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=Info on Images[edit]

Here's a couple of pages that will help you out:

Please take a look at them so you can get the proper information into the images you upload :) Shell ^babelfish 00:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Blow Monkeys[edit]

Sorry, but I reversed your recent edit to this article, as it appears to take matters backwards to a less encyclopedic / wikipedia styling. Please re-visit if you strongly feel you have been wronged.

Derek R Bullamore 14:22, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Whoops-cd-cover.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Animal-magic-cd-cover.jpg[edit]

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Image copyright problem with Image:DT-Cover.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:BM'spressshot.jpg}[edit]

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Orphaned non-free image File:DT-Cover.jpg[edit]

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March 2010[edit]

If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Vocality International, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

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File permission problem with File:Theblowmonkeys,2011.jpg[edit]

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The Blow Monkeys[edit]

Regarding your recent edits to this article, could you please explain which part of the editing guideline "DO NOT CHANGE THIS, without citing a third party reliable source. Editor's own opinions are not required on Wikipedia. See WP:Identifying reliable sources to view the policy on this" you did not understand ?

With respect, you need to refer to Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources before undertaking further such edits. Equally, Wikipedia:External links where you will find that ""Links to social networking sites (such as Myspace and Facebook), chat or discussion forums/groups (such as Yahoo! Groups), Twitter feeds, Usenet newsgroups or e-mail lists" should be avoided".

Following such guidelines, I have re-edited the article accordingly. Regards,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 10:54, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Derek is correct on this, for the record. Wikipedia's conflict of interest rules are quite clear that we do not allow members of a band to come in and dictate the content of the band's article, if what the band member wants isn't reflected in reliable sources that are independent of the band. For example, we do not list The Blow Monkeys' musical genre as being what Robert Howard wants it to be listed as — we list it as what objective and reliable critical sources about the band have described the genre as being. If Allmusic describes the genre as "New Wave, pop rock, sophisti-pop, alternative rock", for example, then that's what we list whether the band agrees with that assessment or not — because our job here is to summarize what secondary sources have written and published about the band, not to be an extension of the band's own press kit.

If you want changes to the content of the article, as a representative of the band you're certainly entitled to request the desired changes at Talk:The Blow Monkeys — but per our COI rules, you are not entitled to simply take over the article and dictate them yourself. And your changes must be supported by reliable sources which are independent of the band themselves — which means that you need to be able to provide evidence that the changes you desire have been supported by material published by newspapers, magazines, websites, etc., writing or broadcasting content about the band.

While I personally have no reason to doubt that you're acting in good faith at Robert Howard's request, Wikipedia does not actually have any properly documented proof that the changes are coming from Robert Howard himself — which is one of the reasons why we rely on reliable published sources whose content can be properly verified by reading or looking at them, and cannot privilege mere assertions of insider knowledge. (You'd be frankly surprised at just how much problematic and/or entirely illegitimate content has been added to Wikipedia, and how much perfectly legitimate content has been removed, over the years by people who were claiming to act on the article topic's behalf but weren't. So we simply cannot just take "I know this person", or even "I am this person", at face value if the content it's supporting isn't backed up by verifiable sources.)

Which is why if your change cannot be verified in an independent source, then it cannot be in the article no matter how true it may actually be. If you can provide properly sourced evidence that our content is wrong, then by all means the change can be made — but you do not have the right to simply assert that it's wrong, if that assertion contradicts the existing source and you can't provide a new one.

And just for the record, Derek is also correct that we do not allow Twitter or Facebook pages in the "External links" section of an article. Bearcat (talk) 16:22, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (File:Halfway to Heaven - The Best of The Blow Monkeys & Dr Robert.jpg)[edit]

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File:Limping, Cover.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Find Your Activity (June 11)[edit]

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

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of websites). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Fails WP:GNG, lacks any independent reliable secondary sources.

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Dan arndt (talk) 07:04, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Your draft article, Draft:Find Your Activity[edit]

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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 edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Celestina007 (talk) 11:30, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Vocality International[edit]

The article Vocality International has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

enough to avoid an A7, but a BEFORE identifies only churnalism and PR about this company's acquisition, nothing to establish ORG notability

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Nomination of Vocality International for deletion[edit]

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Star Mississippi 14:33, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Julianbashford. 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 conflict of interest 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 are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. SmartSE (talk) 18:39, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of BooSnoo![edit]

The article BooSnoo! has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Article seemingly created by the Executive Producer, absolutely nothing to indicate that WP:GNG is met.

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