January 2024

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  This is your only warning; if you remove or change other editors' legitimate talk page comments again, as you did at User talk:Pbsouthwood, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. General Ization Talk 16:58, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to Wikipedia!

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 Welcome Petertcook75!
Hello Petertcook75. Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions!

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Sincerely, Ad Orientem (talk(Leave me a message) 17:01, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Ad Orientem (talk) 17:01, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
If you have questions concerning how to do something, please go to the WP:HELPDESK. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:02, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Please help - I just finished an articvle. Spent days on this Petertcook75 (talk) 20:17, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Conflict of interest

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  Hello, Petertcook75. 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:

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 57.140.16.1 (talk) 20:47, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (January 29)

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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 Theroadislong was: This submission is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: Content like this has no place in an encyclopaedia"stands as a beacon of compassion and change, dedicated to addressing the critical needs of mental health, addiction, and overdose prevention. Its mission is to create positive and lasting change in communities, one opportunity at a time."
Theroadislong (talk) 22:51, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Petertcook75! 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! Theroadislong (talk) 22:51, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Petertcook75/sandbox

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A tag has been placed on User:Petertcook75/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Theroadislong (talk) 22:51, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

seriously?

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You don't seriously think that content like "stands as a beacon of compassion and change, dedicated to addressing the critical needs of mental health, addiction, and overdose prevention. Its mission is to create positive and lasting change in communities, one opportunity at a time." is suitable for an encyclopaedia? Theroadislong (talk) 22:53, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply