J20MT

July 2020

Hello, I'm Jerodlycett. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Marine Technology Society have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Jerod Lycett (talk) 23:18, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello J20MT. 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 SEO.

Paid advocates are very 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 extremely 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:J20MT. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=J20MT|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. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 06:34, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello User talk:HickoryOughtShirt?4. In response to your message, I am not being paid or being pain indirectly compensated for the edits I am attempting to make on the page. I am a member of the society and trying to generate a more complete page for the society based on modeling information posted by numerous other professional societies with existing wikipedia pages. There is no ill intent, just stumbling through the process of what is an acceptable post to wikipedia. J20MT

Hi J20MT and thanks for the reply. While I appreciate your efforts, as a member of the society, you then have a basic conflict of interest and should refrain from adding content directly to the Wikipedia article. Please use WP:Edit requests and disclose your conflict of interest on your user page following WP:DISCLOSE. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 14:17, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (July 30)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Bobby Cohn 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 User:J20MT/sandbox 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.

Bobby Cohn (talk) 01:33, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello, J20MT! 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! Bobby Cohn (talk) 01:33, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: User:J20MT/sandbox has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:J20MT/sandbox. Thanks! Bobby Cohn (talk) 21:09, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

I personally won't decline again but my opinion is that this still needs work but could soon be acceptable. Let me know if you need any help or further guidance. Kindly, Bobby Cohn (talk) 21:10, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (July 31)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Dan arndt 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 User:J20MT/sandbox 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.

Dan arndt (talk) 05:19, 31 July 2024 (UTC)