User talk:KatyleedyGFS

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Gordon Food Service, 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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August 2019

Hello, I'm Grayfell. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Gordon Food Service have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 20:34, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Grayfell

Hi Grayfell. Thanks for your notes. I clearly should have done more reading before jumping in. I do work for Gordon Food Service, but I was trying hard to keep my content neutral and factual. I think I copied my edits to my sandbox. I will read the tutorials and then continue editing in my sandbox before submitting my revisions for review. Thank you. KatyleedyGFS (talk) 12:35, 13 August 2019 (UTC)KatyLeedyGFS[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Gordon Food Service (October 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 Whispering was:

Thank you for your submission, but the subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia. You can find it and improve it at Gordon Food Service instead.

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 Draft:Gordon Food Service and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Whispering^(t) 01:26, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, KatyleedyGFS! 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! Whispering^(t) 01:26, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, KatyleedyGFS. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Gordon Food Service, 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:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

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. Whispering^(t) 01:27, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gordon Food Service article

Hi Whispering, Grayfell suggested drafting my revised article on Gordon Food Service before submission then asking for review. I thought that's what I was doing when I submitted it, but I guess not. My hope is to update the existing Gordon Food Service article. I declared my relationship with GFS on my user page, which I thought was sufficient. Could you let me know what I should do next? Thank you! KatyleedyGFS (talk) 11:41, 3 October 2019 (UTC)KatyleedyGFS[reply]

Well if it was me I wouldn't edit the article at all. The thing is being paid by GFS makes it hard to be neutral. Your best bet would to be to edit the talk page of the article and list what you want changed. Then perhaps drop a note over at the talk page of Wikipedia:WikiProject Business and/or Wikipedia:WikiProject Michigan about your message on the talk page. Whispering^(t) 01:27, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Gordon Food Service concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Gordon Food Service, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:34, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Gordon Food Service

Hello, KatyleedyGFS. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Gordon Food Service".

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) 01:58, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]