Lucianapaola

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COI template placement

Hi Jim, sorry about this! I couldn't figure out where to put the COI, thought it had to go in the title. It has been added now. Is it possible for the page to be undeleted so I can go ahead and edit out anything that may be biased? Lucianapaola (talk) 13:48, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Yes, you've successfully placed the template on your user page, right where it belongs.

It may be best to start over. I can't see what you wrote before, but if it had to be deleted as too promotional, you were probably not writing it from ground up based on what your notability references had to say. Did you have notability references? — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:27, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

From what I remember, everything was just facts. The problem might have been some things were referenced to the "about us" on the webpage. The other cited references were Insider, New York Post, New York Times, Refinery29, People Magazine and others similar.

Lucianapaola (talk) 20:12, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

No, that wasn't "just facts". There was quite a bit of storytelling, quotes from the founder, opinions presented as facts, superlatives, and highlighting their selling points. Huon (talk) 20:28, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

That were all taken from the sources mentioned above. Lucianapaola (talk) 21:03, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

COI

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Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. You must also reply to the COI request above Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:16, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Kristen Tomlan and DŌ, Cookie Dough Confections have been moved out of mainspace because you shouldn't be making inclusion decisions on subjects you have a COI on. See WP:AFC. MER-C 17:36, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi, can you explain what you mean by "inclusion decisions"? From the messages from Jimfbleak above, as long as I have a COI stated and am nonpromotional with notable sources, the pages were good to go.

The problem with a COI is that when you have one, you are not a good judge of whether you are nonpromotional and whether the sources establish notability. For example, "DŌ gained attention when it was first featured on Glamour and refinery29." - that sounds rather promotional to me, and it's not the only example of problematic content in the page. Thus you should let someone else evaluate the page you wrote instead of creating a live article yourself. I'll add a messagebox with a "Submit your draft for a review" button, but I expect some work will be needed. Huon (talk) 22:03, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Kristen Tomlan

Hello, Lucianapaola. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Kristen Tomlan".

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 17:03, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:DŌ, Cookie Dough Confections

Hello, Lucianapaola. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "DŌ".

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.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! JMHamo (talk) 09:48, 22 June 2020 (UTC)