User talk:Bill Skidd

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Bill Skidd/sandbox

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A tag has been placed on User:Bill Skidd/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: XBTO (March 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 Numberguy6 was:

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

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Numberguy6 (talk) 19:41, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Bill Skidd! 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! Numberguy6 (talk) 19:41, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Numberguy6! I told a friend Id try to get this posted (he was intimidated by the markup). Anything in particular that stood out as too "advertising"? I wanted to do a good job but will try again toned down a bit more and will reach out to Teahouse too. 69.123.127.52 (talk) 21:10, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Make sure you are logged in before posting. 331dot (talk) 23:55, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Numberguy6! I told a friend Id try to get this posted (he was intimidated by the markup). Anything in particular that stood out as too "advertising"? I wanted to do a good job but will try again toned down a bit more and will reach out to Teahouse too. --I got a response, I think from Teahouse from a user "331dot‬" but it seems he just wanted to bash crypto. :(

This company has been around for years, is written up in Yahoo Finance, Crunchbase, etc (where I got much of the material). They are pioneering the crazy world of crypto and are very successful--the just did a $170 Million branding deal for a soccer team. Not exactly fly-by-night.

How do you write up a very interesting entity without mentioning anything that they have done? 69.123.127.52 (talk) 21:28, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Due to past disruption in this topic area, the community has authorised uninvolved administrators to impose discretionary sanctions—such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks—on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, expected standards of behaviour, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on these sanctions. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

331dot (talk) 23:57, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Bill Skidd. 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. 331dot (talk) 23:58, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:XBTO

Hello, Bill Skidd. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:XBTO, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 00:01, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:XBTO

Hello, Bill Skidd. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "XBTO".

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!} 23:10, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]