User talk:Billy Rosendale

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Hello,

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Yours,
Keegan Peterzell
Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation

02:27, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Welcome

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Hello, Billy Rosendale, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Billy Rosendale, good luck, and have fun. – Stinglehammer (talk) 15:49, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kings Buildings session 19.05.2016

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Hello again, Billy Rosendale!
Thank you so much for taking part in the training session the other day. I hope that you enjoyed it and that we'll see you on Wiki again soon.

Now that you've learned the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles. I've added some booklets and some links below that you may find useful. Sorry we ran out of time but I'm very happy to discuss anything you care to know about via email or in person.

How universities are teaching with Wikipedia
Editing Wikipedia brochure
Instructor Basics, How to use Wikipedia as a teaching tool
Illustrating Wikipedia brochure

If you're not feeling bold enough to write an (other) article straight away, why not try a small edit first, or adding a link? Don't worry about being perfect, Wiki is a constantly evolving entity. Fortunately there's a whole team of editors just like you who can help.

You can't break Wikipedia, but in case you're still nervous here are some pages that you might find helpful, especially the first one which covers the main things to remember about using Visual Editor.

The University of Edinburgh are also looking into running lots more edit-a-thons over the course of the residency – details are still to be confirmed but will be updated on my project page here: Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh
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The file I mentioned entitled 'Wikipedia & Academic Research' is located in this Google drive folder here.

If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. See you soon! Stinglehammer (talk) 14:52, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Something I thought might interest you...
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Alumni of School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh

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A tag has been placed on Category:Alumni of School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and it is not presently under discussion at Categories for discussion, or at disambiguation categories.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. —swpb^T 20:02, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Themis Prodromakis (May 31)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Kaleeb18 was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Also remove external links from the body of the article. You can create a new section called external links and put them there

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.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Themis Prodromakis and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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― Kaleeb18^Talk_Caleb 20:55, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed external links from the body and created a new section as recommended.

I will seek help in finding verifiable sources for citations added to the article and, if none can be found, remove those claims from the article.

Having added Themis to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regius_Professor_of_Engineering_(Edinburgh), I thought it would be good to create a academic biography article to link to.

I note the comment regarding possible copyright violation and am led to believe the copy was written for this Wikipedia draft and then copied to the London Imperial profile for Themis. The copy was written by Themis and his colleagues and they are happy for this to be shared with wikipedia (with appropriate edits and verifiable sources added), so I do not believe any copyright violation has occurred.

Cheers, Billy Billy Rosendale (talk) 10:08, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Billy Rosendale! Having an article draft 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! ― Kaleeb18^Talk_Caleb 20:55, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

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Hello, Billy Rosendale. 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. DoubleGrazing (talk) 12:34, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi DoubleGrazing, thanks for your message. I will refrain from making any further edits to this draft. I propose changes and encourage others via wiki projects to improve the draft article so that a supporting biography can exist for the incumbent Regius Chair of Engineering, as does for the preceding professors. Cheers, Billy Billy Rosendale (talk) 16:52, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]