User talk:Serenadevi313

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Hello, Serenadevi313, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited 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! Jprg1966 ^(talk) 20:21, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Jprg1966! Thank you so much for your message and for clarifying those points about conflicts of interest and editing. I'm greatly looking forward to making edits, and want to strive to do so in the correct way. If it's not too much trouble, I might be in touch with some questions about proofreading an article(s) just to ensure that everything looks correct and is in accordance with Wikipedia's policies. Thank you again for your help! Serenadevi313 (talk) 20:25, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Thank you for self-identifying as a paid editor. Your transparency is appreciated. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 20:27, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Jprg1966! I wanted to reach out and share a prospective draft of a Wikipedia page I wrote up as part of a paid contribution. If you don't mind, I was wondering if you could let me know if this looks alright to submit and adheres to Wikipedia's guidelines. You will see that the article cites the subject's website for a lot of the info, but also includes links to major media mentions as external sources for certain portions, which I hope will be sufficient as sources. Additionally, if there is any sort of disclaimer or disclosure in addition to the language on my user page that I should be sure to include, or any other actions I should take to maintain as much transparency as possible, I would be happy to do so!

This Google doc link should be accessible, but let me know if there is any preferred alternative to share the text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_sIoA6PcxINTPI_lwNCTRx4_QkwCTdo2WYDQwrQuoKc/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you so, so much for your time and mentorship – it is much appreciated! And of course, take all the time you need, since I know I'm sending this the week of a holiday. Serenadevi313 (talk) 22:39, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for flagging this for me! It would be easiest if I could look at it on this site, but in a draft format. An easy way to do that is to make a subpage of your userpage. It's as simple as typing into the URL bar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Serenadevi313/[nameofpage]. It'll say there's no page by that name, but you can start it. Since it's considered part of your userpage and not a published article, it's much less visible to the Wiki community and therefore less likely to get flagged for deletion. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 04:53, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for this tip! I've built the draft page here as a subpage of my userpage: User:Serenadevi313/ABetterBalance Serenadevi313 (talk) 17:19, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect, thanks for doing that. For transparency on my end, these are the editing guidelines I will be following. After reviewing your sourcing information, I think you're on safe grounds to create an article—i.e., the organization, in my view, meets the general notability guidelines. That's the most important hurdle to getting an article. Beyond notability, my next priorities are as follows:

Minimizing (though not necessary eliminating) the use of self-published references
Ensuring the tone of the article is neutral and not promotional
Doing my own research to see if any other information from other reliable sources should be added
Ensuring the style and markup matches the Wikipedia Manual of Style

To accomplish those tasks, do I have your permission to edit the subpage you just created? --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 21:59, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for reviewing! This all makes sense to me, and it's good to know that the organization meets the notability guidelines. Feel free to make any edits to the draft page, and let me know if there's anything you need on my end to do so. Thank you again! Serenadevi313 (talk) 21:01, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As you can see, I've already made some edits to your draft. I'll have more, but the overall scope of the article shouldn't change a huge amount. If you have questions or concerns about changes I've already made, you're free to raise those concerns here. I'll see if we can get this article published by the end of the week, though no promises! --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 02:08, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

These edits look great to me, and that all sounds good – thank you so, so much for your help here! Serenadevi313 (talk) 19:20, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'm pretty satisfied that we're ready to publish. The last step would be for me to move the draft to the mainspace, which is a simple process. Any concerns before I do that? --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 04:21, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm assuming there are no concerns, so I'll go ahead and move the page. Once the article goes live, it's fine for you to request page edits, but please put {{edit COI}} on the talk page instead of making the edit yourself. Thanks again for being transparent and following our guidelines. You are also welcome to edit Wikipedia freely on any topics where you don't have a COI! --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 01:00, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for my delayed response, that sounds perfect to me – thank you so, so much! Serenadevi313 (talk) 15:27, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Jprg1966,

Thank you again for all your help with publishing the A Better Balance Wikipedia page! I've drafted another page here about the co-founder of the organization, and was wondering if you'd be able to review and let me know if you think the page in its current state looks like it could be considered for publication: User:Serenadevi313/Dina Bakst

Let me know if this format looks alright, and if there's any additional info or sources to cite necessary here, and thank you again for your continued assistance! Serenadevi313 (talk) 21:44, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would be happy to review this article draft later this week! --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 23:14, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, and happy new year! Serenadevi313 (talk) 17:00, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, sorry for the delay in getting to this. The page overall looks good, probably just minor tweaks from here. The only long-term concern I have is whether the page content is distinct enough from the main article on A Better Balance. I'm willing to publish the article once I'm finished vetting, but be aware that another editor might at some point lobby for its redirection to the ABB article. Just letting you know what could happen. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 23:00, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Jprg1966, that totally makes sense to me, thank you for the heads up, and for your continued help with this! Serenadevi313 (talk) 16:38, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Jprg1966, I saw that the page for Dina Bakst is now visible on Wikipedia, but not showing up in search results. I wanted to check and see if there's a reason for this, and whether it'd be possible to submit further edits to the page yet? Thanks so much again for your help with this! Serenadevi313 (talk) 20:10, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi -- I'm not sure why that is to, be honest. It might have more to do with Google than with Wikipedia, though.

You can request additional edits. The preferred method is to use {{edit COI}} on the article's talk page. You can also let me know by pinging me that the edit request is submitted -- it's just best to make the actual request on the article talk page for maximum visibility to the community. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 18:37, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Jprg1966, Thank you for your help with this, it looks like the page is showing up normally on Google – you're right that it was probably an issue on Google's end rather than Wikipedia's. I wanted to ask what the best way would be to propose a series of line edits to the article supplying additional information about the subject. These include a small language tweak to the intro text, adding some additional information plus new sources to cite about the subject's role in the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act legislation (in that sub-section) and linking to some other reports authored by the subject in the "Reports" subsection of the page's bibliography. I wanted to check in and see whether it would be preferable to add these edits directly to the page (with my COI disclosure noted in the edits), versus making a note of these various new claims and accompanying sources to cite on the article's talk page and requesting an editor to review and make those changes themselves with any necessary edits incorporated. I just want to be sure I'm submitting these in the correct way and with all appropriate reviews/disclosures. Thank you again for all your help! Serenadevi313 (talk) 20:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And I also have one other question: would it be possible to suggest a photo of the subject to add to the Wikipedia article, and if so, is there a standard procedure for how I would do so? Thank you! Serenadevi313 (talk) 16:38, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Serenadevi313. I appreciate your outreach as always. Unfortunately, I'm unable to invest much time in Wiki editing for the time being.

It is preferred that you would submit requests on the article talk page. If the requests are not answered in a reasonable amount of time, I would not object to you making the changes yourself in the article. (If these edits are reverted by another editor, please talk with that editor first before remaking those same edits. We call this BRD for short.) I don't think adding a photo would be substantially different from other edit requests. File uploads are done through Wikimedia Commons, where you would also be expected to disclose your COI. Thanks for your patience! --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 03:19, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for your message, I totally understand! This is all really helpful, I've suggested the edits on the talk page and will see if an editor is able to make them. Thank you again! Serenadevi313 (talk) 14:35, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]