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Orphan edit

'Orphan' means that there are no existing Wikipedia articles that have a Wikilink to your new article. Given that Starke, Florida exists, you could add mention of FIRM to that article, with your article's title in double brackets [[ ]]. David notMD (talk) 15:56, 22 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Alex Melen (businessman) edit

 

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A tag has been placed on Alex Melen (businessman) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Melen. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Dtt1Talk 16:02, 22 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

July 2020 edit

 

Hello OkayRussell. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. 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 serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

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. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged 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, broadly construed, 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:OkayRussell. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=OkayRussell|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. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:27, 22 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

In support of this suspicion of your being paid, you registered as an editor earlier this month, and since then have created three articles: Alex Melen (businessman), Hatta Solar Project and The Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park, and two drafts, Draft:Numan Nimet Ataker and Draft:Christopher W.Helt, each done as basically a single edit session. That represents either extraordinary knowledge and skill, or you are being given content to submit. Per GeneralNotability, please do not edit anything until you address your relationship to these topics. David notMD (talk) 00:43, 23 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Why would I be paid? because of the nature of my edits? I don't understand how that is. I research things and write a page and then submit it with a single edit as a draft and not publish it as an article because I know I need to build a neutral tone, Also it's probably cause I still have to practice on maintaining the tone as I registered earlier this month. Still learning everything. OkayRussell (talk) 13:09, 23 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

"Write about what you know." is general advice to aspiring writers, but also the Wikipedia editors. Your chosen topics to create articles about are so widely disparate (race track, mid-east solar project, three people with no connections to each other) as to raise suspicion that you are fronting for a write-for-pay operation. Alex Melen has been created and deleted four times in the past, dating back to 2016. GeneralNotability asked you to clearly state that you are not being compensated for creating articles. You have not yet answered that request. David notMD (talk) 14:00, 23 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

When I said "Why would I be paid", I meant I'm not compensated. I didn't know or think if someone was deleted, they can't appear again, nor did I know we should only follow one topic. Thank you for your input.

Speedy deletion nomination of The Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park edit

 

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A tag has been placed on The Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Atlantic306 (talk) 18:40, 22 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Numan Nimet Ataker edit

 

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Numan Nimet Ataker, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Atlantic306 (talk) 18:44, 22 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

  Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.
  Hello, OkayRussell. 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:

  • avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
  • propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
  • disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
  • avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
  • do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

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.Deb (talk) 08:13, 23 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

July 2020 edit

 

Your account has been blocked indefinitely for advertising or promotion and violating the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. This is because you have been making promotional edits to topics in which you have an undisclosed financial stake, yet you have failed to adhere to the mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a form of conflict of interest (COI) editing which involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is strictly prohibited. Using this site for advertising or promotion is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.

If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, please read our guide to appealing blocks to understand more about unblock requests, and then add the text {{unblock|reason=your reason here ~~~~}} at the end of your user talk page. For that request to be considered, you must:

  • Confirm that you have read and understand the Terms of Use and paid editing disclosure requirements.
  • State clearly how you are being compensated for your edits, and describe any affiliation or conflict of interest you might have with the subjects you have written about.
  • Describe how you intend to edit such topics in the future. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:01, 24 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Hatta Solar Project for deletion edit

 

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Hatta Solar Project is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hatta Solar Project until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Atlantic306 (talk) 00:53, 4 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Christopher W.Helt moved to draftspace edit

An article you recently created, Christopher W.Helt, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) In a number of instances the references cited don’t support the related article text. Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Mccapra (talk) 11:25, 23 October 2020 (UTC)Reply