User talk:KolbyJHarris

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Happy editing! ChromeGames923 (talk · contribs) 02:52, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, KolbyJHarris

Thank you for creating Paul Fielder.

User:Celestina007, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Please when writing biographical articles it is mandatory you include sources. Creating an unsourced biography is a capital NO!

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Celestina007 (talk) 05:28, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Linda Reksten moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Linda Reksten, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) 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. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:53, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Amy Regier moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Amy Regier, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) 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. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:54, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Referencing your articles

Please see WP:CITE & always endeavor to reference biographical articles you create. Celestina007 (talk) 10:56, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Steven Galloway (Montana politician) moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Steven Galloway (Montana politician), is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) 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. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:59, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

February 2021

Hello KolbyJHarris. 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:KolbyJHarris. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=KolbyJHarris|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. CUPIDICAE💕 17:03, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Hello. I am new to Wikipedia and I am not even sure if this is where I respond to the message. I assure you that I am not being compensated or paid for my edits. KolbyJHarris (talk) 17:19, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

KolbyJHarris What is your connection to the subjects you've written about? CUPIDICAE💕 17:21, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

I served as a page in the Montana Capitol in January. I have built a big interest in the legislature. Not too long ago I learned how to edit Wikipedia pages, and I noticed that the Montana House of representatives page had not been updated. I guess to answer your question, I know a lot about the legislature, and I use its website as a source. KolbyJHarris (talk) 17:38, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Can you please explain how all of the subjects photos are your own work? Please also read WP:COI. CUPIDICAE💕 17:43, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

When I started editing the pages, I used the photos from the Legislature website. I now realize that you have to have ownership or permission to use the photos. I will delete the files but I hope that this will not get my account terminated. Only the diagrams are my own work.KolbyJHarris (talk) 17:54, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

I am having difficulty trying to delete the photos. I need a little help. KolbyJHarris (talk) 18:31, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your edits

Hello KolbyJHarris, just giving a friendly thanks for your edits to Montana legislative articles. I know a lot of them have been neglected over the years, whether it be the term start/end dates or other more detailed things, I just want to say that I appreciate the work you're doing! --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 23:44, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

@KolbyJHarris: also, is this you? --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 19:01, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

@KolbyJHarris: I reported KolbyJHarris1 for their misleading username. They have been blocked, FYI. I hope you continue editing btw, lots of Montana stubs still. --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 20:49, 5 October 2021 (UTC)