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COI notice

Hello, Joshmac81. 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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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 22:31, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Highfill

Punctuation goes before the ref, not after. And all of your refs need proper format. David notMD (talk) 01:49, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the info! I believe I have addressed the citation formatting errors and hope the page looks correct now Joshmac81 (talk) 01:50, 18 March 2020 (UTC)Joshmac81[reply]

Remember to put the PAID info on your User page ASAP.

I cleaned it up a bit more. You need to fix the referencing. Cannot use his own LinkedIn. Here is an example of how to convert a http to a ref: REF REPAIR^[1] A tip - consider copying a section with refs into your sandbox, fix the refs there, make sure they look good, then paste the section back into the article. That way, the article history is not filled with ref fix edits.

David notMD, I really appreciate your help with this... I did remove the info related strictly to the LinkedIn bio (and that reference)… Thank you! ~Joshmac81

Paid and refs

You have yet to declare your paid situation on your User page, and seven of the nine refs are naked URLs. Fixing the first is mandatory, the second is necessary. David notMD (talk) 10:00, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@David notMD Thank you; I've declared on my User page the paid situation relating to this article and enhanced all cited URLs on that page with author/biographical information and context.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: John Highfill (April 15)

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

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

The comment the reviewer left was:

This is essentially a promotional press release. Remove the personal details that will be of interest only to his associates.

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DGG ( talk ) 02:28, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, this is Joshmac81... I went back in and removed anything that appeared to me to be unessential personal details, peacock words, etc. I hope the latest revisions address everything that was mentioned here. This is my first Wikipedia page so please bear with me and thank you for your patience and help! I'm trying and learning a lot from this valuable feedback :-)

Your submission at Articles for creation: John Highfill (December 3)

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

very promotional

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Theroadislong (talk) 21:11, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: John Highfill (May 4)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Timtrent 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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Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^{Talk to me} 11:43, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I have added another citation from CoinTelevision interviewing John Highfill about his book series and career. I hope this is sufficient for validating his noteworthiness in the numismatic community.

Joshmac81 (talk) 13:47, 5 June 2021 (UTC) Joshmac81[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: John Highfill (June 5)

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

No improvement in establishing notability since the decline on 3 December.

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Greenman (talk) 12:48, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:John Highfill

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 14:02, 5 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: John Highfill (December 13)

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

Most of the references seem to be originated by the article's subject, or relate to organisations which he founded. No independent, reliable sourcing of content. YouTube is not a reliable source.

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Paul W (talk) 14:31, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:John Highfill

Hello, Joshmac81. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "John Highfill".

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!} 21:46, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: John Highfill (June 14)

Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reasons left by Timtrent were: This topic is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. This submission is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: It is time to put the creating editor out of their misery. This draft will not be accepted. The references are impossibly poor and this is despite being worked on. Notability cannot be created by magic. I have reviewed this before, but 13 months ago.

🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 22:32, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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