User talk:Mmpm123
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Happy editing! GPL93 (talk) 20:52, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Paid editing[edit]
Hello Mmpm123. 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:Mmpm123. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Mmpm123|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. Theroadislong (talk) 16:12, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
Just would like to add about something about the "paid editing" comment. On a FB post, Rand mentioned that he kept noticing his own name in a number of Wikipedia articles and that other collaborators had pages, and he remarked, 'Maybe I should have my own Wikipedia page, too.'" I agreed with this and volunteered to try and make it happen. This is my first time doing this, so I really appreciate the feedback and guidance.
Further to my comment above, at this juncture, I'm wondering what exactly is allowable without verification. For instance, where could a skeptical reader go to verify the subject's date of birth, parents' names, schools, etc.? Can someone with actual knowledge of what is or isn't acceptable go through my draft and advise exactly what info can't pass without verification?
- Absolutely EVERY fact requires a reliable source for a WP:BLP on Wikipedia. Theroadislong (talk) 18:32, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
I would like to re-do the Randy Bishop entry. I've been given multiple citations and sources that I believe makes it a valid entry. Can you please let me know how I can delete the current draft and start over? Thanks.
Teahouse talkback: you've got messages![edit]
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Theroadislong (talk) 16:14, 11 May 2021 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).
Also, you need to get the hang of how referencing is done since this is one of the essential things to get an article accepted. Try this guide: WP:EASYREFBEGIN. Or this: WP:TUTORIAL. Here: WP:RSP is a long list of sources that have often been discussed on WP. Check imdb, discogs YT etc. In short, if you don't have WP:RS that satisfies Wikipedia:Notability (people), the article will not be accepted. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:23, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
AfC notification: Draft:Randy Bishop has a new comment[edit]
- Theroadislong removed the SUBMIT button because the draft is not close to being suitable for submission, because no refs in proper ref format. David notMD (talk) 11:03, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Concern regarding Draft:Randy Bishop[edit]
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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 14:06, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
Concern regarding Draft:Rand (aka Randy) Bishop[edit]
Hello, Mmpm123. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Rand (aka Randy) Bishop, 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) 20:05, 13 December 2021 (UTC)