User talk:3goatfarm
Your username[edit]
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Angeline Stoll Lillard, and I noticed that your username, "MontVA", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".
Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, service, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Connexion to University of Virginia? Tacyarg (talk) 15:01, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi, hoping you can help! I published several edits on this page, which went up, but then disappeared. I’m really hoping they can be reinstated.
- I’m not clear on why my username was flagged, it doesn’t represent an organization or business, I am a Montessori researcher, parent, and advocate who lives in Virginia. I went ahead and requested a name change, which is fine, but I’m hoping my edits can come back so that I don’t have to redo that work. MontVA (talk) 15:21, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for replying and clarifying that your name doesn't reflect a business or organisation. Your edits are still there in the page history if you want to go back to them, but the reason I reverted your changes was because you added three paragraphs of unsourced information - there was no reference to a reliable source to verify that it was true. You also deleted a paragraph that was sourced. I'll post a Welcome message which has some links which should help with that. Best wishes, Tacyarg (talk) 16:09, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- Also, watch out for phrases such as "sought after speaker" - fine if you can give a reliable source to support it, but if not, it reads promotional and is likely to be deleted or flagged. Best wishes again. Tacyarg (talk) 16:12, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- Ok, got it. I have fixed these issues. This morning, however, I continue to have trouble. I went to update the bio section, and wrote three very neutral, well-cited paragraphs. When I went to publish, it asked me to do a captcha, which I did, and then it just continued to repeatedly ask me to do captcha after captcha, and it never accepted my edits, which I believe I now need to redo and re-cite. Can you help me understand what is going on? 199.111.224.156 (talk) 15:53, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for replying and clarifying that your name doesn't reflect a business or organisation. Your edits are still there in the page history if you want to go back to them, but the reason I reverted your changes was because you added three paragraphs of unsourced information - there was no reference to a reliable source to verify that it was true. You also deleted a paragraph that was sourced. I'll post a Welcome message which has some links which should help with that. Best wishes, Tacyarg (talk) 16:09, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
Welcome![edit]
Hello, MontVA, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits did not conform to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and may have been removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations verified in reliable, reputable print or online sources or in other reliable media. Always provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need personal help ask me on my talk page, or . Again, welcome. Tacyarg (talk) 16:10, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
renamed.[edit]
However, as is explained above, your user name was not the reason for your edits being reverted. You made unsourced edits. Please reread your talk page. "All content must be cited from reliable sources that are unconnected with the subject and have a reputation for fact checking." Best, --Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:32, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
Paid Creator Warning at Top[edit]
Hi! I'm wondering about the paid creator warning at the top of the Angeline Stoll Lillard page. What would be the process by which that would go away? I know that that page was NOT created by someone paid to do so, and it makes the page look suspicious and untrustworthy to have that notice. Thanks for any help! Corey