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Happy editing! Cheers, 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 11:02, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

July 2024

Hello Dt12345673838. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Draft:Elliot Salkow, 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 employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. 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:Dt12345673838. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Dt12345673838|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. jlwoodwa (talk) 07:27, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello jlwoodwa,

Thank you for your message. I want to clarify that I am not receiving any form of compensation for my edits. I am writing in memory of Elliot Salkow, a highly influential figure in South African technology, to ensure that his contributions and legacy are accurately represented on Wikipedia.

Please refrain from expressing false allegations regarding my contributions. I am committed to following Wikipedia's guidelines and ensuring the information is accurate and unbiased.

Please let me know if there are any specific guidelines or steps I need to follow to comply with Wikipedia's policies and continue contributing to this article.

Best regards,

Dt12345673838 Dt12345673838 (talk) 07:34, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your clear statement. However, I take strong issue on behalf of Jlwoodwa, with this element of it: 'Please refrain from expressing false allegations regarding my contributions." which is tantamount to an accusation that they are lying about you.

The question is worded clearly, contain no allnegations of any description, and is a question that any editor may be expected to be asked at any time.

I believe you owe them a proper apology. One of the key tenets here is civility. Please rectify this lapse. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 11:01, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello FiddleTimtrent,

Thank you for your message and for your concern. I apologize if my previous communication came across as accusatory or confrontational. That was not my intention. I appreciate your reminder about maintaining civility, which is indeed crucial in all interactions on Wikipedia.

I want to clarify that my statement was not aimed at questioning anyone's integrity. Rather, it was intended to assert my commitment to accuracy and adherence to Wikipedia's guidelines. I understand the importance of constructive dialogue and am grateful for your guidance in fostering a positive editing environment.

Moving forward, I will continue to contribute to Wikipedia with diligence and respect for community standards. Please let me know if there are any further steps or guidelines I should be aware of to ensure my contributions align with Wikipedia's policies.

Best regards, 101.173.103.69 (talk) 11:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Don't forget to log in! 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 11:26, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

You do appear to be a family member by your comments at the AFC Helpdesk. Please read and understand WP:COI and make the appropriate declarations. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 17:53, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Your edit to Draft:Elliot Salkow has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for information on how to contribute your work appropriately. For legal reasons, Wikipedia strictly cannot host copyrighted text or images from print media or digital platforms without an appropriate and verifiable license. Contributions infringing on copyright will be removed. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. If you have permission from the copyright owner, provide permission to WP:VRT. You do not have permission because you say so 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 17:54, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Elliot Salkow, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please don't remove deletion or revdel templates from articles, these need to be sorted by an administrator. Mdann52 (talk) 06:33, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Sorry. Did not know it was meant to stay there. Dt12345673838 (talk) 06:34, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

What does it say in the maintenance template? "Please discuss further on the talk page.(July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)" So Did not know it was meant to stay there is naïve at best. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 06:40, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you recently removed maintenance templates from Elliot Salkow. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Please see Help:Maintenance template removal for further information on when maintenance templates should or should not be removed. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Thank you. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 06:37, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove maintenance templates from Wikipedia articles without resolving the problem that the template refers to, as you did at Elliot Salkow. Theroadislong (talk) 06:13, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Elliot Salkow (July 16)

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

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Elliot Salkow and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Jamiebuba (talk) 09:38, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Dt12345673838! 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! Jamiebuba (talk) 09:38, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Elliot Salkow (July 16)

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

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Elliot Salkow and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Youknow? (talk) 11:30, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Elliot Salkow has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Elliot Salkow. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 18:10, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Elliot Salkow has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Elliot Salkow. Thanks! 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:47, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Elliot Salkow has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Elliot Salkow. Thanks! 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 19:07, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Elliot Salkow has been accepted

Elliot Salkow, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider .

Thanks again, and happy editing!

🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 06:11, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

I have removed a great deal of fluff that was not in the references before accepting this. I suggest you let the community edit from now on. Please read and understand WP:COI. You have a declaration to make, something you appear resistant to doing 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 06:13, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Great thank you so much Dt12345673838 (talk) 06:15, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Can you please stop removing the maintenance templates from the article. The copyvio revdel one clearly says not to remove it until the revdel has been done. And the COI template should remain there until you have sufficiently answered the COI query made here, which you so far haven't. Your constant removal of these templates is fast approaching edit warring, and is in any case not constructive. Thank you. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:36, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

How do I answer it? Im not sure how to answer the query. Dt12345673838 (talk) 06:39, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

I do not believe you to be naïve.

First, please declare your conflict of interest on your user page. WP:COI which you need to understand, will tell you how.

Second, please actually read the templates rather than removing them in a cavalier manner. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 06:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you but I am still very confused. I have clicked on my user page and it is empty. It is blank, nothing to verify. Secondly, I have read the template about a potential copy right thing and I clicked on the link and it said that their is no plagiarism. Im not sure I understand- for what I actually need to do. Sorry. Dt12345673838 (talk) 06:51, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Please see if what I did was correct.

Thanks Dt12345673838 (talk) 06:58, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest#General_COI and display the user box on your user page. This page will remain blank until you edit it 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 17:31, 20 July 2024 (UTC)