John BG Johnson

Your submission at Articles for creation: Eddy Apostu (January 20)

Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by QueerEcofeminist was: This submission is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.

QueerEcofeminist ^{"cite! even if you fight"!!!} [they/them/their] 05:11, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, John Johnson Gallery! 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! QueerEcofeminist "cite! even if you fight"!!! [they/them/their] 05:11, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Your username

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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, John Johnson Gallery. 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 13:43, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

January 2020

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Your thread has been archived

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Conflict of interest

You need to declare your clear conflict of interest before doing anything else on here. Theroadislong (talk)

I have not any conflict of interest to declare.

I have not any conflict of interest to declare.

February 2020

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Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 17:58, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Copyrighted images

Please stop uploading images that are copyrighted. You need explicit permission to use these, you cannot just post something you take from person's website. —  HELLKNOWZ   ▎TALK 17:33, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

See the first part of commons:COM:OTRS#Licensing_images:_when_do_I_contact_OTRS?. The person must grant the specific items under a free license, not just grant permission. An e-mail would look something like commons:COM:ET. Copyright is a complicated matter. —  HELLKNOWZ   ▎TALK 23:27, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Uff. It's so complicated. Can I ask him to upload the pictures alone?

Draft:Eddy Apostu

Edit warring to remove rejection notices at Draft:Eddy Apostu will not help you get the draft accepted. Theroadislong (talk) 15:37, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Good. Then assist make it publishable. Is that so hard? I don't understand how.

Your draft was rejected on 20 January 2020 by User:QueerEcofeminist which means that no amount of editing will make it acceptable, unless you can show that he passes WP:ARTIST and I'm not seeing how he passes that. Theroadislong (talk) 10:24, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Eddy Apostu

Hello, John BG Johnson. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Eddy Apostu".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 04:18, 19 September 2020 (UTC)