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January 2024[edit]

Hello, Mamasaurus34, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. Your editing pattern indicates that you may be using multiple accounts or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia, such as Naomicreative (talk · contribs). Our policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow this, and users who misuse multiple accounts may be blocked from editing. If you operate multiple accounts directly or with the help of another person, please disclose these connections. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:49, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Mamasaurus34. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to User talk:GoingBatty, 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.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: John Cameron (TV presenter) (January 5)[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 Theroadislong 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 people). 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:

no independent sources?

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Theroadislong (talk) 16:51, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and thanks so much for this feedback. I have read the wiki guidelines on the notability of people and I'm a confused now as to why the article John Cameron was rejected, particularly since I picked a TV presenter to write about who has presented on three BBC daytime TV shows. I would have thought this easily qualified? as per the guidelines below:

Entertainers

This guideline applies to actors, voice actors, comedians, opinion makers, pornographic actors, models, and celebrities. Such a person may be considered notable if:

The person has had significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions; or
The person has made unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment.

Or is it the citations I have used?

Thank you in advance for your feedback. Mamasaurus34 (talk) 11:29, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]