User talk:MGR444

This user is a student editor in University_of_Washington/Online_Communities_(Fall_2024) .

Introductions

Hi Melanie, I am so glad to be in another class with you! Media Ethics together was certainly something, so I am sure this new class is gonna be great! ChanMellow (talk) 21:05, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, MGR444, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with Wiki Education; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:19, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article choice

I think ~~New York State Council on the Arts~~I.Am.Gia is a great article choice with lots of room to grow. I look forward to seeing what you put together! —mako ๛ 23:26, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops. I got the wrong article! —mako ๛ 23:52, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

October 2024

Hello, I'm Seraphimblade. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to I.Am.Gia 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. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 02:57, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at I.Am.Gia, you may be blocked from editing. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 03:27, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm a bit confused on what is promotional in what I added. Would you mind elaborating please? From my point of view I am just adding information about the company and how the founder started the company, not advertising the company to others. Thank you. MGR444 (talk) 03:46, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. As an example, your most recent edit [1] included this: The company name comes from the supermodel Gia Carangi. The name of the company was formulated around a fictional character based on the Instagram "It Girl." Pallister created the character of Gia to be a strong and independent woman that would inspire and empower other women. A fair bit of that is not even supported by the source, and the rest is marketese fluff. Articles shouldn't contain anything like that, as they are required to be neutral, not fluff. (Not to mention it's self-contradictory, was the name of the company based on a real person or a fictional one?) In addition, the rest cited this source: [2]. That is a "Forbes contributor", and those are not reliable. Don't use "Forbes contributor" material as a source. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 03:59, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]