User talk:Markthoms1

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Your contributed article, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI)[edit]

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Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI). First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Lutheran Social Services of Illinois. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Lutheran Social Services of Illinois. If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at the article's talk page.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Lutheran Social Services of Illinois requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.lssi.org/about.php and https://www.lssi.org/affiliations.php. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) moved to draftspace[edit]

An article you recently created, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI), is not suitable 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. Spiderone 18:18, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) (December 20)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SK2242 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 organizations and companies). 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:

If you are connected to the subject in any way, please disclose this as you would have a conflict of interest. While you are not prohibited from writing about someone or something you have a CoI with, you are strongly advised against it, as it can be hard for someone with a CoI to write from a complete neutral point of view. Please also note that if you are paid to write this, or are an employee/volunteer of the subject, you are required to disclose it on your user page. See your talk page for more info.

The draft is currently written from a promotional point of view. Write from a neutral point of view. Every sentence must cite a reliable source to comply with the Wikipedia policy on verifiability.

Please also find at least 3 independent reliable sources that talk about the subject in detail (not just mentions) to show notability. For examples of reliable and unreliable sources, see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources.

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:Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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SK2242 (talk) 23:17, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Markthoms1! 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! SK2242 (talk) 23:17, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

December 2020[edit]

Hello Markthoms1. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Draft:Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI), 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:Markthoms1. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Markthoms1|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. SK2242 (talk) 23:18, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am NOT financially connected to LSSI in any other way other then the church that I attend is an ELCA Lutheran Church that a portion of my offerings to my local church may be contributed to LSSI indirectly, not under direction of me. I have NO FINANCIAL STAKE in promoting it. I am interested in the topic because I think it's a great organization. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markthoms1 (talk • contribs) 00:23, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for confirming you are not paid. SK2242 (talk) 00:40, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]