User talk:Sambabkc

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Sambabkc, good luck, and have fun. — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:37, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Smart pill (January 9)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Anne drew Andrew and Drew was:

The proposed article does not have sufficient content to require an article of its own, but it could be merged into the existing article at Nootropic. Since anyone can edit Wikipedia, you are welcome to add that information yourself. Thank you.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Smart pill and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Smart pill, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and save.
If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
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– by AdA&D at 17:43, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Sambabkc, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that 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! – by AdA&D at 17:43, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

January 2018

Welcome to Wikipedia. A page you recently created, Intelligent pill ‎, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new pages, so it will be removed shortly (if it hasn't been already). Please use the sandbox for any tests, and consider using the Article Wizard. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article. You may also want to read our introduction page to learn more about contributing. You should address the reasons why Draft:Smart pill was declined rather than creating multiple versions of it across the article space. —C.Fred (talk) 18:10, 13 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Sambabkc, and welcome to Wikipedia. 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 here.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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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, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:59, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

January 2018

Please stop making disruptive edits, as you did at Performance-enhancing substance.

If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
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If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:47, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Drug. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:49, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Smart pill has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Smart pill. Thanks! —C.Fred (talk) 20:34, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Spamming tipweightlossdiet.com, smartpillwiki.com etc etc

You are spamming like crazy. Please use high quality sources per MEDRS - see WP:MEDRS.

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you insert a spam link. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Jytdog (talk) 21:04, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion on how to write drafts

I've written a few articles without having to go through the draft process.

What I usually do is gather as many professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources I can find that are specifically about the topic but not affiliated with it. This means nothing with "wiki" in the name. Even Wikipedia.

I make sure that the sources are truly about the same topic, because some times sources might be referring to two different concepts with the same name. I get the impression that your smart pill article is getting digitally-tracked pills, digital sensors in pill form and nootropics (all of which might be called "smart pills") mixed up. For medical topics, I do my best to stick to professional-published mainstream medical sources.

Then, I summarize those sources, place citations after each of these summaries, and combine overlapping statements (with no deduction on my part) into a minimally-phrased paragraph. It's very important to not combine two sources to arrive at a conclusion that neither source explicitly states. If I don't have enough sources to make at least five (preferably ten) Ernest Hemingway-style sentences, I put the topic away for later and don't publish the article until I can produce a full paragraph.

I then paraphrase this summary so that the spirit of everything is still there but there's no chance that I've accidentally plagiarized. There should be no elaboration or commentary, only a paraphrased summary of the sources. The paraphrase doesn't need to read like Hemingway, but we'd rather take him over Charles Dickens. While paraphrasing, I try to look for ways to accuse myself of advocacy or bias. I never ask questions in the article, I never try to tell the reader what to do or believe, I simply state what the sources say.

Once I have at least a paragraph, I post this as the first revision of the article. This establishes what the topic is and that the topic is notable. From there, I add in additional sources (maybe affiliated sources, maybe sources that are not specifically about the topic but do discuss it, but still nothing with "wiki" in the name). If I put these other sources in the first revision, it would be harder for other editors to spot what my proof of notability is.

Ian.thomson (talk) 22:59, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Jytdog (talk) 22:22, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

January 2018

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Guy (Help!) 00:12, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Smart pill

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Draft:Smart pill, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:46, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]