Mikesavage86

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Mikesavage86. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Blood & Glory (Film), you may have a conflict of interest. People with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, see the conflict of interest guideline and frequently asked questions for organizations. In particular, please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, its competitors, or projects and products you or they are involved with;
• instead, propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
• avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
• exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

Last but not least: All contributors must not contribute content that violates conflict of interest laws (just as all contributors must respect copyright). The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive is valid throughout the European Union. In a German court decision in 2012 (that also relied on the directive) regarding Wikipedia: "The court held that when a company edits a Wikipedia article, the resulting text falsely creates the impression that the edit has no business-related purpose. By implication, the judges found that the average reader of Wikipedia articles expects to find objective and neutral information." That is a very very important condition, comparable to the FTC Guide" that consumers are likely to believe reflects the opinions, beliefs, findings, or experience of a party other than the sponsoring advertiser”. This expectation by consumers of neutral information on Wikipedia, requires that companies not write "their" WP articles for PR/marketing purposes.

Editors who are compensated for their contributions should make the disclosure by placing the {{connected contributor (paid)}} template at the top of the talk page of affected articles and filling in the parameters. They should also supply this information as part of a list on their user page of all their paid contributions.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing, and autobiographies. Thank you. Blackguard 08:28, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Modder En Bloed (Film)

Hello Mikesavage86,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Modder En Bloed (Film) for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Jbh^Talk 14:11, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Mikesavage86, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Modder En Bloed has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

• You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and a cited source. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
• Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
• Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
• If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
• In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
• Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Jbh^Talk 14:12, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

October 2015

Welcome, and thank you for contributing the page odder En Bloed (Film) to Wikipedia. While you have added the page to the English version of Wikipedia, the article is not in English. We invite you to translate it into English. It has been listed at Pages Needing Translation, but if it is not translated within two weeks, the article will be listed for deletion. Thank you. Jbh^Talk 14:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Paid editing

Hello Mikesavage86. 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.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, 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, 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:Mikesavage86. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Mikesavage86|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.

• Per your statement here. Jbh^Talk 14:31, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Blood & Glory (Film)

Hello, Mikesavage86. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Blood & Glory (Film), for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:

1. edit the page
2. remove the text that looks like this: {{proposed deletion/dated...}}
3. save the page

Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Jbh^Talk 14:35, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Ways to improve Blood & Glory (Film)

Hi, I'm Jbhunley. Mikesavage86, thanks for creating Blood & Glory (Film)!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please consider returning to the article to address the issue(s).

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Jbh^Talk 14:36, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Disclosure templates

Thank you for your disclosures. I have filled out the templates for you on your user page and the article talk page. If there are any errors for instance the actual name of your employer, please change it in the template or let me know and I will change it for you. The wikitext for the user page notice I placed is {{paid|employer=Modder en Bloed|client=Modder en Bloed|additional=Marketing Manager for film}} and the wikitext for the talk page disclosure is {{Connected contributor (paid)|User1=Mikesavage86 |U1-employer=Modder en Bloed|U1-client=Modder en Bloed|U1-otherlinks=Marketing Manager for film [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Blood_&_Glory&diff=686817148&oldid=686786812]}}

In the edit summary of of paid edits you can just type This is a paid edit or Paid edit the text {{Paid}} is actually a wikitext template that generates the user page disclosure. Please let me know if I can be of any additional help. Cheers. Jbh^Talk 12:15, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Blood & Glory teaser image 1.png

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:58, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Blood And Glory Cast Image - First Media Release October 2015.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:27, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Llewelynn Greeff

Hello, Mikesavage86. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Llewelynn Greeff".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. 1989 (talk) 01:50, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

February 2018

Hello, I'm Pablomartinez. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Jacob Zuma— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. PabloMartinez (talk) 17:32, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dark Matter Studios (August 2)

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KartikeyaS (talk) 20:38, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Mikesavage86! Having an article 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! KartikeyaS (talk) 20:38, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Deletion pending for File:Dark Matter Studios Logo.jpg

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Concern regarding Draft:Dark Matter Studios

Hello, Mikesavage86. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Dark Matter Studios, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion under CSD G13. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 11:02, 5 May 2021 (UTC)