User talk:Colinrosssmith

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March 2021

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Tartan Features has been reverted.
Your edit here to Tartan Features was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links in references which are discouraged per our reliable sources guideline. The reference(s) you added or changed (https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4005601/fantastic-beasts-harry-potter-kevin-guthrie-scottish-actor/) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 18:36, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Connect has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Connect. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 19:06, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Connect (film) (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 VersaceSpace was: 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 when they have been resolved.

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versacespacetalk to me 03:02, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Colinrosssmith! 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! versacespacetalk to me 03:02, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Connect (film) has been accepted

Connect (film), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

— Bilorv (talk) 01:29, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Colinrosssmith! 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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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. — Bilorv (talk) 01:30, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Far From the Apple Tree for deletion

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— Bilorv (talk) 10:27, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Colinrosssmith. 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. Hey, not sure if you were connected to them in any way other than you're both in Scotland but wanted to post this just in case. Let me know if you need any help with film notability and editing, this is one of my favorite areas to edit on Wikipedia. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 19:18, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

• On a side note, have you checked out any of Lawrie Brewster's (Scottish director) stuff if you're interested in horror/thriller films? I can also recommend Izzy Lee (not Scottish, but does great shorts). ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 19:20, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

@ReaderofthePack: Thanks for the message. Would defo appreciate any help with this. I am fairly new to wikipedia. The film definitely exists and I'd like to be able to ensure the film can be included as a new entry. i am also very aware of Lawrie Brewsters films. What help/advice can you offer to ensure notability and prevent deletion? Colinrosssmith (talk) 21:24, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

• The number one thing is ultimately coverage - this brochure covers a lot of the bigger points of coverage. It also goes over the general layout. With the current article, the big thing right now is just that the coverage is all on the weaker side. There are reviews, but not all reviews are usable on Wikipedia. Self-published sources like blogs tend to be unusable for the most part as they don't have a lot of editorial oversight. If they're routinely cited as a reliable source by other reliable sources then that can help quite a bit - for example, one of the easiest ways to do this is to show where the website/blog is used as a reliable source in academic and scholarly works. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 12:12, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Hungry Beat (book) (January 5)

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––FormalDude (talk) 12:26, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Hungry Beat (book) (January 11)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Blaze Wolf were: 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:Hungry Beat (book) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:55, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Hungry Beat (book)

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 16:01, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Hungry Beat (book)

Hello, Colinrosssmith. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Hungry Beat".

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. 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!} 15:21, 6 September 2023 (UTC)