User talk:Marksteven019956
DRAFT PROJECT SANTA FE FOUNDATION
[edit]Hello, we are trying to get the Project Santa Fe Foundation listed on Wikipedia. We paid a company to assist but they are not responding. We have a "draft". Can you please tell me what your comment means below and can we request this go LIVE or what is needed to have it published? Thank you. Revision as of 23:38, 5 August 2025 edit Marksteven019956 (talk | contribs) This draft is not yet complete; more details about the foundation will be added so people will get more benefit. Tag: Visual edit PSFF2025 (talk) 22:50, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
DRAFT PROJECT SANTA FE FOUNDATION
[edit]Hello, we are trying to get the Project Santa Fe Foundation listed on Wikipedia. We paid a company to assist but they are not responding. We have a "draft". Can you please tell me what your comment means below and can we request this go LIVE or what is needed to have it published? Thank you. Revision as of 23:38, 5 August 2025 edit Marksteven019956 (talk | contribs) This draft is not yet complete; more details about the foundation will be added so people will get more benefit. Tag: Visual edit If we have been scammed can you please tell me what to do to have a page posted. PSFF2025 (talk) 22:57, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
Paid editing
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Hello Marksteven019956. 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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Mike Matney moved to draftspace
[edit]Thanks for your contributions to Mike Matney. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability, it is promotional and reads like an advertisement and it consists of machine-generated text. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.
Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Wikishovel (talk) 07:33, 24 September 2025 (UTC)
September 2025
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Hello, Marksteven019956, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. Your editing pattern indicates that you may be using multiple accounts or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia, such as Jerryv777 (talk · contribs). Our policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow this, and users who misuse multiple accounts may be blocked from editing. If you operate multiple accounts directly or with the help of another person, please disclose these connections. Thank you. Wikishovel (talk) 07:36, 24 September 2025 (UTC)
- Hello, and thank you for your message. I would like to clarify that I am not operating multiple accounts, nor am I coordinating edits with any other user. The account you mentioned (Jerryv777) does not belong to me.
- Editing and improving Wikipedia articles is something I’m genuinely passionate about, and I am still learning the community’s standards and guidelines so that I can become a better contributor.
- I am aware of Wikipedia’s policies on sock puppetry and multiple accounts, and I respect and follow these rules. My sole aim is to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia in line with Wikipedia’s principles.
- Thank you for your understanding, and please feel free to guide me if there are ways I can improve my editing practices further.
- Marksteven019956 Marksteven019956 (talk) 17:52, 24 September 2025 (UTC)
As previously advised, your edits, such as the edit you made to Mike Matney, 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:Marksteven019956, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Marksteven019956|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Wikishovel (talk) 07:36, 24 September 2025 (UTC)
- Hello, and thank you again for reaching out. I would like to state clearly that I am not being directly or indirectly compensated for any of my edits. I do not have an employer, client, or any affiliation related to the topics I have edited, including Mike Matney.
- Editing Wikipedia and improving articles is something I do purely out of personal interest and passion. I am still learning about the community’s rules and procedures and want to make sure I am fully compliant with them.
- I have read and understand the paid-editing disclosure requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use and the policy on conflict of interest. Because I have no financial or promotional connection to my edits, there is nothing for me to disclose under these rules.
- Thank you for your guidance, and please let me know if there are further steps you recommend so that my editing can continue to meet Wikipedia’s standards.
- Marksteven019956 Marksteven019956 (talk) 17:59, 24 September 2025 (UTC)
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