January 2019

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  Hello, I'm Deli nk. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. [1] Deli nk (talk) 14:12, 31 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Caringo (October 2)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong 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.
Theroadislong (talk) 16:09, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Zgover! 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! Theroadislong (talk) 16:09, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
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Hello Zgover. 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 search-engine optimization.

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:Zgover. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Zgover|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. Theroadislong (talk) 16:11, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

In response to claim of compensation for editing, I am not and I did not receive or provide compensation for editing. zgover (talk) 17:05, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
In which case I wonder how you came to be editing this draft? Theroadislong (talk) 17:09, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
I see that a cursory Google search reveals that you are indeed paid by Caringo. You are required to make the mandatory disclosure or you will be blocked. Theroadislong (talk) 17:18, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
To clarify, yes I am a primary source from Caringo. However they are not providing compensation for my independent efforts towards my contributions on Wikipedia. zgover (talk) 17:29, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
That is irrelevant, you work for Caringo so you are deemed to be a paid editor and are required to make the mandatory disclosure. Theroadislong (talk) 17:32, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
I understand the conflict of interest and I have made the update to my user page to reflect required disclosure. I appreciate your clarity. zgover (talk) 17:58, 2 October 2020‎ (UTC)Reply
Correcting timestamp of above. Also added the appropriate disclosures on the article talk page. zgover (talk) 18:14, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Asking about paid editing again

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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:Zgover, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Zgover|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Theroadislong (talk) 17:21, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Caringo (December 24)

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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 SL93 was: This topic is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia.
SL93 (talk) 02:18, 24 December 2020 (UTC)Reply