User talk:Davidtownsendjones

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Jonah Jones (sculptor), which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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The article was edited by Jonah Jones’s biographer, Peter Jones. My role was limited to uploading his edits, a task for which he lacked technical skills. I don’t agree about a conflict of interest, because I was only a tool and not the originator of any of the content.

I have submitted Peter Jones’s edits in full as a draft (User:Davidtownsendjones/sandbox/Jonah Jones). I am unable to identify in his edits any issues of subjective opinion that merit independent corroboration. His edits are neutral and objective. They adjust and expand the existing article, which, as I recall, was created in 2010, to make the Wikipedia article factually consistent with the biography published in 2011 and a book of letters by Jonah Jones published in 2018.

(For the record, the original Wikipedia article was posted in 2010 by a former colleague of mine who had just left a senior position at Ask Jeeves UK to join the Skype UK team. Unfortunately I am no longer in touch with him, otherwise, as he is plainly better suited than me to interacting with Wikipedia, I would have asked him to take on this revision instead of me in order to avoid any perceived ‘conflict of interest’.)

My username does not imply that my account belongs to a company. I am, by the way, a retired freelancer.

I am not in employment or self-employment and receive no remuneration from anyone. Since retiring from paid work in 2014 I have continued to practise professionally on an unpaid basis. For the record, all seven board members of Scene & Word Ltd, of which I am one, serve as volunteers and receive no remuneration. They hardly would, as it happens, as the annual turnover is less than GBP 5,000! --Davidtownsendjones (talk) 12:26, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidtownsendjones: Thank you for your response and clarifications. I have reformatted your response to be one contiguous message. Per WP:BOTTOMPOST, we prefer that talk page responses be posted at the bottom of the topic under discussion, so the conversation can be presented in the correct chronological order. As well I have indented your response per WP:THREAD, to enchance its readability. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:26, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jonah Jones (March 6)

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

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.

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

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.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:Davidtownsendjones/sandbox/Jonah Jones and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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KylieTastic (talk) 12:38, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Davidtownsendjones! 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! KylieTastic (talk) 12:38, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New message from KylieTastic

Hello, Davidtownsendjones. You have new messages at KylieTastic's talk page.
Message added 10:53, 7 March 2020 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

Sorry I took so long to reply, but responding on a Friday night to serious messages is not a good idea. Hopefully my answers explains things and makes you feel slightly better. Regards KylieTastic (talk) 10:53, 7 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, User:Davidtownsendjones/sandbox/Jonah Jones

Hello, Davidtownsendjones. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "sandbox/Jonah Jones".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 18:58, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, UnitedStatesian. The submission appears to have been deleted already. I've requested undeletion but have seen no response. I've also looked at the manual process but cannot understand the instructions. I would be most grateful if you could advise me further. (My apologies if I have submitted this message in a wrong format.) Davidtownsendjones (talk) 18:10, 7 September 2020 (UTC)Davidtownsendjones[reply]