Holly Richardson

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December 2016

Hello Holly Richardson. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic. 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 egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a black hat practice.

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Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, 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:Holly Richardson. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Holly Richardson|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. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, please do not edit further until you answer this message. Ramaksoud2000 ^{(Talk to me)} 23:01, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

I was creating the page rather than editing someone else's page.

It doesn't matter. You still need to comply with the paid editing policy(if you are paid) as describe above, which is required by Wikipedia's Terms of Use. 331dot (talk) 22:57, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

I am not paid. I have just read about drafts. Do you recommend making this a draft and getting reviews?

You state on your user page that you are a journalist and have worked for newspapers, and the ATG is a newspaper. Do you not work for them? I apologize for asking, but this is important. Even if you have no paid relationship, it still could be a conflict of interest. (please review if applicable) The page can be converted to a draft if you want, but given the sources and age of the publication, it could be notable, once the issues are worked out. 331dot (talk) 23:11, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

No.Holly Richardson (talk) 07:11, 21 December 2016 (UTC) Sorry, to clarify: There are thousands of journalists in this country and being a sub editor on one doesn't mean you work for or are involved with another. I have not and do not work there. Having been a journalist at other publications in the past (which are owned by other companies and have no connection), I would hope, does not make me biased. Holly Richardson (talk) 07:11, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. I believe what you say- it only seemed to me (and someone else) that you might be associated with the paper that you wrote an article about. As long as you don't edit about things you were associated with, or are currently in direct competition with, there should be no problem as far as I see. 331dot (talk) 09:10, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments and your view. I completely understand why you wanted to check. I am not in competition or involved with it. But of course good to check. It looks like there are still issues with the page as it has also been criticised for not having Wikipedia links. I could edit it further to add these but I also don't want to do that if that raises more alarm bells. If you (or anyone else) can advise whether I should edit further on this page then do let me know. Thank you. Holly Richardson (talk) 23:32, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

I see no issue with you editing the page, given your statements here. 331dot (talk) 02:42, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments. I think the page has been deleted so I am now creating in drafts and going down that route. Many thanks. Holly Richardson (talk) 20:55, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Antiques Trade Gazette (December 31)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SwisterTwister was:  The comment the reviewer left 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 when they have been resolved.

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SwisterTwister talk 16:22, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Antiques Trade Gazette has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Antiques Trade Gazette. Thanks! SwisterTwister talk 18:03, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Antiques Trade Gazette (February 6)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by CatcherStorm 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 when they have been resolved.

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CatcherStorm ^talk 16:03, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you User:CatcherStorm for taking the time to look at this page. I apprentice it. I am sad that the page isn't not deemed notable. The attributions and citations are much fuller than similar trade publications in the UK that all have Wikipedia pages. I don't suppose you can tell me how pages such as Retail Week, Estates Gazette, Property Week and Travel Trade Gazette all have Wikipedia pages with much less information on why they are notable. I am sorry to complain but I don't understand why the Antiques Trade Gazette is not regarded as notable when it has far more information on this draft page than any of these similar pages. I don't suppose you know why they have been allowed and Antiques Trade Gazette has not. It is not consistent. ~~Holly Richardson~~

Holly Richardson (talk) 21:56, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Antiques Trade Gazette

Hello, Holly Richardson. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Antiques Trade Gazette".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Pkbwcgs (talk) 11:32, 19 September 2017 (UTC)