User talk:Spncrinc/Archives/2019/June

Notability of Kristin's Story

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Page was automatically deleted in 2008. Spncrinc (talk) 23:52, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Kristin's Story requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 13:33, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

The Kristin's Story page was deleted 11 years ago. I believe this section of my Talk page can be archived, if appropriate.Spncrinc (talk) 23:28, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Conflcit of interest editing

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Hello, Spencerinc. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Upfront Ventures, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the COI guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
• disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• 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 must 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 WP:PAID).

Editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:08, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Spencerinc. I've added the above template to your user talk page based upon what you posted in the description for the file File:UpfrontVenturesLogoBlack.png. Please be advised that if you have any personal or professional connection with Upfront Ventures, Mark Suster, or anyone else associated with Upfront Ventures then you would be considered by the Wikipedia Community to have a conflict of interest with respect to anything written about the company or such persons on Wikipedia. Although Wikipedia does expressly prohibit conflict-of-interest editing, it does highly discourage it and expects such editors to comply with relevant policies and guidelines related to such editing. You can find out more about these in Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Please pay particular attention to Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure because undisclosed paid (or otherwise compensated) editing is one thing that is expressly prohibited by the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use and can and often does lead to an editor being blocked by a Wikipedia administrator when suspected. Please take the time to familiarize with the pages linked to above (they are indicated in blue) and make sure your editing complies with all relevant policies and guidelines. If you've got any questions about any of this, you can find help at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard or at the Wikipedia:Teahouse. -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:21, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Thanks for the links. I'm reading everything now to make sure that I understand the rules and can follow them. Spncrinc (talk) 23:36, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

I've gone through draft/sandbox pages, the image, the logo, and the two articles and updated all with paid COI templates.Spncrinc (talk) 03:09, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Since you've added Template:Connected contributor (paid) templates to some article talk pages, you should also considered adding a template like Template:UserboxCOI or Template:Paid to your userpage as well. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:11, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Your username

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Request to change username was granted. Was Spencerinc. Now Spncrinc.Spncrinc (talk) 23:53, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Spencerinc", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because usernames which may be seen as representing or promoting a particular company, group, organization, etc. are not allowed per WP:CORPNAME. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:24, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I have submitted a Global Rename Request. Spencerinc (talk) 15:17, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to do that. Changing your username, however, doesn't mean that what I posted above/below about conflict or interest and paid contributions no longer applies; so, please make sure to comply with relevant policies and guidelines with respect to those things as well. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:21, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:MarkSuster2019.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:MarkSuster2019.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

• make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
• Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add {{OTRS pending}} to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described in section F11 of the criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:25, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Thanks for the links. I'm reading everything now to make sure that I understand the rules and can follow them. Spncrinc (talk) 23:37, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

I have added {{OTRS pending}} to the image's file description page and contacted my employer to let Upfront Ventures know they need to write to permissions-en@wikimedia.org soon. I have provided them with sample text for the email based on Wikipedia's article entitled ?Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries?.Spncrinc (talk) 02:23, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

I saw the edit. OTRS verification sometimes takes a bit of time since there are only so many volunteers trying to sort through all of the emails. The file shouldn't be deleted while OTRS is pending, but don't panic if it is; it will be restored once OTRS has verified its license (assuming there are no problems). You can help clarify the file's source, etc. by adding Template:Information to the file's page, but an OTRS volunteer will probably do so when the licensing has been verified. Finally, a couple of things about OTRS. Since they deal with personal information, they will not discuss specifics anywhere public like a Wikipedia page. You can ask questions about the file's status at WP:OTRSN, but they will only give out general information there. The person who emails OTRS should get a automatic reply containing an OTRS ticket number. This is like a reference number and can be used if you want updates on the file's status. Once the file's licensing has been verified, it will most likely be moved to Wikimedia:Commons by the OTRS volunteer doing the verification or a file mover. This will only be change the location where the file is hosted; it shouldn't affect anything else. If you've got any more questions about this, feel free to as at WP:OTRSN, WP:MCQ or WP:THQ. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:03, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Thanks for your time and explanation. This is really helpful to know!Spncrinc (talk) 03:07, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Mark Suster

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From this edit summary, it appears that you may be editing this article on behalf of the subject or his firm. As posted above, this would mean that would be considered to have a conflict-of-interest with respect to anything written about Suster on Wikipedia, and therefore should not be directly editing or creating any such content at all, except in certain cases like listed in WP:COIADVICE. You might, however, want to advise Suster (or his represntatives) to take a careful look at Wikipedia:Ownership of content, Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing and most importantly Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Relationship between the subject, the article, and Wikipedia. Although Suster and anyone associated with him has a conflict of interest when it comes to Wikipedia content about him, there are not-involved editors willing to help him if he feels there's content written about him that doesn't comply with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines; so, if he has any questions about this, he or his representatives can always ask for assistance at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:49, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Thanks for the links and info. I will not act on this yet until I have resolved the Conflict of Interest and image upload concerns first. Spncrinc (talk) 23:39, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Paid COI template has been added to Mark Suster's article, and a Paid COI statement was included in the edit summary.Spncrinc (talk) 00:04, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

I saw that you did those things. In case you didn't notice, please check the suggestion I made in my last post in this above thread. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:22, 5 June 2019 (UTC)