Bethbcpr

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Jamee Ranta (September 24)

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nearlyevil665 06:09, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Bethbcpr! Having an article 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! nearlyevil665 06:09, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. I have made several edits to add references and updates to this article. I hope it passes muster now! Bethbcpr (talk) 22:44, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

September 2021

Hello, I'm Muhandes. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Holy (Justin Bieber song), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Muhandes (talk) 10:45, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I know these artists, who have asked me to update their pages. I will disclose this personal connection if you think it's a conflict, but these are just factual updates, and I'm just learning how to add references to factual information on this one. Bethbcpr (talk) 22:45, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Jamee Ranta has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Jamee Ranta. Thanks! JSFarman (talk) 18:40, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, JS.I will seek out and share that reference ASAP. _Beth Bethbcpr (talk) 23:20, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

November 2021

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Thank you.   — Jeff G. ツ 23:04, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Much appreciated, Jeff!!! I'm trying to learn. Bethbcpr (talk) 22:48, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello Bethbcpr. 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.

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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:Bethbcpr. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Bethbcpr|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.   — Jeff G. ツ 23:06, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Jeff thank you for the information. I am doing these as favors to the artist, so does that mean a conflict of interest? I'm trying to learn Wikipedia. Bethbcpr (talk) 23:21, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

How do you know the artists? Are you working on behalf of a PR firm?   — Jeff G. ツ 09:09, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Jeff other members of a firm I am working with are working with Colin. I will suggest that his office just send over suggested edits. You can reject the changes I made. Bethbcpr (talk) 20:35, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks!   — Jeff G. ツ 20:58, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Hi Beth, can you please respond to the question first asked above a number of years ago as to whether you have a conflict of interest with any of the articles you have edited, and also whether you are editing in the course of your work? If you are, you need to properly disclose this as required by the terms of use. Thank you Melcous (talk) 23:09, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

(talk) Hi, Melcous: I've resubmitted Colin Tilley's updates. He has asked me to add these updates. I've tried to add only factual informatin about his newer work and awards, along with relevant media references for fact-checking. Bethbcpr (talk) 22:46, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Bethbcpr thanks for your reply, and thanks for using the Template:Edit request which is absolutely the best thing to do when you have a conflict of interest (which yes, if you are editing at the request of the subject of the article, you definitely do). You are also asked to disclose this - easily done on your user page. And again please note that if you are receiving compensation for editing or editing in the course of your job, (e.g. you work in PR for these people as your username implies) then this is a requirement of the terms of use you signed up to when you created your account here). You can read how to do this here: WP:PCD, or you can ask questions here and other editors including myself will try to help you! Thank you, Melcous (talk) 22:57, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Ian Seabrook (December 11)

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S0091 (talk) 16:01, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jamee Ranta (December 27)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Jeromeenriquez were: 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.

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Jeromeenriquez (talk) 19:26, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ian Seabrook has been accepted

Ian Seabrook, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Devonian Wombat (talk) 07:06, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you!

Bethbcpr (talk) 15:46, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Jamee Ranta for deletion

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scope_creep^Talk 11:42, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

I think the subject of the article is worthy of at least a brief article. Her work with some of the top artists in pop music is noteworthy, as is her GRAMMY nomination. Another contributor added new references from established media outlets. I think the other text has been simplified, and unverified facts were removed. Please reconsider leaving this article up, or please recommend how to edit it so that the information is acceptable. Bethbcpr (talk)BethBC Bethbcpr (talk) 22:05, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Bethbcpr: How goes it. I might be worth commenting on the actual Afd discussion here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jamee Ranta. Please follow the WP:AFD instructions. Remember it is not a vote, it is a discussion. scope_creep^Talk 22:39, 15 June 2022 (UTC)