User talk:Rex Villaflor

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Sorry, i do not have any intention to spam. It's just that I've been wondering why a legitimate brand is not added in those lists. Cebuproducts2023 (talk) 22:24, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

May I ask for help on how a legitimate brand such as "Muddy Bites" can be added on those lists along with brands of the same category? Cebuproducts2023 (talk) 22:59, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

September 2024

Hello. Your recent edit to List of chocolate-covered foods appears to have added a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person, organization or product added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. Meters (talk) 21:55, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you insert a spam link. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Stop spamming that product into lists Meters (talk) 22:00, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, i do not have any intention to spam. It's just that I've been wondering why a legitimate brand is not added in those lists. Cebuproducts2023 (talk) 22:23, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Your only interest seems to be promoting the Muddy Bites product. Do you work for them or for a company promoting them? If so please read and follow WP:COI. Meters (talk) 02:07, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello Rex Villaflor. 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 employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. 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.

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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:Rex Villaflor. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Rex Villaflor|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. bonadea contributions talk 19:18, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you and I categorically state that I am not in any way or form expect or receive compensation for my edits. It is a pursuit of fairness and partiality as to why some of the entities are allowed to be included in Wikipedia while others are not given a chance. As you review my edits, I initially did not intend to add an article but just to include an item in the lists that I deemed a certain entity might belong, along with entities with the same criteria. Rex Villaflor (talk) 20:09, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Help me!

Please help me with... How can a legitimate brand such as "Muddy Bites" be added to those lists (List of brand name snack foods, List of brand name food products, List of confectionery brands, among others) along with brands of the same category? Cebuproducts2023 (talk) 23:04, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

The said "legitmate brand" needs a Wikipedia article first - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 23:40, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. How to have a Wikipedia article for them without being tagged as advertorial or spam? They are in different platform such as:

Instagram: @muddybites - https://www.instagram.com/muddybites

TikTok: @muddybites - https://www.tiktok.com/@muddybites?lang=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/muddybites/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/muddybites/mycompany/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/muddybites/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYGGxBdl9WRYIijP9vmxelQ

News Related to Muddy Bites:

MUDDY BITES ANNOUNCES GIRL SCOUT COOKIE INSPIRED FLAVOR NOW AVAILABLE AT WALMART STORES NATIONWIDE https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/muddy-bites-announces-girl-scout-cookie-inspired-flavor-now-available-at-walmart-stores-nationwide-302129222.html

Muddy Bites Blog https://www.muddybites.com/blogs/the-scoop

Muddy Bites is Making Sweet History With an Attempt at the World's Largest Ice Cream

Cone https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/muddy-bites-is-making-sweet-history-with-an-attempt-at-the-worlds-largest-ice-cream-cone-301827276.html

https://www.spins.com/resources/blog/expo-west-2024-recap-9-trends-to-watch/

https://www.cspdailynews.com/snacks-candy/trending-treats-freeze-dried-candy-waffle-cone-snacks

https://www.thequalityedit.com/articles/expo-west-2024

https://www.shefinds.com/collections/addicting-costco-snacks/#slide-1

https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/22383-muddy-bites-snags-5-million-in-funding

https://chewboom.substack.com/p/crumbl-bakes-new-pistachio-gelato-cookie-featuring-muddy-bites-and-more-through-may-18-2024?utm_source=publication-search

https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pistachio-gelato-cookie

https://chewboom.substack.com/p/crumbl-bakes-new-pistachio-gelato-cookie-featuring-muddy-bites-and-more-through-may-18-2024?utm_source=publication-search

https://guiltyeats.com/posts/crumbl-cookies-new-flavors-may-13-18-pistachio-gelato-01hxqmf21xwd

https://www.fastfoodclub.com/p/dont-miss-crumbls-new-flavors-and-returning-favorites-this-week/

https://www.whowhatwear.com/chic-amazon-sale-finds

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/article/gifts-for-college-students/ Cebuproducts2023 (talk) 23:54, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Help me!

Please help me with... Thank you. How to have a Wikipedia article for them without being tagged as advertorial or spam? They are in different platform such as: Instagram: @muddybites - https://www.instagram.com/muddybites TikTok: @muddybites - https://www.tiktok.com/@muddybites?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/muddybites/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/muddybites/mycompany/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/muddybites/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYGGxBdl9WRYIijP9vmxelQ News Related to Muddy Bites: MUDDY BITES ANNOUNCES GIRL SCOUT COOKIE INSPIRED FLAVOR NOW AVAILABLE AT WALMART STORES NATIONWIDE https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/muddy-bites-announces-girl-scout-cookie-inspired-flavor-now-available-at-walmart-stores-nationwide-302129222.html Muddy Bites Blog https://www.muddybites.com/blogs/the-scoop Muddy Bites is Making Sweet History With an Attempt at the World's Largest Ice Cream Cone https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/muddy-bites-is-making-sweet-history-with-an-attempt-at-the-worlds-largest-ice-cream-cone-301827276.html https://www.spins.com/resources/blog/expo-west-2024-recap-9-trends-to-watch/ https://www.cspdailynews.com/snacks-candy/trending-treats-freeze-dried-candy-waffle-cone-snacks https://www.thequalityedit.com/articles/expo-west-2024 https://www.shefinds.com/collections/addicting-costco-snacks/#slide-1 https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/22383-muddy-bites-snags-5-million-in-funding https://chewboom.substack.com/p/crumbl-bakes-new-pistachio-gelato-cookie-featuring-muddy-bites-and-more-through-may-18-2024?utm_source=publication-search https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pistachio-gelato-cookie https://chewboom.substack.com/p/crumbl-bakes-new-pistachio-gelato-cookie-featuring-muddy-bites-and-more-through-may-18-2024?utm_source=publication-search https://guiltyeats.com/posts/crumbl-cookies-new-flavors-may-13-18-pistachio-gelato-01hxqmf21xwd https://www.fastfoodclub.com/p/dont-miss-crumbls-new-flavors-and-returning-favorites-this-week/ https://www.whowhatwear.com/chic-amazon-sale-finds https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/article/gifts-for-college-students/ Cebuproducts2023 (talk) 23:56, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

You will need to understand better some of the policies at Wikipedia before this stuff will start making sense to you.

You need to respond to the conflict-of-interest query about your connection with the Muddy Bites brand.

You may need to request a change in username, since your current username could be interpreted as the name of a company.

You need to learn more about the kinds of sources that can be accepted on Wikipedia to establish a subject's notablity. Press releases and other company announcements, social media, or storefront sites that sell a product are all unable to help. For the most part, blogs and niche websites are also useless for the purpose of establishing notability.

There is some good advice at your first article. Learn from that and see if you can find sources that will allow you to create a draft. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:30, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

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Managing a conflict of interest

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Ad Orientem (talk) 03:37, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Cebuproducts2023", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

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Muddy Bites

Rex, I see you've taken care of the username problem, so now we can address the issue about Muddy Bites. It's clear you want the world to know about this product, but please remember that Wikipedia does not exist to promote your product. However, if Muddy Bites is a notable product, you can try to create an article about it. I would recommend that you start by creating Draft:Muddy Bites. Flesh out the article with neutral facts about the product, and use reliable sources to cite your article. Once that's done, you can submit the article for review through the Articles for Creation process. Independent editors will evaluate the article, make suggestions for improvement, and eventually either accept or reject the submission based on their evaluation of the notability of the content as demonstrated by the sources. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 11:29, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words. I am not to promote a product. I just want to have a fair contribution to the community and knowing that other products of the same category exists in Wikipedia, why not have this product also listed as one of those. That being said, I am now being cautious and hesitant on how to draft an article and not being tagged as spamming as this has never been my intent. Rex Villaflor (talk) 12:14, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

You'll be given more latitude in the Draft space, unless you create a draft that is just a blatant advertisement. Your draft submission may be declined if editors perceive that it is "spammy", but you'll have the opportunity to fix that and resubmit. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:26, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

@Rex Villaflor I have declined it based on the language/tone only, I have not yet determined if the topic even meets our notability requirements. Qcne (talk) 15:37, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

@Rex Villaflor After looking further, I do not believe Muddy Bites meets our notability requirements. None of your sources meet our golden rule. Qcne (talk) 15:42, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Please enlighten me about the issue at hand. I am comparing the entry to other entries like in this following link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Crunch

Is it really not worthy for this Muddy Bites product to be included in Wikipedia? Thank you. Rex Villaflor (talk) 15:56, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately not, no. We would need significant coverage in independent reliable sources. Qcne (talk) 16:54, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

That's good to know. Here are other entities of the same category:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adyar_Ananda_Bhavan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elma_Chips

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamba_(snack)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takis_(snack)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambeanos

May I know what's the difference of having these entries listed where in fact they are both types of snacks like Muddy Bites? Rex Villaflor (talk) 17:08, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Here's some more of the same criteria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barny_Cakes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Nuts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Brand_Snack_Foods

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Made_Potato_Chips

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BiFi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_D_(peanuts) Rex Villaflor (talk) 17:11, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

@Rex Villaflor Wikipedia has tens of millions of articles. Many tens of thousands of which are poor quality and may not merit an article any longer, but no one has gotten around to removing or improving them.

You'll notice many of the examples you listed already have maintenance tags on them, pointing out they are in poor condition and should be improved.

Do feel free to improve any of the above existing articles, or nominate them for deletion if you feel that is more appropriate. Qcne (talk) 17:18, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I tried to propose a deletion in one of the articles to see the fairness of the Wikipedia community in dealing with new contributors. Rex Villaflor (talk) 17:34, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

@Rex Villaflor to note, this isn't a matter of fairness- we just judge new drafts on their own merits not in comparison to existing articles. We certainly don't want to add more poor quality articles to the project. Qcne (talk) 17:36, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

This edit appears to have been made simply to make a point. Such editing will not win you friends here. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 17:48, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Sorry for giving you a wrong impression and I am not trying to make a point. I am just being objective with the experience I learned and practicing about cleaning the project with poor quality articles. Rex Villaflor (talk) 18:37, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

If you truly believe it's a poor article, I'd suggest WP:AFD. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 18:39, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

I hope this message finds you well. May I ask if this source is reliable? https://www.worldrecordacademy.org/

Thank you. Rex Villaflor (talk) 22:10, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

World Record Academy does not appear to represent independent reporting of the sort that can confer notability. For the most part, it looks like it would be considered user generated content. If you were to find more general press coverage from reliable sources that took a WRA record seriously, we'd have to reconsider this assessment, but it'd be the press coverage and not the original listing at WRA that supported notability. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:54, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Muddy Bites (September 10)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Qcne was: 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:Muddy Bites and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Qcne (talk) 15:36, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Rex Villaflor! 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! Qcne (talk) 15:36, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Muddy Bites (September 10)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Liance was:  The comment the reviewer left was: 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:Muddy Bites 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.

~Liance^talk 15:52, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Muddy Bites (September 10)

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:  The comment the reviewer left was: 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:Muddy Bites 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 🇺🇦 16:35, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Please enlighten me about the issue at hand. I am comparing the entry to other entries like in this following link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Crunch

Is it really not worthy for this Muddy Bites product to be included in Wikipedia? Rex Villaflor (talk) 16:38, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Muddy Bites

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Muddy Bites, 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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