V09876

Managing a conflict-of-interest

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 00:42, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Edits to Jeff Danna

Non-standard formatting

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Inline linking to imdb

Hello, I'm Ohnoitsjamie. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to the main body of an article. Generally, any relevant external links should be listed in an "External links" section at the end of the article and meet the external links guidelines. Links within the body of an article should be internal Wikilinks. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 00:46, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Ohnoitsjamie, thanks for explaining. I'm new here to wiki and apologize for any non-matching formatting. I'm sourcing imdb for the updates I'm adding and will look over the manual of style you've sent over to make revisions. V09876 (talk) 16:51, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Additionally, the level of detail you were adding was a tad excessive; an individual's Wikipedia article shouldn't read like a CV. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:59, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

I was looking to model it after existing pages like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Powell_(film_composer) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Tyler

Is that okay? V09876 (talk) 17:10, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Ah yes; I'd do the say thing if I was trying to figure out what format to use (find other examples). For better or for worse, this is one of those things we don't have a single "right way" to do it; some of it is consensus on particular articles, some of it just depends on the whims of whoever created the page. My gut is that it's excessive and distracting to have "creator" and "studio" columns (e.g. Christophe_Beck) but I see other articles that use the format you applied. Go ahead and use that for now, just leave out the inline imdb links. If you're curious what others think, might be worth exploring discussions at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Film and Wikipedia:WikiProject_Composers (or starting a new topic thread there). Happy editing, OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 17:22, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

A couple of other things: per [Wikipedia:Citing_IMDb]], we don't consider IMDB to be a high-quality source for all but a few things (mainly writing credits tagged with WGA). Also, do you have a WP:COI to declare per the message above? OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 17:24, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Ah okay, I'll hunt down other sources outside of IMDB then. V09876 (talk) 20:32, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Read the instructions/policy links above; you'll want to make the [[appropriate declarations first. We strongly recommend that paid editors use the talk page to propose changes. You can start there, and if no one objects after a few days, add the content yourself. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 20:52, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Replying to your email

Sorry V09876, your edit summary does not meet the criteria for revision deletion. — Diannaa (talk) 23:46, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Your problematic edits to Jeff Danna

I'm aware that you've declared a conflict of interest on the topic of Jeff Danna, yet I see that you've been here a long time and it's still the only article you've ever edited. That combination puts you already on thin ice, since it gives the impression that you aren't interested in improving the encyclopedia and are only here to promote an individual. Some edits you've been making are decidedly not beneficial; a recent example is the fact that you've intentionally removed his guitar-playing credits but also made a special effort to make sure he's listed as a guitarist. First of all, you can't have it both ways - if he's notable as a guitarist then the guitar work has to stay up, and if the guitar work doesn't stay up then he's not a guitarist anymore. But that stuff is somewhat beside the point when compared with the fact that you have no business making any such edits in the first place. Please see the instructions at WP:COIE - you are precisely the person those instructions were written for, they do apply in your case. The main point is that you need to stop editing the Jeff Danna page yourself, and to let others be the judge in every case, regarding what should stay and what should go. TooManyFingers (talk) 19:58, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

The reasoning behind it

Think of a politician you really dislike. Should that person (or their friends/relatives/employees etc) be allowed to make decisions regarding the page on Wikipedia about that person? The reason why that situation would be no good is the reason why it's not allowed for anyone at all. TooManyFingers (talk) 20:20, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Apology for my tone

I'm sorry, the above two messages must have sounded harsh. I don't want to discourage you from being here, and I also want to make it clear that it's fine for you to suggest edits on the talk page of the Jeff Danna article or any other in which you might have a conflict of interest. What isn't OK is for you to be making your own judgement calls about the article's choice of content, appearance, or really any judgement calls at all. "Massaging" an article to be the best it can be, to present its subject in the best way and to take out the less attractive parts, is exactly what an author with a conflict of interest is not permitted to do - and unfortunately that's what you've been doing. I hope this makes sense, and I certainly don't intend any bad feelings. TooManyFingers (talk) 23:47, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

I understand your point with the discography being removed. I assure you that I'm not trying to make problematic edits, but rather match the format of other similar pages:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Holt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Powell_(film_composer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Britell

I've seen it on several occasions where composers were described as what type of musician they are in the intro bio.

I have no problem adding the musician/guitar-playing credits back in order to keep the guitarist description on the page, or I can make the edit suggestion like you've described. I was only trying to keep formatting consistent across Wiki. V09876 (talk) 20:10, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: A Celtic Tale (May 29)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Carpimaps was:  The comment the reviewer left 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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Carpimaps ^{talk to me!} 12:25, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

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File permission problem with File:Jeff Danna, image by Rochelle Brodin, Aug 2023.jpeg

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Thank you! The copyright holder has emailed the form. V09876 (talk) 21:33, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: A Celtic Romance (September 17)

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

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TipsyElephant (talk) 12:33, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: A Celtic Tale (September 19)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by OlifanofmrTennant 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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OLIfanofmrtennant 21:55, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:A Celtic Romance

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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When 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. ✗plicit 14:06, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:A Celtic Tale

Hello, V09876. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "A Celtic Tale".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When 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. ✗plicit 23:41, 19 March 2024 (UTC)