User talk:RichMillerPDX

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Happy editing! Cheers, Ahri Boy (talk) 17:32, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Razat Gaurav profile (May 21)

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

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Wikipedia does not have "Profiles". We are not LinkedIn.

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 after they have been resolved.

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Qcne (talk) 17:58, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, RichMillerPDX! 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! Qcne (talk) 17:58, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello RichMillerPDX! Your additions to Draft:Razat Gaurav profile 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, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

Limited quotation: You may only copy or translate a small portion of a source. Any direct quotations must be enclosed in double quotation marks (") and properly cited using an inline citation. More information is available on the non-free content page. To learn how to cite a source, see Help:Referencing for beginners.
Paraphrasing: Beyond limited quotations, you are required to put all information in your own words. Following the source's wording too closely can lead to copyright issues and is not permitted; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when paraphrasing, you must still cite your sources as appropriate.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 19:25, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

May 2024

Hello RichMillerPDX. 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 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 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:RichMillerPDX. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=RichMillerPDX|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. MrOllie (talk) 19:36, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: It Rhymes With Truth (July 6)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by CoconutOctopus 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 books). 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.

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 after they have been resolved.

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CoconutOctopus talk 19:59, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that guidance above, CoconutOctopus. Those guidelines about notability of books makes sense. I should have additional citations for more secondary sources and potentially some awards soon. Fingers crossed. I will come back when I have those to see if that meets the threshold for allowing the article to be posted. Thanks again! RichMillerPortland (talk) 17:54, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, RichMillerPDX. 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

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. CoconutOctopus talk 20:00, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple accounts

Are you the same person as User:RichMillerPortland? Per Wikipedia's policy on sockpuppetry, you are generally only supposed to use one account at a time. As this seems to be a good faith mistake, I would suggest just picking one account and abandoning the other. At the bottom of your userpage, add I formerly edited as [[User:XXX]] or I have abandoned this account and now use [[User:XXX]], as the case may be.

Note that your two accounts have different COI disclosures. You should disclose all COIs on whichever account you choose. Un assiolo (talk) 21:34, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Un assiolo. Yes, bot of those accounts are mine, but it's a good faith mistake. I stupidly couldn't figure out how to declare the Planview-related conflict of interest on my existing RichMillerPDX account because I'm still learning processes on here. The only solution I could figure out to declare the COI was to create a new account and declare my affiliation with Planview during the initial account setup process. I didn't realize it would be a red flag to have two accounts. Yes, I will figure out how to put that statement in the right place on userpage of the other account. Thanks for that suggestion. I'm learning as I go. 2601:1C2:700:E0D0:F4BD:F57F:446D:F (talk) 21:55, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]