Pholcomb9

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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (October 2)

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 CaptainEek was: This topic is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: Alas, there are almost no 15 year olds that are notable for inclusion on Wikipedia. There are 7 billion people, and we can't write about them all, so we have to be pretty choosy about who we cover. This person is just not notable at this time. If you wrote this article about yourself, please see the advice I have left on your talk page, and feel free to ask me for advice. Smooth sailing,

Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 08:34, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Pholcomb9! 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! Captain Eek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 08:34, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Pholcomb9. 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:

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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. Theroadislong (talk) 21:30, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

This is not a conflict of interest by the definition Wikipedia provides. I met Gena Montabalno ("employer") and we spoke about her son's basketball career so far, and she asked me via comments on a blog about another HS Basketball Player if I would be able to help create the page. I agreed to help her out for free, so I am not getting any compensation for this. She is the only person I have "worked" with, as she has provided me with the info needed. Please advise.

That still represents a conflict of interest, which you should disclose per the guidelines linked above. Now the point is somewhat moot, as Montalbano is not notable. As I mentioned previously, there are essentially no 15 year olds notable enough to be on Wikipedia. The only people under 18 that are on Wikipedia are very, very famous -- such as Greta Thunberg. My recommendation is that you look for different areas to edit on Wikipedia, and get a feel for how the site works. Then, in a few years when Montalbano might be notable you could write about them again. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 21:55, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Tess Vockler

Hello Pholcomb9,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Tess Vockler for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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Bensci54 (talk) 18:01, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.Deb (talk) 18:27, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Even though I advised you that advertising is not allowed in my message above, you wrote this on my Talk page:"This page should not be speedily deleted because this is a fan page". Fan pages are advertising. Fan pages are not allowed on Wikipedia. Deb (talk) 16:38, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Deb,

By fan page I meant that I am a fan of her work - she already has a website ("Fan Page"), that I pulled her information from. Wouldn't most people writing about topics be a fan of that topic? I am not arguing at all, and I appreciate the response, I am just wondering how to properly make a page for an artist who is notable & has a following, and therefore people that would be interested in learning more? Nothing I wrote was objective, as it is all facts found from my research. Thanks again for your time! - P

A person's official page is usually not the best place to look for objective information, as it's designed to make them look good. You would need much better sources. See Wikipedia:Verifiability. Deb (talk) 09:24, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Nicholas Montalbano concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Nicholas Montalbano, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. 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.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:34, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Nicholas Montalbano

Hello, Pholcomb9. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Nicholas Montalbano".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! TheImaCow (talk) 14:06, 2 May 2020 (UTC)