LaurenLL

August 2023

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Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 22:40, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi LaurenLL! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at Indigo that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Idontknowwhattouseasmyusername300 (talk) 22:48, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Ok, noted! Thanks! LaurenLL (talk) 16:10, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: NeoCon (Trade Show) (May 10)

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

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DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:58, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello, LaurenLL! 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! DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:58, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Noted, thank you, I will improve this. 47.229.75.226 (talk) 03:12, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

July 2024

Hello LaurenLL. 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 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:LaurenLL. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=LaurenLL|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) 19:48, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello @MrOllie and thanks for your note. I wasn't asked to write this article but I believe this designer, who is my colleague, is worthy of one. I tried to follow Wikipedia guidelines by citing facts and using a neutral point of view. Please let me know how to improving this article. Or should it be an Article for Creation? Please let me know how to do that, thanks! LaurenLL (talk) 01:03, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Writing about your colleagues is considered to be a conflict of interest here, you should read the links in the above message carefully and follow the best practices outlined therein from now on. I appreciate that you were trying to use a neutral point of view, but what you actually produced was a promotional article, typical of people who have a conflict of interest. MrOllie (talk) 01:04, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

You mentioned Articles for Creation. Is that a better way forward? Please guide me on the appropriate path forward, thanks. LaurenLL (talk) 01:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

There is no substitute for reading the above links, start with Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. If you have questions after you have done that reading, feel free to ask at WP:TEAHOUSE. MrOllie (talk) 01:19, 16 July 2024 (UTC)