User talk:Scjones86

Welcome, Scjones86!

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Question

Hi, Scjones86 please follow the instructions here [1], feel free to ask questions, thanks--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:35, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Trying to update a source on the Mike Wilson page... Adding this link to confirm that he has departed one company and moved to another. Tried to correct it myself, and failed. Perhaps you can assist? This is the link I am trying to cite: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/mike-wilson-leaves-deepwell Scjones86 (talk) 22:22, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

COI?

Hi, Scjones86 please read this [2] and therefore answer if you do have a COI, thank you ,Ozzie--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:54, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (August 19)

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

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
reliable
secondary
strictly independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet all four of these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:Scjones86/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

C F A 💬 16:59, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Scjones86! Having an article draft 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! C F A 💬 16:59, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 2024

Hello Scjones86. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to User:Scjones86/sandbox, 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 employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. 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 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 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:Scjones86. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Scjones86|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. C F A 💬 16:59, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the candid feedback, CAF! For the record, I have no stake whatsoever in Medicinal Media, financial or otherwise. I am a former freelance writer/TV host who covered many subjects in gaming and technology for 20+ years. I am particularly fond of aspects of the gaming/tech that take unique approaches, as Medicinal Media does with mental health. (Also, I am studying to be a psychologist at the moment.) I assumed I had found something unique here, and was hoping to contribute to the greater good, for Wikipedia's sake. Unfortunately, my Wiki editing skills are lacking, clearly. Please, if you can, tell me what I can possibly do to make this subject Wikipedia-worthy? Thanks much, CAF. Scjones86 (talk) 18:42, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]