User talk:Jackf834

Scotland Now

Hello, Jackf834, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

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Thanks for the heads up, I appreciate the concern re conflict of interest, but I can assure you I have the utmost respect for the integrity of Wikipedia as a neutral, reliable source, and as such any additions I have made / will make are motivated solely by a desire to improve wikipedia, nothing else. I have no interest in using Wikipedia for self promotional purposes (I fully understand that this would be impossible anyway). Jackf834 (talk) 11:35, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

3rr warning

Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. --John (talk) 11:25, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, don't worry, I'm not interested in an edit war - I'm discussing the matter with the other editor. Jackf834 (talk) 11:29, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You say that but I don't see you posting at Talk:George Galloway yet you're at three reverts. Are you affiliated in any way with the film Scotland Now? Your editing pattern looks highly suspicious as all you have really done is add links to this film. What's going on? --John (talk) 11:45, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I posted at Talk:Tariq Ali, and have stopped reverting. I am affiliated to the film "Scotland Yet", but I have not attempted to misrepresent it, or anyone featured in it. As is patently clear by this exchange, that would be a pointless endeavour. I am just trying to put noteworthy information onto Wikipedia, I'm sure if you read through all my submissions, you'll see that I have gone to great lengths to maintain neutrality. Jackf834 (talk) 11:55, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for being honest, and sorry for getting the title wrong. Please read the text and links in the first message I left you, and follow the good advice therein. --John (talk) 11:58, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Foster (film maker) moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Jack Foster (film maker), does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. GSS (talk|c|em) 07:34, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

March 2019

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but it appears you have written or added to an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was the page I created deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. GSS (talk|c|em) 07:37, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of James Devoy

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A tag has been placed on James Devoy requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a real person or group of people that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: James Devoy (March 6)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by AngusWOOF were:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

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 people). 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:

Need news sources that focus on Devoy's career. Remove IMDb, not a reliable source.

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 when they have been resolved.

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AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 22:50, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Jackf834! Having an article 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! AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 22:50, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jack Foster (film maker) (June 14)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Lopifalko 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 people). 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:

I have removed the primary sources. Now, the BBC source has only a glancing mention so should ideally not be included at all; and the CommonSpace source is an announcement. A newsnetscotland announcement, and broadwaybaby and scotsman reviews about his folk singing, are not enough to base an article on about him as a film maker.

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 when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Jack Foster (film maker) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Lopifalko (talk) 06:41, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Magdalen Berns

The article Magdalen Berns has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Does not appear to pass general notability guidelines.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Rab V (talk) 05:16, 16 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Magdalen Berns for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Magdalen Berns is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magdalen Berns until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. —0xf₈e₈ 💿 (talk) 12:22, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jack, I saw your message here. That won't be considered in the decision of whether to delete or not. If you want to participate in the deletion discussion, it's at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magdalen Berns. -Pine457 (talk) 10:09, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:James Devoy

Hello, Jackf834. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "James Devoy".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 07:04, 21 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Magdalen Berns

Hello, Jackf834,

Thank you for creating Magdalen Berns.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

If she has been open to notable criticism this needs to be included.

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Slatersteven (talk) 13:05, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Jack Foster (film maker) concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Jack Foster (film maker), a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:23, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Jack Foster (film maker)

Hello, Jackf834. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Jack Foster".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Bkissin (talk) 12:50, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Magdalen Berns for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Magdalen Berns is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magdalen Berns (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^{Talk to me} 17:47, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of NewsShaft

The article NewsShaft has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Does not meet WP:GNG.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. TipsyElephant (talk) 19:05, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]