User talk:Noelkoutlis

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Proposed deletion of Michael Bletsas

The article Michael Bletsas has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Beloved Freak 08:58, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of Michael Bletsas

I have nominated Michael Bletsas, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Bletsas. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Beloved Freak 10:00, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

it seems nice that the an article for Michael Bletsas appeared after all

November 2013

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Danaos Management Consultants. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. ... discospinster _talk 03:30, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. JNW (talk) 12:12, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Noelkoutlis. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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Category:Maritime

Category:Maritime, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. DexDor (talk) 22:17, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Danaos projects moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Danaos projects, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Akhiljaxxn (talk) 19:18, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Danaos Projects Software Solutions

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Danaos Projects Software Solutions, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Danaos Projects Software Solutions (January 3)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by I dream of horses 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.

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The draft needs to be entirely rewritten to be better sourced and encyclopedic.

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.

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I dream of horses (Contribs) Please notify me after replying off my talk page. Thank you. 08:10, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Noelkoutlis! 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! I dream of horses (Contribs) Please notify me after replying off my talk page. Thank you. 08:10, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Danaos Projects Software Solutions

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A tag has been placed on Danaos Projects Software Solutions, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Pahunkat (talk) 13:59, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Noelkoutlis. 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:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, 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. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:05, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

January 2021

Hello Noelkoutlis. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Danaos Management Consultants, 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:Noelkoutlis. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Noelkoutlis|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. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:21, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you. — Jeff G. ツ 11:28, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Paid editing again

As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Noelkoutlis, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Noelkoutlis|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Theroadislong (talk) 18:57, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You've admitted you're an employee of the company you are writing about. That means you have a major conflict of interest. Please don't write anything further about them. It's clear you don't understand the Wikipedia guidelines. Deb (talk) 19:15, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Deb and Jimfbleak: You should also know that the user created File:Danaos-management-logo.jpg per this edit. — Jeff G. ツ 11:41, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, "I'm the creator of the logo." And still claiming not to have a conflict of interest! Deb (talk) 11:55, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Deb and Jeff G.: The editing pattern makes it very likely that this editor is employed by the company, and the file link makes that explicit. The editor keeps denying it, so either doesn't understand COI or is attempting to conceal it. Time to reblock I think Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:23, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Log entry: 13:25, January 5, 2021 Jimfbleak blocked Noelkoutlis talk contribs with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked) (Clearly not here to build an encyclopedia: undisclosed paid editor repeat spamming his company and ignoring deletions and COI requests) Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:27, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Danaos Management Consultants has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Danaos Management Consultants. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 19:01, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Danaos-building.jpg

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Orphaned non-free image File:Danaos projects logo.jpg

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Nomination of Michael Bletsas for deletion

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

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Bletsas (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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StarM 17:09, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]