Fmcevoy

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Hi Grayfell -- apologies, I'm an absolute rookie. I redrafted the first part of the SoundHound page in my userspace/sandbox, with the idea of inviting others to give me feedback on where I'm going wrong. Nevertheless, it was rejected as a duplicate of the SoundHound page (obviously my intention was to copy it over to the SoundHound page if I had sufficient agreement that it was suitable to stay).

As you note, I do work for SoundHound. This isn't a central part of my role, but our Wikipedia is so lamentably out of date that it simply doesn't represent what the business does -- which is problematic as we're a public company.

Happy to take any advice on this one.

Thanks. Fmcevoy (talk) 00:32, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Please demonstrate good faith by clearly disclosing your conflict of interest on your user page (User:Fmcevoy). Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure explains this in detail.

Since you have a conflict of interest, and are compensated for editing, you must comply with Wikipedia's policies on this, as listed above. Do not edit the article directly except to fix extremely minor typos or revert obvious vandalism, or in other extreme cases. Being out-of-date is not such a case. Propose changes on the article's talk (talk:SoundHound) page via Template:Edit COI. Start a new section at the bottom of that talk page briefly explaining your proposed changes, and be patient. Please also be succinct. Wikipedia is a volunteer project, and we are not paid to read what you are paid to write.

While your recent edits were a slight improvement, they were still far too promotional. See WP:TONE for starters, but again, please do not edit the article yourself. Propose changes on the talk page. Grayfell (talk) 00:51, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Okay. This feels hugely overly complicated to me. I guess we just leave the wrong/outmoded information. In striving for accuracy and transparency is seemed like the first is the secondary interest. I'll remember this in using the platform in the future. 2603:8001:9502:52B4:BC15:460C:4F67:D156 (talk) 16:24, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Propose changes on the article's talk page. On the talk page, also include links to reliable sources supporting those changes. I don't think it's that complicated, but if you want to know why it's the way it is, the article Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia documents just a small number of the many, many problems that have been caused by promotional editing. Grayfell (talk) 21:10, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Have added proposed changes to Talk page. Fmcevoy (talk) 16:21, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

July 2023

Please stop. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at SoundHound, you may be blocked from editing. Grayfell (talk) 01:26, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: SoundHound (July 10)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by CNMall41 was: 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 Draft:SoundHound and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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CNMall41 (talk) 23:30, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Fmcevoy! 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! CNMall41 (talk) 23:30, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:SoundHound

Hello, Fmcevoy. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:SoundHound, 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.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 00:05, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:SoundHound

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

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 deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:29, 10 January 2024 (UTC)