User talk:Alymacq11

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It's pretty obvious, your first major edit is a lengthy super-promo full of insider-type phrasing like The company prides itself on... and similar

You have an obvious conflict of interest and you must declare it. If you work directly or indirectly for an organisation, or otherwise are acting on its behalf, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. If you are paid directly or indirectly by the organisation you are writing about, 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:Alymacq11. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Alymacq11|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message. Also read the following regarding writing an article:

• you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the organisation or company, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, logs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the company or organisation claims or interviewing its management. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls

• Much of your text is unsourced, self-sourced or has stuff like IMDB. Conversely, the supposed major clients are not referenced to those clients websites to confirm that

• The notability guidelines for organisations and companies have been updated. The primary criteria has five components that must be evaluated separately and independently to determine if it is met:

1. significant coverage in
2. independent,
3. multiple,
4. reliable,
5. secondary sources.

Note that an individual source must meet all four criteria to be counted towards notability.

• The company appears to have no headquarters, employees, turnover, profits or management structure

• You must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.

I've rarely seen such blatant spamming leading award-winning... specializing in music solutions... an accomplished music ... curated a catalog of over 2,500 artists, including well-known names... The company prides itself on challenging the status quo and setting new standards for music companies in the industry... is well-positioned to forge global partnerships etc. It's hard to find any independently verified facts amidst the "we are wonderful" stuff

• There shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
• You must not copy text from elsewhere. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial; text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.

I didn't check, but the scarcity of wikilinks and proper refs is worrying

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article.

If you have a conflict of interest, you must disclose the nature of that COI. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:27, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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Please read again what I've said above about paid editing.

The company website may be acceptable for basic facts like headquarters, number of employees and financials that may be hard to source elsewhere, although even then something like Bloomberg might be better.

I think the Zippla link might be acceptable, difficult to see who else other than your company will hold that data.

The TikTok link is problematic. Although it confirms your claim, it's quoting your boss and is pretty promotional in tone

You said I have referenced, such as The Hollywood Reporter. However, they don't mention 411 Music Group on the list of nominations page, just the project they were involved in. Would I still be able to use that as a reference? If 411 isn't mentioned specifically, it's difficult to see how they can claim credit. It could be that the projects won awards despite 411, rather than because, unless a proper source says otherwise.

What you should be aiming for is a shorter article with more real facts, fewer but better references and more evidence of notability as defined in the article. If you are finding references too easily, you are probably doing it wrong. Coverage in major newspapers like Washington Post or The Times reputable industry publications or national TV helps Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:24, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi Jimfbleak,

Thanks so much for your help. I am currently editing a completely new draft in my sandbox with more references and facts that are fully supported. I also had a question about adding images to the article. I found a few photos of 411 Music Group within articles about the company, online company website, and the company facebook account. To add these images that I do not own, I am supposed to check that I found these images online, and that I do not have the specific copyright metadata. However, Wikipedia tells me the images I uploaded could be deleted within 7 days. It has been 7 days, and they have not yet been deleted. I was wondering if it is absolutely necessary to have those images be licensed fully, and if so, I was wondering how I am supposed to know if the creator of the photos published them within the Creative Commons License, and which type of license. Or, if these images are publicly online, are they considered fair use? If there is no way to be able to have a suitable tag on the copyright status, would you suggest not using any images at all?

Thanks so much! Alymacq11 (talk) 20:54, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

I have warned you twice now to declare your COI as mandated in the start of the "Reply" section above. If you write anything without doing that, I will indefinitely block you(not

If 411 has a logo, you could upload it to Wikipedia (not Commons) and use it with a Fair use rationale. Otherwise, you can only use images that are explicitly public domain or otherwise clearly labelled with CC BY-SA 4.0 Licence, or state that they can be used for any purpose, including commercial. In practice, hardly anything meets that those criteria, unless it's on a US federal government site or taken by you and donated to Wikipedia without being previously published elsewhere. You cannot use images from the internet as fair use, since in principle you could take your own free images. So your self-made images or nothing Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:10, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

August 2023

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Bbb23 (talk) 13:43, 4 August 2023 (UTC)