User talk:Omniscient256

This user has publicly declared that they have a conflict of interest regarding the Wikipedia article Draft:Pascal Mouawad.

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Hello, Omniscient256, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Draft:Pascal Mouawad, 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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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! GSS ^💬 06:50, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Pascal Mouawad (August 5)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by GSS were: 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:Pascal Mouawad and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Pascal Mouawad, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
• If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, 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.

GSS ^💬 11:17, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

August 2020

Hello Omniscient256. 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 SEO.

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:Omniscient256. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Omniscient256|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. GSS ^💬 11:43, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Pascal Mouawad has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Pascal Mouawad. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 12:30, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

@Theroadislong: That indeed was a very helpful review. Please help in adjusting the tone if you can.

AfC notification: Draft:Pascal Mouawad has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Pascal Mouawad. Thanks! Fiddle Faddle 12:34, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

@Timtrent: That indeed was a very helpful review. In regard to the gemology and jewelry sector, he's noteworthy having been the brain behind a number of award winning jewelry pieces.

August 2020

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, such as at User talk:Omniscient256, (but never when editing articles), please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:

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Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 12:42, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Paid editing

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:Omniscient256, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Omniscient256|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Theroadislong (talk) 12:43, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

@Theroadislong: Thanks for that advice. I did disclose that I have a conflict of interest in the article because I'm a part of the global team for the Mouawad brand. I made that disclosure on my very first contribution to the article and did attach a template to that effect.

Please place the relevant template on your user page Fiddle Faddle 13:03, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Pascal Mouawad (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 Fitindia were: 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:Pascal Mouawad and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Pascal Mouawad, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
• If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, 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.

- FitIndia ^{Talk Admin on Commons} 18:40, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Omniscient256! 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! - FitIndia Talk Admin on Commons 18:40, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

August 2020

You still have not responded or taken action to the inquiry regarding your appearance as an undisclosed paid editor. If you make any additional edits without complying you may be blocked from editing. Fiddle Faddle 19:13, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

This notice relates to Richard Lehman (surgeon) Fiddle Faddle 19:13, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Fiddle Faddle, the one thing I have realized about Wikipedia contributors and what may lead to the platform's eventual downfall is the corrupt mindset that only a few particular contributors deserve a shot at editing articles and everyone else is a paid editor no matter how innocent the edits are. Take for instance my contributions to Richard Lehman's page, you don't value the quality of the edits; you're simply obssessed with controling who edits and who edits not. I lose nothing contributing or contributing not but you've discouraged so many potential contributors and I wish eventually things get better and hopefully only machines/computers with no emotions and intense desire for misplaced revenge will be in charge of monitoring who edits/edits not, humans always fail an innocent process. My only conflict of interest is with the Pascal Mouawad article because I'm part of the global team for the Mouawad brand. The Omniscient (talk) 05:36, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely for advertising or promotion and violating the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. This is because you have been making promotional edits to topics in which you have an undisclosed financial stake, yet you have failed to adhere to the mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a form of conflict of interest (COI) editing which involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is strictly prohibited. Using this site for advertising or promotion is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.

If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, please read our guide to appealing blocks to understand more about unblock requests, and then add the text {{unblock|reason=your reason here ~~~~}} at the end of your user talk page. For that request to be considered, you must:

• Confirm that you have read and understand the Terms of Use and paid editing disclosure requirements.
• State clearly how you are being compensated for your edits, and describe any affiliation or conflict of interest you might have with the subjects you have written about.
• Describe how you intend to edit such topics in the future. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:50, 14 August 2020 (UTC)