Dhelpling
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David Helpling article
editI see that you have been editing the article David Helpling. Assuming that you are, in fact, Helpling, as your user name suggests, you ahve a very clear Conflict of interest. You need to be very careful how you edit. It would be much better for you to make suggestions on Talk:David Helpling and allow other editors to apply them, or not. You can add {{request edit}} to attact the attention of an experienced editor to consider any suggestions.
these edits are a classic example of why a person should not edit a wikipedia article that s/he has a close connection with. You added uncited opinion and puffery to the article. Wikipedia articles do not, or at least should not, make statements of opinion or evaluation except when quoting or paraphrasing named sources who are cited directly. Phrases such as "... driven pursuit to create the music of his dream ...", "fearless in their pursuit of the lush and monumental sound", and " With all the essentials for an epic musical journey: compelling and expansive multi-layered drum elements, strong melodies over powerful synths and guitars, vast spaces of deep and mystifying ambience, THE CROSSING led listeners to the ends of the earth, and beyond." are value judgements, not statements of fact. Unless a reviewer or critic published such statements in a reliable source, they do not belong in the article. The same applies to many other phrases you inserted.
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The article David Helpling has still not solidly established WP:Notability. See Wikipedia:Notability (people) and particularly the section known as WP:AUTHOR for the relevant criteria. The article needs additional citations to independent reliable secondary sources. If you know of such sources, such as reviews or profiles in print or online magazines with good reputations (not blogs or fan sites), or newspaper coverage beyond concert or release listings, please list such sources on Talk:David Helpling so that they can be included. Otherwise someone may well nominate the article for deletion, and it might be deleted after a consensus discussion. DES (talk) 22:12, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
- In this edit] you reinstated the exact same promotional text that I specifically mentioned was inappropriate above. I have removed it. Please do not do that again. Please read the above comments, and provide some reliable independent sources for the article, if you wish to avoid it being deleted altogether. DES (talk) 17:10, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
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