seem to meet WP:BAND. Sources given are interviews or brief mentions, not significant coverage. Please see your user talk page for important information.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Roseburg (Band) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

331dot (talk) 16:15, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Deseretmusic! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! 331dot (talk) 16:15, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Roseburg (Band)

Hello, Deseretmusic. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Roseburg (Band), a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 16:05, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]