MarketNOLA

National varieties of English

Hello. In a recent edit to the page Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, or Pakistan, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the first author of the article used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. My Pants Metal (talk) 13:59, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Per the notice above, please stop changing British spellings to American spellings. This is not considered helpful; and, if you continue to do so, your behaviour will be considered disruptive. You may be blocked from editing as a result. Thanks for your consideration. --Hadal (talk) 14:14, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Very sorry! MarketNOLA (talk) 14:18, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (May 21)

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

DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:11, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello, MarketNOLA! 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) 15:11, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

May 2024

Hello MarketNOLA. 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 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:MarketNOLA. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=MarketNOLA|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. DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:12, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello DoubleGrazing,

Thank you for pointing this out. I apologize for the oversight. I have created my user page and added the required disclosure. I am indeed helping Villeret Law Firm with their branding and indirectly receiving compensation for my work. I will follow the necessary procedures and propose changes through the talk page going forward. If I have missed anything else, please do not hesitate to let me know and I'll be happy to comply.

Best regards,

MarketNOLA MarketNOLA (talk) 15:32, 21 May 2024 (UTC)