User talk:Rot100

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Sudanese literature, 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, visit the Teahouse, 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! Drmies (talk) 18:13, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, can you please explain what information in my edits have implied bias or conflict of interest? Yes, I am not a seasoned wikipedia editor, however I am a voracious reader of wikipedia and have engaged in editing in good faith sporadically over the years. If I need feedback, it is on etiquette and form, not on intention. I do not understand how my contribution differs from previous entries in the same section - this is a published author who is part of a respected literary community. I am not the author nor am I a paid agent of the author. If the only issue here is that there is no stand-alone article on the author, then I understand that and can write that article. Links to wikipedia are not intended as sources, but rather to connect to pages mentioned herein. The reference to the Poetry Project at Saint Mark's Church also exists as a citation with a link to this author's work with the literary organization. Rot100 (talk) 18:20, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're citing organizations and other unacceptable websites, including Wikipedia. Adding ISBNs to the person's own publications does not help. Do what is common on Wikipedia: for such inclusions in a container article, write the article on the person first--using reliable secondary sources. As User:Graywalls suggested to you earlier, secondary sourcing is the way to write content. Drmies (talk) 18:15, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please explain how this works? "If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page." Rot100 (talk) 18:22, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand--you're saying there was already a page for Mohammed Zenia Siddiq Yusef Ibrahim? Because I don't see evidence of it. The COI question is real simple: you have one or you don't--with the websites you cited, with the subject, whatever. You denied having one--fine, I'll accept that. But the thing is that the Poetry Project at Saint Mark's Church is not an acceptable secondary source. Please see Secondary source--that's where it needs to come from. Think newspaper articles and book reviews, for a writer. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 20:05, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]