User talk:Duncanbyargeon

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Speedy deletion nomination of DB Stewart[edit]

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A tag has been placed on DB Stewart, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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I agree this should be deleted. I had not edited before, so spun this article up as practice to work with formatting syntax. I did not realize I had published publicly. Duncanbyargeon (talk) 18:03, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

November 2022[edit]

Your account has been blocked indefinitely for advertising or promotion and violating the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, as you did at Numecent. This is because you have been making promotional edits to topics in which you have a financial stake, yet you have failed to adhere to the mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a form of conflict of interest (COI) editing which involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is strictly prohibited. Using this site for advertising or promotion is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.

If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, please read our guide to appealing blocks to understand more about unblock requests, and then add the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the end of your user talk page. For that request to be considered, you must:

Confirm that you have read and understand the Terms of Use and paid editing disclosure requirements.
State clearly how you are being compensated for your edits, and describe any affiliation or conflict of interest you might have with the subjects you have written about.
Describe how you intend to edit such topics in the future.

Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:46, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Duncanbyargeon (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I fully understand the block notice. Full transparency, I work at Numecent. I was made aware by a teammate there was incorrect information on our page. Without any prior experience with Wikipedia editing or knowledge of its policies, I created an account to immediately amend information that was incorrect about the company. While I am an employee of the company, my compensation is in no-way tied to Wikipedia. I acted out of haste in the interest of quickly fixing information and did not do my due diligence getting up to date on Wikipedia policies. I thought using my full name as a user name would be demonstrating transparency. I am actively reviewing all documentation on Terms of Use and will ensure I do not edit any pages that I have any personal connection to. As far as contributing to the platform in the future, I see there are recommended pages that are in need of editing suggested by the platform. If unblocked, I will start directly contributing to those pages to practice proper Wikipedia etiquette and provide value to the platform

Accept reason:

Appears to understand the reasons for the initial block, and to be determined not to repeat the errors that led to it. A reminder: as far as copyright violation is concerned, it's not the quality of the source that matters, only whether or not material has been copied from it – with a few rare exceptions, all Wikipedia content must be written entirely in your own words. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:33, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Duncanbyargeon, I'm inclined to accept this request (something I don't often do). Can I ask you jump through a few more hoops? Would you kindly:

confirm that you will make an appropriate paid-editor disclosure on your user-page, even if you plan to steer entirely clear of the Numescent page from now on
confirm that you also undertake to steer clear of the topics DB Stewart and Deify
confirm that you have read and understood our copyright policy (I've left you a wordy notice below, which didn't seem necessary earlier), and explain briefly what was wrong from that aspect with your edits to the Numescent page
give an example of a useful edit you might make – it doesn't have to be anything mind-blowing, just an improvement in line with policy and practice.

If, as I anticipate, your answers are acceptable, I'll go ahead and lift the block (or any other admin who thinks fit is welcome to do so without further reference to me). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:07, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Justlettersandnumbers, much appreciated! Genuinely more than happy to do so. I'm reading through the paid-editor disclosure article you linked. I will get that disclosure added ASAP. I will also steer clear of DB Stewart and Deify. I reviewed your comments below, the article provided, and the comments from C.Fred which added additional context.

For the example of a useful edit, do you mean for the pages in question or in general? The simplest example that comes to mind would be updating personal stats of Justin Herbert, the quarterback of the Chargers, using stats from ESPN. It appears his season stats have not been updated since 2019.

Regarding the Numecent page (page in question), there are small things like the company address being incorrect. There are also product names listed that do not exist (e.g., there is no product titled Cloudpaging for Android). Duncanbyargeon (talk) 18:40, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Confirming the creation of a paid-editor disclosure on my user page (see "Paid Contribution Disclosure" section). Duncanbyargeon (talk) 19:27, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Justlettersandnumbers in case you want to take a look at it first, as the originally commenting admin. There's an acceptable disclosure they've written at the bottom of this page (obviously they can't move it across yet). Nosebagbear (talk) 16:45, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Although I'd actually suggest noting they might want to trim some of the more outing info) Nosebagbear (talk) 16:46, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright[edit]

Hello Duncanbyargeon! Your additions to Numecent have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:47, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind expanding upon the addition of copyrighted content? I am not aware of any edits that did not directly reference source material. More specifically, I do not know what content in question would have copyright protections preventing the additions. Duncanbyargeon (talk) 17:59, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Checking the log of Numecent, it indicates that you copied text wholesale from https://www.numecent.com/press/numecent-unveils-naas-native-as-a-service-cloudpaging-platform-on-aws. We can use information from sources, but we can't take the text in whole cloth—and especially not from a press release from the subject! —C.Fred (talk) 18:02, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Understood! Thank you for clarifying. If I recall correctly, the source originally cited with information on this relationship didn't exist. As such, I did a search on similar information and came back to the Numecent press release. I was not aware press releases were not valid citations. Appreciate the insights. Duncanbyargeon (talk) 18:05, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Press releases are self-published sources and can be used in limited circumstances. —C.Fred (talk) 19:47, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Help me![edit]

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Please help me with... How do I properly edit my talk page to disclose relationship with a company? I was not paid to edit Wikipedia, but I do work at Numecent. I want to disclose such, as I was trying to edit misinformation about the company. After reviewing the terms, I understand I cannot edit articles I have a personal relationship/stake in. That said, would like to remedy it. Duncanbyargeon (talk) 18:08, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The disclosure you made in the following section is probably sufficient to satisfy requirements, but it will need to move to your user page once you have become unblocked and have regained editing privileges. Until then, one of the few things you are allowed to do is post an unblock request here. Being a single-purpose account is allowed, if all you wish to do is monitor and suggest improvements and corrections to Numecent, but you will need to be careful not to edit the page in ways that are not allowed. Edit requests on the talk page should be the way to go forward. WP:REQUESTEDIT — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:35, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback. How does one go about moving a user page? That's not an action I'm familiar with. I appreciate you highlighting the edit request feature. I will certainly utilize that when the account is unblocked. Duncanbyargeon (talk) 19:39, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't talking about moving a page but merely moving a section. And that's done in the usual way: you open both pages for editing and cut from one and paste to the other. Or copy and paste as suits your fancy. Normally, you have to follow the instructions at WP:COPYWITHIN, but for copying your own contribution to your user talk page to your own user page, none of that is significant. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:44, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Paid Contribution Disclosure[edit]

At the time of writing this, I am the Director of Marketing at Numecent (employment began February 2021). I was not hired to edit Wikipedia content, but I am a full-time employee and committed to optimizing the public perception of the company. I did make some edits to the Wikipedia page to address incorrect information about product titles and attempted to introduce new sources, as prior sources were no longer accessible. This was done with no previous Wikipedia editing experience, which I have been actively discussing with members of the community. I will not be editing the page going forward, but will keep tabs on it and would like to mitigate incorrect information if/when it appears. Duncanbyargeon (talk) 18:50, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]