March 2020

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  This is your only warning; if you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising again, as you did at Draft:Lawrence and Mayo, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. The draft has been deleted. DGG ( talk ) 05:59, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Sure, but I have no personal interest to gain from creating a wiki on Lawrence and Mayo. I am an MBA student and did a dissertation on this company as part of the course and could not find a Wikipedia page on it. So I relied on other articles and press releases available on the web. Thought it might be helpful for others in future to find a consolidated Wikipedia page on a 150 year old organisation which is headquartered at the Lawrence and Mayo House, a heritage site in the bylanes of Fort,Mumbai. Notable clients included many prominent freedom fighters of Indian National Movement.

All the information is available widely on the net, and I had referenced the same in the draft.

However, being my 1st engagement as a contributor to the Wiki community, if there was some error on part of the format, I'd request the community to excuse me for that.

I'd respect your decision to not publish my draft if you don't find reason in it. But as part of national heritage as well as being a leading retail chain business in optics, this organisation warrants a Wikipedia page in public interest.

Thanks and regards,

Tarukh Kaul Tarukh Kaul (talk) 20:44, 6 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Lawrence and Mayo (May 1)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sulfurboy 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 when they have been resolved.
Sulfurboy (talk) 10:32, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Tarukh Kaul! 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! Sulfurboy (talk) 10:32, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
 

Hello Tarukh Kaul. 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 egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

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:: Hi @Theroadislong:,

 I have no personal interest to be gained from creating a wiki on Lawrence and Mayo and there is no financial interest involved either whatsoever. I am an MBA student and did a dissertation on this company as part of our program and could not find a Wikipedia page on it. Thought it might be helpful for others in future to find a consolidated Wikipedia page for some basic references. I am new to the wikipedia community as a contributor and since I have already done some research on this topic, found it suitable to be my first edit. 
 
 The company being an important brand in luxury retail sector in India, is often a subject of discussion in marketing lectures in B-schools. Also the Lawrence and Mayo House is heritage site situated in Mumbai and is noted for its architectural style- which has been referenced to in the article by Meher Marfatia titled "High Five For Heritage Mile" in the reference section. 
 
 However, being new to the Wiki community, if there is some error in formatting, I'd request you to help me with that in its rectification.
 As for the Notability of the subject, for which the draft was declined, I'll be working on that and have also asked for help from @Sulphurboy on his talk page.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Regards,
 
 Tarukh Kaul (talk) 14:16, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Please be aware that you are editing under your own name and a simple Google search shows that you do indeed have a very clear conflict of interest. Theroadislong (talk) 14:22, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Lawrence and Mayo

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Hello, Tarukh Kaul. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Lawrence and Mayo".

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 deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 03:10, 28 January 2021 (UTC)Reply