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Happy editing! Politanvm talk 18:14, 23 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

YourMechanic edit

Hi Matt, I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your edits at YourMechanic because it didn't seem quite right for an encyclopedia entry. Articles should primarily be based on reliable secondary sources, rather than primary sources and company websites (except for basic statements of facts). The edit at YourMechanic read a bit like a brochure for the company. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, Politanvm talk 01:08, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: EarthCruiser (January 24) edit

 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Blaze Wolf were:  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 after they have been resolved.
Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 16:43, 24 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Matt the Mech! 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! ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 16:43, 24 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: EarthCruiser has been accepted edit

 
EarthCruiser, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. This is a great rating for a new article, and places it among the top 20% of accepted submissions — kudos to you! You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 09:31, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Wrench (company) (February 28) edit

 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by M.Ashraf333 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.
M.Ashraf333 (talk) 11:59, 28 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Wrench (company) (March 1) edit

 
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:  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 after they have been resolved.
CNMall41 (talk) 22:35, 1 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Wrench (company) (March 15) edit

 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by MaxnaCarta 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.
MaxnaCarta (talk) 23:10, 15 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Wrench (company) (March 22) edit

 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robertsky 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 after they have been resolved.
– robertsky (talk) 08:14, 22 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Wrench (company) (April 19) edit

 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Wikieditor019 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 after they have been resolved.
Wikieditor019 (talk) 18:09, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Wrench (company) (April 28) edit

 
Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by CNMall41 was: This submission is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: Submitter exhibits WP:TE by not making suggested changes provided in AfC reviewer comments. Continues to submit this despite it being promotional and needing other cleanup. I also have a suspicion of WP:COI.
CNMall41 (talk) 22:46, 28 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Article creations and insistence edit

Hi Matt the Mech,

Thanks for your article submissions. With the above-described rejection, a point has been reached where enough reviewers have agreed. Further attempts to negotiate the decision would likely be seen as a disruptive rejection of community concerns, and as a failure to get the point (described further down on the same guideline page).

You may have a conflict of interest or not – in the case I'm looking at, that doesn't really matter anymore. There won't be an article about Wrench, at least not one created by you. If you have a conflict of interest, that's a good additional reason.

I will provide standardized advice below to make sure the issue doesn't repeat with another topic. The advice about editors with a conflict of interest does apply to you even if you think it doesn't, as it describes a general issue that has been proven to exist with your editing independently of the cause. It applies to you even more than to other editors with a conflict of interest, as we can only assume their bias while yours has been demonstrated in practice. You'll need to treat any "discouragement" in WP:COI as a strict prohibition.

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:10, 28 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Managing a conflict of interest edit

  Hello, Matt the Mech. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:11, 28 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

edit

 

As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Matt the Mech, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Matt the Mech|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Theroadislong (talk) 19:26, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

^ Answering this message is fine (and may be required if you actually receive, or have expected to receive, compensation). You can even do so while you're blocked.
Please keep your answer focused on the point that is being asked about here, though, and do not continue to re-negotiate the draft rejection, which is independent of this paid editing concern. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

May 2023 edit

 
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 2 weeks for a failure or refusal to get the point after a clear final warning. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text at the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:10, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
Please find something else to edit about. As I had tried to explain above, there will not be a Wikipedia article about Wrench created by you in the near future. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:11, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Wrench (company) edit

  Hello, Matt the Mech. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Wrench (company), 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) 23:01, 28 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Wrench (company) edit

 

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

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! 22:47, 28 October 2023 (UTC)Reply