User talk:Tsmith47

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Hello, Tsmith47, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially your edits to David H. Huntoon‎. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Tsmith47. 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 COI 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:

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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. The Mighty Glen (talk) 16:41, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Orange Mike | Talk 00:31, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for making me aware of the discussion. I'll go ahead and check it out. Tsmith47 (talk) 21:09, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Kevin Adell for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Kevin Adell 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/Kevin Adell until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. scope_creep (talk) 08:52, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for sharing this with me. Tsmith47 (talk) 23:24, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jason Knowles (August 9)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SportingFlyer 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.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Jason Knowles and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Jason Knowles, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
• If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
• You can also use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

SportingFlyer talk 02:34, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Tsmith47! 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! SportingFlyer talk 02:34, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jason Knowles (November 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Frayae 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.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Jason Knowles and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Jason Knowles, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
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— Frayæ (Talk/Spjall) 11:57, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jason Knowles (June 21)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Mjs1991 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.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Jason Knowles and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Jason Knowles, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
• If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
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Mjs1991 (talk) 02:37, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Tsmith47, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Draft:Barton W. Morris, Jr. have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

• 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 cite the source using an inline citation. 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 the 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 legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
• In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are PD or compatibly licensed) it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, the help desk or the Teahouse 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 must follow the copyright attribution steps in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. See also 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. Hut 8.5 21:49, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

The fact the copyright holder gave you the material doesn't mean we can use it on Wikipedia, for two reasons:

• Wikipedia content is licensed under the CC-BY-SA licence, which allows you to use it for any purpose at all, subject to two very loose conditions. For us to use text the copyright holder needs to make it available under this licence or something which is less restrictive than this licence. Merely sending you some text doesn't mean someone is making it available under this licence.
• Even if you do have permission from the copyright holder to make some text available under CC-BY-SA you would still need to supply evidence of this for us to use the content. Instructions for that are here. Hut 8.5 16:44, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you.Tsmith47 (talk) 19:33, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Jason Knowles concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Jason Knowles, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. 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.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:24, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Barton W. Morris, Jr. (November 22)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by The Mirror Cracked 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.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Barton W. Morris, Jr. and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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The Mirror Cracked (talk) 04:11, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Jason Knowles

Hello, Tsmith47. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Jason Knowles".

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 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}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! HasteurBot (talk) 14:01, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Barton W. Morris, Jr. concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Barton W. Morris, Jr., a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. 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.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:22, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Barton W. Morris, Jr.

Hello, Tsmith47. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Barton W. Morris".

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. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. 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!} 21:00, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Wendy Starland has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Wendy Starland. Thanks! Qcne (talk) 16:52, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello. Thank you for the message. The citations were simply just listed and I'm happy to reformat them per your comments. No citation stuffing was intended.

Tsmith47 (talk) 12:52, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Wendy Starland (October 26)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Tagishsimon 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.

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Tagishsimon (talk) 19:06, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Policy violations and where to go from here

It is pretty clear to me that the draft you have started was provided to you, potentially by your client. Note that Wendy Starland herself is blocked on Wikipedia, and starting an article for her despite that is contrary to Wikipedia's guidelines and policies (it is called meatpuppetry). I'd recommend you to avoid starting new articles should you resume paid editing, and stick to making well-sourced COI edit requests that reflect an encyclopedic tone. If you continue to submit new drafts that are full of PR wording and are nowhere close to being accepted as an actual article for review, you will be blocked without further warning. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 11:21, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

User:0xDeadbeef Thank you for sharing these comments, they are much appreciated and I completely understand your perspective. It turns out that the subject I created this submission for is not who they claimed to be (sadly) and their "unfortunate" circumstances with Wikipedia were simply a result of their own doing. I have since removed this subject from my user page and won't be submitting anything on their behalf again. Tsmith47 (talk) 15:59, 15 April 2024 (UTC)