User talk:Dkong53

Thanks. Two things is there a way to change the default thumbnail photo to be the one closest to the top versus the second one on the page?

Also, is it possible to change the title from being Kelvin Jones musician to Kelvin Jones educator? Since there is a Kelvin Jones singer and can easily confuse the two?

Your submission at Articles for creation: Kelvin Jones (musician) has been accepted

Kelvin Jones (musician), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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GoldMiner24 ^Talk 18:00, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Kelvin Jones

Hi, I just reviewed the article you made. I wanted to add that although I accepted the article, I had some issues with the personal life section. The rest of the article was good but personal life could use some work. The section was largely unsourced. There was one source, but it was really poor so I removed it. The section really should have more sources for it to be wiki quality. But because the rest of the article was good I went ahead and accepted it. I would recommend working on this section, but nothing will happen if you don't. Cheers! GoldMiner24 ^Talk 18:07, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Kelvin Jones (musician)

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A tag has been placed on Kelvin Jones (musician) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.lsu.edu/cmda/bands/people/directors/index.php. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Hello the contents that are posted on the lsu.edu/cmda/people/directors website is content I am an author created as well so there shouldn't be any copyright infringements as I am the content creator of that information. If need be happy to edit the content contained in the page so that it is live again even though it shouldn't have been deleted. Dkong53 (talk) 23:34, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Page restoration

Hello yes, happy to change thumbnail to educator, but how should I go about doing it when the page was nominated for speedy deletion? Dkong53 (talk) 20:16, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Kelvin Jones (musical director) (November 3)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.

• Draft:Kelvin Jones (musical director) may be deleted at any time unless the copied text is removed. Copyrighted work cannot be allowed to remain on Wikipedia.
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Dan arndt (talk) 05:29, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Dkong53! Having an article draft 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! Dan arndt (talk) 05:29, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Dkong53! Your additions to Draft:Kelvin Jones (musical director) 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.

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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, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 13:01, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello, confused as to what was copy written or plagiarized material? If referring to a title held such as "Assistant Director of Bands or being a Conn Selmer Educational Clinician," it will state the same information from another source as that is a specific title he holds. Otherwise can you pinpoint what was used a plagiarized as additional steps were taken to ensure none of which has happened. Along those same lines, I am the writer of the biography on the LSU Bands page of Kelvin Jones so if one used aspects of their own writing, it should still be in fair use if I'm not mistaken... even though nothing was directly copy/pasted in this recent submission. Dkong53 (talk) 19:58, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

November 2022

Hello Dkong53. 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:Dkong53. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Dkong53|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. This query is becasue you stated "the contents that are posted on the lsu.edu/cmda/people/directors website is content I am an author created" in reference to a previous warning about copyrights. Whpq (talk) 13:03, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello, no paid compensation was given to make edits or creation of this article. Just trying to highlight a person who has been a historical figure in the music education space. Dkong53 (talk) 19:59, 4 November 2022 (UTC)