User talk:Lensoski

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Dan Mace

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Dan Mace, 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. TornadoLGS (talk) 18:15, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Lensoski. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, @Lensoski, could you clarify the nature of your connection to Dan Mace? AntiDionysius (talk) 00:13, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I am a big fan of Dan Mace & once got chance to interview Dan Mace the purpose of a Magazine article. Lensoski (talk) 00:20, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks for clarifying.

A couple of things:

Several of your edits have been to add Mace to various lists; Wikipedia policy is usually not to include people/things on lists until there is an article about them. If you'd like to create such an article about Mace you should do that, but you shouldn't add him to those kinds of lists until the article is up.
I think you should have a quick look at Wikipedia's policy on neutrality. A lot of what you've written has not been neutral - it's been subjective and does indeed sound like something written by a fan or someone trying to advertise Mace's work. Wikipedia articles are meant to be detached, neutral, and only to state things that have been said in reliable sources; anything that isn't a fact but an opinion can only be included if that opinion is sourced and attributed. So you can't just say something like "Dan Mace is known for his unique style of documentary filmmaking" - because that's an opinion, not a fact. Who exactly has said his style is unique? Where did they say this? You could instead maybe write "[Some critic] has described Mace's style as 'unique'" if that's something you can source and that critic is notable.
IMDB is unfortunately not usable as a source

AntiDionysius (talk) 00:32, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Lensoski/sandbox

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A tag has been placed on User:Lensoski/sandbox, 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:18, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your contested deletion

In your message contesting the deletion of a promotional draft, you wrote "I contest the deletion of this page because "The Bru Show" is a notable documentary series with a credible claim of significance." Did you notice that the article was deleted for advertising, not for lack of notability? You also said "The page includes multiple citations from reliable sources, including IMDb, YouTube, and Amazon, which verify the show's notability." No, these are not reliable sources. See Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources for further information as to why. Finally, you added even more promotional content about the show - packed with peacock terms and exaggerated claims. Please read and abide by the neutral point of view policy in future. And don't forget to declare any conflict of interest you may have with this topic. Deb (talk) 08:14, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]