CopperK8

Your submission at Articles for creation: Preventive Biocidal Surfaces (October 22)

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Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 14:06, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello, CopperK8! 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! Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 14:06, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:02, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Your page was largely copied from a site marked Copyright © 2014 EOS Surfaces, and as such, for legal reasons we do not restore the deleted text. Note also that if you have a conflict of interest when editing this article, you must declare it. In particular, if you work directly or indirectly for the organisation, or otherwise are acting on its behalf, 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:CopperK8. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=CopperK8|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message.

Furthermore, your text was largely unsourced and was not written as an encyclopaedia article Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:11, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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Again, Jim, thanks for your response and feedback. I am interested in creating this article/encyclopedic entry for this topic due to its significance in the realm of reducing pathogen transmission and our work directly with the CDC and EPA to increase awareness of the science behind preventing transmission. I have solely educational goals, especially in this time where so many are attempting to capitalize on the pandemic, but I don't know where to start. Do you know where I may be able to find someone that could draft an article for me to help remove any COI and potential bias? I am not interested in any promotion, only the science, and am willing to recuse myself completely from the process. Again, thank you for your feedback. CopperK8 (talk) 11:40, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

If, after reading the information about notability linked above, you still believe that your topic is notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could, if you wish, post a request at Wikipedia:Requested articles for the article to be created. It could be a long wait though.

It's not actually forbidden to write with a conflict of interest, but it must be declared. See also guidance for editors with conflicts of interest. I block editors every day for not declaring COI where they have a financial interest, or where they have declared an interest but don't seem to be writing an encyclopaedia article rather than promo. IF you do declare a COI, and continue editing, take your time, make sure you understand WP:RS and WP:NPOV. Haasium is a recent WP:TFA on a scientific topic that might help you in terms of structure etc. Incidentally, note that images are also subject to our copyright rules, so you can't use an image published previously unless it's explicitly PD, unlikely unless it's US Federal government website Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:01, 26 October 2020 (UTC)