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Happy editing! —Alalch E. 18:34, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft about Andy Winter is now at Draft:Andy Winter. —Alalch E. 18:35, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK thank you. I need to add the citations, links, and photos. I wasn't sure how to do that when I created the article. CLWwrites (talk) 19:13, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since the draft reads as if written by someone close to the subject, and it is you who created it, meaning that you seem to be a person close to the subject, please study the guideline Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, which is about contributing to Wikipedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, etc. Namely, you should WP:DISCLOSE conflict of interest. Sincerely—Alalch E. 18:38, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't a conflict of interest, I was paid a small fee to write the article for him. I will check the Conflict of Interest link you provided. CLWwrites (talk) 19:14, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK...where do I put that I was paid by Andy Winter to write an article about his life? CLWwrites (talk) 19:24, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please study the policy Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. The instructions on how to perform the paid-contribution disclosure are in the section Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure § How to disclose. This is the link for your user page: User:CLWwrites. If you need help with adding the template, I can do it for you. —Alalch E. 20:50, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would like some help. I don't expect I'll be doing any more paid articles for anyone. I edited his poetry book and he asked if I could write an article about his life for Wikipedia so I said yes. So it sounds like I need to list it on my main page but then I can't edit anything else on Wikipedia? I didn't understand that. 2607:FEA8:9180:6600:25CB:80A3:54F9:A667 (talk) 21:00, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You left the comment I'm replying to while logged out. While editing this way is fine, since you have an account, it would be better to edit while logged in. You can edit other pages. As the owner of a brand new account, you can not create new articles directly in the encyclopedia proper yet (you will be able to soon) but you can edit most of them and you can create drafts of new articles. You can also create your user page. If you follow the link User:CLWwrites, you will see that you can do so. —Alalch E. 21:16, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK I've logged back in. Thanks for responding so quickly. I told Andy (my client) when I started this project for him that it can take a while to post an article. He's been an integral part of the business community in Toronto and internationally. I've done a lot of research to find references for some of the newspapers he listed. I have emails from some of them that say they don't have digital archives for their publications that are 25 years or older, that's why I wanted to use the photos my client took of the newspaper articles.

Also not sure how to answer the copyright question on a photo of the Toronto Star. It's a photocopy of the front page of the business section, so technically I don't have copyright...is that how you would respond? CLWwrites (talk) 21:31, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have added your paid editor disclosure. Thank you for providing useful contextual information and for highlighting some important topics in your last reply.

You have written about the coverage the subject has received, which relates to whether this person's biography is eligible for inclusion. Only "notable" subjects are eligible for stand-alone encyclopedia entries. "Notable" is a Wikipedia term of art: To determine if a topic is notable, Wikipedia has defined standards. For your draft, the relevant ones are the general notability guideline and the guideline on the notability of people.
In addition, you must use the Articles for creation (AfC) process to cause this draft to become an article. That's one of the rules of paid editing. AfC is a good way to get feedback. However, if an AfC reviewer deems the topic to be non-notable, the submission will not be accepted and the draft won't become an article. The reviewer may also decline for other reasons. The prose must be neutral, for example.
Articles must be verifiable. To be able to verify a statement, the source must be reliable. This is very important when writing about living people. Sourcing is essential when determining notability.
Working on an article the way you have begun is difficult. Adding a lot of unreferenced prose and then adding references is writing Wikipedia articles backward.
You can use printed works which may not be accessible online as references. You should be able to provide short relevant quotes. Some of these newspaper issues may be archived by Newspapers.com or other such services. It's best to ask editors about this at the WP:TEAHOUSE.
Yes, you may generally not upload photos and scans of newspapers due to the copyrights policy.

Sincerely, —Alalch E. 23:16, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]