User talk:Alex shifrin

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Paid Editing

Hi, Under Wikipedia Terms of Use, any editor who is paid to create content on Wikipedia must declare that they are being paid to create that content per WP:PAID and WP:DISCLOSURE, or risk being permanently blocked. Paid editors use the Wikipedia:Edit requests mechanism to request editor updates to the article. scope_creep^Talk 19:45, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, hi, This is moderately presumptuous. There's no exchange of fees here. What's the Wiki guideline for frivolous and unsupported accusations? Asking for a friend. Alex shifrin (talk) 16:02, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Alex shifrin: Dont know. Generally we need to check per WP Terms of Use, if the contributions give an indicate. There is no soft way of doing it. Indeed there is a whole of templates available, so I guess this is the softest way. Personally I don't mind paid editing, after all it did create Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine chapel, the Gutenberg bible, the Mona Lisa and other innumerable art works, in the world, but the consensus on here is that paid editing is a bad thing, and WP Terms of Use state that your must declare it. Generally if you do not declare and you create a whole bunch of content, it generally gets deleted after the person gets blocked. scope_creep^Talk 09:43, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Still editing

Hello Alex. This account's edit history is consistent with COI behavior, and the username suggests an association with an advertising agency. In order to maintain Wikipedia's integrity and independence, could you please follow WP:PSCOI? Regards, MrsSnoozyTurtle 00:46, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

With all due respect, this isn't what an advertising agency does. Wiki edits tend to organized by PR firms or publicists. We (ad agencies) make creative ads for things like TV. I'm president at an ad shop, and editing Wiki pages isn't what I would do there. It's just something that's fascinated me, so I've tried my hand at it. Obviously not very well given the dumpster fire that my efforts to create a few pages has netted. At first, it was rewarding to see this published. Now I'm wondering why bother when arguably cited content can get unilaterally yanked anytime without proper debate on it - AFTER it was published. Alex shifrin (talk) 02:02, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please clarify: if you intend to keep editing, will you follow WP:PSCOI? Regards, MrsSnoozyTurtle 05:27, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I will follow WP:PSCOI as per Wiki rules and address them as best as I can as outlined in the link provided. Alex shifrin (talk) 06:09, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I am glad to hear that. All the best, MrsSnoozyTurtle 07:00, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Richard Crouse 2015.jpg

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Yeah hi there. That image was replaced by the current image on his profile page. Please feel free to delete. In fact, as I recall, I wasn't able to provide sufficient proof of copyright ownership at the time and I assumed that it had alraedy been deleted. - Alex

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Alex shifrin! While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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Thank you for this info. I'll make sure to go back and rewrite the passage in question to reflect a factual (and cited) observation vs the verbatim text it is currently. Alex Alex shifrin (talk) 22:32, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Center for International Private Enterprise

The article Center for International Private Enterprise has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Organisation doesn't meet WP:NORG

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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. MrsSnoozyTurtle 08:51, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, can you please explain why this page, which way fully cited by third party sources, was deleted? Alex shifrin (talk) 07:07, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Corrosive capital moved to draftspace

Please refer to log comments. MrsSnoozyTurtle 22:25, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but this article is well cited with mainstream media sources. Please explain how this isn't suitable for Wiki publication? Also, please note that this article has already been approved and published. Alex shifrin (talk) 22:40, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also, may I ask how I appear to have a close connection to this subject? I live in Toronto, Canada. I wrote an article about corrosive capital, a new political term that didn't seem to be up on Wiki yet. After writing about corrosive capital, I noticed that there was nothing about CIPE either. So I created a page. CIPE is based in Washington. I'm from Canada. ? Alex shifrin (talk) 22:44, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Finally, I would contest that the citations are routine coverage. They're not press releases or even announcements. They're anecdotal mentions in mainstream press articles. Alex shifrin (talk) 23:07, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to ask to resubmit this back to Wiki, although I'll have another run at the CIPE page. Alex shifrin (talk) 23:08, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I've moved it out of draft. This doesn't require a 3+ month approval period. Please discuss in comments of article, which was reviewed and published already. Alex Alex shifrin (talk) 23:14, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Center for International Private Enterprise moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Center for International Private Enterprise, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. MrsSnoozyTurtle 22:28, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thank you. I'll work on that this week and revert with better citations. Alex shifrin (talk) 22:39, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone through this, and I've made a few minor changes. However, CIPE is an NGO of note: It's one of the 4 institutions that comprise the National Endowment for Democracy - and if you look at the NED Wiki page, you'll see all 4 (including CIPE) listed out. The only one of them which didn't have its own page was CIPE. So I created it. It's cross-referenced across Wiki, yet it didn't exist. I've returned it back to the page, which I will note, was already reviewed and published. Let's please discuss better citations on the page and not on a 3+ month waiting list draft space. Thanks. Alex Alex shifrin (talk) 23:30, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Center for International Private Enterprise moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Center for International Private Enterprise, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. MrsSnoozyTurtle 00:41, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Corrosive capital (April 30)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by S0091 was:

This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summarise information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Notable topic but this contains original research/WP:SYNTH in addition to possibly false information (i.e. CIPE coined the term and is apparently trademarked by them, see footnote 4).

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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S0091 (talk) 15:02, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Concern regarding Draft:Center for International Private Enterprise

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September 2023

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Drmies (talk) 17:12, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don't understand what just happened. I have no idea who that other user is and why they chose to move a draft of mine to publication. I made that draft ages ago and haven't had the time to re-engage with it. Alex shifrin (talk) 20:41, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Center for International Private Enterprise

Hello, Alex shifrin. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Center for International Private Enterprise".

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. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:26, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]