User talk:Magicalbill

Welcome to Wikipedia!

I'm Bill, I am a college professor at the University of Central Florida Theme Parks and Disney are my thing, and I pride myself at being a top authority in every aspect of The Walt Disney Company and the Theme Park Industry in general.

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Amusement Park WikiProject

Hello Magicalbill. Recently, the Amusement Parks WikiProject was reformatted and revived. As part of this process other related WikiProjects (such as Disneyland, Herschend Family Entertainment, Universal Parks & Resorts and Walt Disney World) were also revived and have now become part of the Amusement Park WikiProject as task forces. If you would like to remain listed as a member on these WikiProjects please re-add your name to the appropriate lists at the participants page. All names currently on the list have been cleared. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. Thank you for your cooperation, Themeparkgc Talk 08:22, 6 November 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Nomination of Don Dorsey for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Don Dorsey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Elisfkc (talk) 06:47, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would request that a new Don Dorsey article be created using existing sources. Don does meet all of the requirements for a notable creative, the most obvious that he created the moving envelope parade sound system for the entire theme park industry. We should talk. Magicalbill (talk) 23:58, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

COI Notice

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Elisfkc (talk) 17:32, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I assume you posted this on my talk page because of the Ron Logan edits. I believe that I have no "conflict of interest" any longer, as my mentor, Ron Logan is dead. Being that I created the article in the first place, and then after I created it, Disney copied my article word-for-word for the Disney Legends page on Disney.com, and then I was told by someone on the Wikipedia staff that I plagiarized the article myself, I don't have the highest regard for how Wikipedia deals with sources, especially in the early days. I felt it necessary to update the article when Ron passed because I created it. In the early days of Wikipedia, we welcomed and even encouraged mentees writing about their mentors, as long as they weren't being paid by them directly (and I wasn't) and I'm not sure why this changed.

Also, today, I am an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida, not a full professor. That means I stand alone from the general interests of the university. I do believe there should be no issues further. If I notice anything else needs to be changed, I'll propose changes and hope that you see them. I don't have time to work on Wikipedia like I used to, so I'm not here much anymore.

I would ask you, @Elisfkc, to restore my old article on Don Dorsey and add more details, as you seem to know Reflections of Earth really well. There should be more sources about Don online these days, so it should stand up to any scrutiny. Let me know. Magicalbill (talk) 23:49, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, the conflict of interest does not go away even though Ron passed (my condolences), as seen on WP:COISELF. I am not sure when the policy changed, but it did.

As for Don Dorsey, he still appears to fail WP:CREATIVE and a quick Google search still leads to the same problem of only getting results of interviews with him, his own website, and credits on albums. Elisfkc (talk) 03:25, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]