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Wikipedia and copyright

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 20:46, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Brenda Darden Wilkerson (August 23)

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SkyGazer 512 ^{Oh no, what did I do this time?} 03:32, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Techhistwriter! 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! SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 03:32, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Wogrammer

Hello, Techhistwriter,

I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Wogrammer should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wogrammer .

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Thanks,

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:26, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Erin Summers

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I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Erin Summers should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Erin Summers .

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Thanks,

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:30, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Komal Singh

The article Komal Singh has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable individual with no significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. The Forbes piece is from a contributor and other two are interviews. No evidence of satisfying WP:AUTHOR.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. GSS (talk|c|em) 04:46, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Ways to improve Cori Zarek

Hello, Techhistwriter,

Thanks for creating Cori Zarek! I edit here too, under the username Rosguill and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:-

The article needs more citations to coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Also, the order of the "Career" and "Early career and education" sections should be switched.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Rosguill}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ . For broader editing help, please visit the Teahouse.

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_signed, Rosguill ^talk 01:25, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

@Rosguill: Many thanks for these suggestions. I will make these updates. Techhistwriter (talk) 02:22, 7 January 2019 (UTC)techhistwriter @Rosguill: There's a flag about sources. The sources include universities, the White House, UNESCO, Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press, National Press Club, and others. These are all independent sources, not related to the subject. Can you please help clarify this concern?

Almost all of the sources are providing information about Zarek in the context of mentioning her promotion or position held in the source publisher, conferring her an award, or inviting her to speak at an event sponsored by the subject. Addressing only the ones you've mentioned here directly, the UNESCO source is a stub biography tied to a panel Zarek spoke on, the RCFP source mentions that Zarek was promoted to being a director at their FOI institute, the National Press Club was giving her a recognition (alongside many others), U of Iowa appears to have her as some sort of advisory board member, and the White House source is a dead link for me. I approved the article because the subject's awards won establish notability via WP:ANYBIO, but we should still strive to find coverage that is actually independent of the subject._signed, Rosguill ^talk 04:12, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

@Rosguill: Thank you! Updated with a few more links that are 3rd party reporting

Deletion discussion about Paula Goldman

Hello, Techhistwriter,

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username Stevey7788 and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, Paula Goldman should be deleted. Your comments are welcome over Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paula Goldman .

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— Stevey7788 (talk) 23:37, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Dana Chisnell

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Managing a conflict of interest

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