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Your submission at Articles for creation: Dale L. Flesher (July 27)

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:

possibly notable but poorly sourced.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Dale L. Flesher and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
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Theroadislong (talk) 20:21, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, MargaretZ26! Having an article draft 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! Theroadislong (talk) 20:21, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Paid editing

Hello MargaretZ26. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:MargaretZ26. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=MargaretZ26|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. Theroadislong (talk) 15:52, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

hello. I am being compensated, but not by Flesher. I work for CWRU (university not affiliated with Flesher) and I am working for Professor Gary Previts in creating biographical profiles in the discipline of accounting. I disclosed this in the edit summary. The "How to Disclose" section of the Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure stated this was an acceptable method: "They must do this on their main user page, or on the talk page accompanying any paid contributions, or in edit summaries." Is this not sufficient disclosure? MargaretZ26 (talk) 16:00, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For transparency it is preferable to put it on your user page as per the instructions above. Please also note that Wikipedia has zero "biographical profiles" we have articles about notable topics. Theroadislong (talk) 16:03, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I have added the disclosure to my user page. MargaretZ26 (talk) 16:06, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dale L. Flesher (August 9)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by S0091 were:

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.

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:

In addition to the above, only include what reliable sources explicitly state. For example, there is no source for the fact he is married to Tonya. Also, the awards should be notable, meaning they are nationally recongonized awards.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Dale L. Flesher and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

S0091 (talk) 18:03, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dale L. Flesher (November 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 Timtrent was:

"Additional information can be found in Dale L. Flesher's Curriculum Vitae which has been updated to the date of his Emeritus appointment in September 2021.[4] He continues to conduct additional research and provide scholarly presentations.[5" is lazy writing, coupled with the fact that this is a primary source.

"(as referenced in this message)." is another example of lazy writing.

You have even decorated this draft with a picture in breach of the copyright of the source you grabbed it from.

You have simply created a list of "stuff" otherwise. You are being paid to write this. Paid editors are generally expected to learn their trade as part of what they are paid to do.

Please do not resubmit this unless you have made substantial improvements. I do not see it as the job of volunteer reviewers to help you earn your fees.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Dale L. Flesher and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 23:59, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Dale L. Flesher

Hello, MargaretZ26. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Dale L. Flesher, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 11:08, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Dale L. Flesher

Hello, MargaretZ26. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Dale L. Flesher".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When 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.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:00, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]