User talk:Sam at Swancom13

Hello, SwanComm13, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Hello, SwanComm13, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. Your editing pattern indicates that you may be using multiple accounts or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia. Our policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow this, and users who misuse multiple accounts may be blocked from editing. If you operate multiple accounts directly or with the help of another person, please disclose these connections. Thank you. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:40, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by DGG was:

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

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.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:George E. Gadson and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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DGG ( talk ) 03:14, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, SwanComm13! 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! DGG ( talk ) 03:14, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello SwanComm13. 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 very 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 extremely 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:SwanComm13. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=SwanComm13|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. Theroadislong (talk) 17:30, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 topic is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: paid for article created by sock of User:SwanCom707

Theroadislong (talk) 19:15, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You are suspected of sock puppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, then, if you wish to do so, respond to the evidence at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SwanCom707. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 19:16, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Possibly (talk) 19:25, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:SwanComm13, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=SwanComm13|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Theroadislong (talk) 19:52, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "SwanComm13", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, service, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you for declaring that you are a paid editor. As a paid editor, you MUST comply with Wikipedia's paid-editing disclosure policy. Also, unlike the Wikimedia Commons, the English Wikipedia does NOT allow "organization accounts." It does not allow sharing of accounts at all. It does not allow usernames that suggest that the account is shared. Please read and comply with Wikipedia:Username policy. This policy is significantly different than the username policy on the Wikimedia Commons. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 🎄 01:27, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SwanComm13 and SwanCom707: Are the two of you the same person, or are you two people employed by the same employer? I will ask this question on User talk:SwanCom707 as well. On 4 January 2021, you (SwanComm13) put a note on another editor's talk page tying the two accounts to each other and to a company called Swan Communications, Inc.[1] davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 🎄 01:29, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Swancomm13 and SwanCom707 are the same person. I originally opened Swancomm13, then lost the password, so opened SwanCom707, but once I recovered the password, for the first, I have never used the second again. And yes it is Swan Communications, Inc. I am now seeing that Companies are not allowed to create pages within Wikipedia. Is there anyway I can get advice in order to get this page published? Swancomm13SwanComm13 (talk) 05:23, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

First, read and follow the instructions in WP:Paid-contribution disclosure and WP:Conflict of interest.

Next, read the username policy and request a change of username, and request that the other account be blocked so nobody accuses you of using multiple accounts illegitimately (see WP:Sockpuppet for details). This may take a few days. Avoid editing except to continue existing conversations like this one until your username change is complete.

Next, familiarize yourself with the content-related policies at WP:Policies and guidelines, particularly those related to notability and citing sources.

If the topic you want to write about is not "notable" don't bother trying, it will not be accepted.

Finally, with respect to topics in which you do NOT have a conflict of interest and for which you are not being paid, you can edit just like any other editor.

For topics which you do have a conflict of interest, including all topics for which you are being paid, be aware that you will not be allowed to edit the page once it becomes a "real" article (there are exceptions, for example, you can remove violations of Wikipedia's content policies, but not replace them unless you are doing a straight-up reversion).

This means you have much more "control" when the draft is still a draft, but once it is accepted, you can't directly edit it again. Instead, you must use Template:Requested edit.

Now, as far as your question, Is there anyway I can get advice in order to get this page published?, if the topic is NOT notable, don't even try. If the topic IS notable, make it as easy as possible on the reviewer to see that the topic is notable. This means shorter articles with only a handful of "high quality" references are much more likely to be quickly reviewed and accepted than those without quality references or where the quality ones are buried in a sea of low-quality ones. If you DO wind up with more than a handful of references, put a copy of the "best" 3-5 on the talk page. By "best" I mean the ones that make it easy for a reviewer to see that the topic you are writing about has received significant coverage from reliable sources that are independent of the thing being written about. For famous topics, it's easy. For non-famous but clearly-notable topics, it may or may not be easy. For borderline-notable topics, it's usually quite hard. For non-notable topics, it is by definition not possible.

One major mistake that people make is that they assume the topic they are writing about is "notable" by Wikipedia standards because it's "in the press," without realizing that much of what is "in the press" may be just echos or "lightly re-written" versions of the person or company or organization's own press releases. This is particularly true when the person or company or organization would benefit financially by "having an article in Wikipedia" especially if they would benefit from "having an article which they basically wrote, hired someone to write, or which was written by someone who writes about them with a favorable bias rather than objectively." davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 🎄 05:45, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your detailed response, that is making me feel like I can get this page published still. I really appreciate it. And wish to take the necessary steps to get this moving again. However, If I take the necessary roads of protocol which of course I will do, I first have main question; how do I ascertain, that this subject is Notable? Because without that, it is not worth it for me to take all the other necessary protocols. Second, The Press on this subject, is around long before my disclosed company was writing about this subject...years before...so it is not re-written press, from the subject or my company. It is independent Press, save a few. I am willing to go back through the Press with a Fine tooth comb, to only keep the strong ones.. However, on a chat earlier tonight with Wiki Helpers, I was crucified for things like, no cited sources on subject's University Degree, his artwork locations and his described, medium (Bronze overlays) on one of his artworks. How does someone have an online citation for things like that, other than it be reported in the Press, as I have seen exampled by other Wike Pages of Notable subjects, on Date of Birth and University Degrees, cited only by Press mentioning these things. It seems inconsistent with many, many pages that I followed to get to this point. SwanComm13186.96.210.100 (talk) 07:11, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You continue to edit whilst being logged out despite repeated warnings that this is forbidden. Theroadislong (talk) 08:55, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SwanComm13: First, do not reply to this message until you have addressed the issue with paid editing then addressed the issue with your username. Also, avoid editing while logged out, it is confusing and it gives the appearance that you are trying to make it look like those edits are being made by someone other than you. The appearance of trying to not take responsibility for your own edits can lead to sanctions.

Now, on to your questions:

I got your mail. Thank you for re-posting it here and on my talk page. Like many other editors, I prefer to have discussions about content "on-wiki" where everyone can see them.

The best way to learn the answers to these questions is to "start small." Writing an article is not an easy thing to do. Please take the time to "learn the ropes" of how Wikipedia works first. Another new editor needed some advice a few days ago. I copied the advice I gave him to User:Davidwr/9 steps to a better AFC draft. Please read it. You skip the opening lines, the general advice that isn't specific to him starts at "step 1." The answer to your major question, how do I ascertain, that this subject is Notable?, is answered in "step 1."

Two other things that might be helpful:

If you learn through "practice gaming" then WP:Adventure may be helpful. Not everyone learns that way, but it's worth looking at.

The variety of English which you write in is not the same as the variety that I write in. This means both of us will have to be a bit more patient with each other than if I used the same variety of English than you do. That's not anything "negative" about you or about me, it's just a recognition that we will have to be patient with each other. If you see me not being patient with you over language/grammar/comprehension issues, please let me know so I can adjust. If you have someone who had a good grasp of "American English" that might help.

By the way, if you leave me a message anywhere other than my own talk page and you want me to see it quickly, use the "ping" or "reply" template described in WP:Notifications. Otherwise, I won't see your message until I check my WP:Watchlist which may be several hours later. A "ping" or "reply" will alert me the next time I log in or the next time I load a page if I am already logged in. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 🎄 15:40, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You still have not adequately responded or taken action to the inquiry regarding your appearance as an undisclosed paid editor. If you make any additional edits without complying you may be blocked from editing. Theroadislong (talk) 08:56, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is now 9 months since you were first asked to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation to comply with our terms of use and our policy on paid editing, you have still not done so. Theroadislong (talk) 15:50, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if I am doing this correctly, but here goes:

The Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use require that editors disclose their "employer, client, and affiliation" with respect to any paid contribution; see WP:PAID. For advice about reviewing paid contributions, see WP:COIRESPONSE. Samantha Rojas, User Name: Sam at Swancomm13 (talk · contribs) has been paid by George Gadson U1-client=InsertName.

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George Gadson has been in touch with a Consultant from Wikipedia and will be Editing the Draft accordingly, but I wanted to make this Disclosure and Correct my Username, to suit Wikipedia's Guidelines.

I also need to eliminate a previous user name, Swancom707, that I had opened prior when I misplaced my password for my original Swancomm13. I since found the password and I have not used Swancom707 since.

Can you send the link where I must go to eliminate Swancom707. Thanks.

Also:

Rename request pending approval Jump to navigationJump to search Your username change request has been queued and is awaiting approval from a steward or global renamer. You will be notified by email when the request is processed.

Current username SwanComm13 Requested username Sam at Swancom13

Per the instructions above the mandatory disclosure needs to be added to your user page at User:SwanComm13. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=SwanComm13|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}} Theroadislong (talk) 19:07, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sam at Swancom13:, I have added the disclosure to your user page for you. From here on in, you should not edit the Gadson page directly, as you have a COI. You can make edit requests on the Gadson talk page. You might explain to your client that Wikipedia cannot be used as part of a communications strategy, or for promotion. The content of an article is determined by independent editors with no connection to the subject of the article. That is how the entire Wiki has been built, and why is it so relied upon and successful. Possibly (talk) 23:01, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Do I understand correctly, that only Wikipedia Editors can be paid to Create Articles for Subject Matter? Based on what Initiation is a Wikipedia Page Created?

Hello, Sam at Swancom13. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "sandbox/George Gadson".

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!} 21:09, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Sam at Swancom13. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:George E. Gadson, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion under CSD G13. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available here.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 10:02, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]