User talk:Cismithjr44

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (December 15)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by David.moreno72 was:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:Cismithjr44/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to User:Cismithjr44/sandbox, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and save.
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David.moreno72 00:19, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Cismithjr44, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! David.moreno72 00:19, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Cismithjr44

A tag has been placed on User:Cismithjr44 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. John from Idegon (talk) 03:15, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Articles, or drafts, are not allowed on your user page. That's actually much better formatted than your draft, but still lacks sources. I'll leave referencing instructions below. John from Idegon (talk) 03:19, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Adding references can be easy

Hello! Here's how to add references from reliable sources for the content you add to Wikipedia. This helps maintain the Wikipedia policy of verifiability.

Adding well formatted references is actually quite easy:

While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "Cite". Click on it.
Then click on "Templates".
Choose the most appropriate template and fill in as many details as you can. This will add a well formatted reference that is helpful in case the web URL (or "website link") becomes inactive in the future.
Click on Preview when you're done filling out the 'Cite (web/news/book/journal)' to make sure that the reference is correct.
Click on Insert to insert the reference into your editing window content.
Click on Show preview to Preview all your editing changes.

Before clicking on Save page, check that a References header ==References== is near the end of the article.
And check that {{Reflist}} is directly underneath that header.

7. Click on Save page. ...and you've just added a complete reference to a Wikipedia article.

You can read more about this on Help:Edit toolbar or see this video File:RefTools.ogv.
Hope this helps, --John from Idegon (talk) 03:19, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To use this message, place {{subst:User:Shearonink/ref}} on User:talk pages when needed.

Conflict of interest editing

Hello, Cismithjr44. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article User:Cismithjr44/sandbox, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. See the conflict of interest 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 (see 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 for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:32, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cismithjr44. I've added the above template to your user talk page after see you post at the Wikipedia Teahouse because it contains information and links that you might find helpful. Even though Wikipedia does not express prohibit COI editing, it is something which is highly discourage because it can quickly lead to more serious problems. So, if you are connected to the person you're writing about in your user sandbox, please click on the "blue links" found above and read the information contained on those pages. The better you understand Wikipedia's policies and guidelines with respect to conflict of interest editing, the better your chances of avoiding problems with other editors. You might also want to take a look at Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide, Wikipedia:Ownership of content, Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Relationship between the subject, the article, and Wikipedia, and Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing.

It's very important that you understand from the start that a Wikipedia article is only intended to reflect what reliable sources (preferably independent of the subject) are saying about the subject, and this includes both positive and negative types of coverage. Articles are not intended to be attack pieces for denegrating a subject, but they are also not intended to puffy PR pieces for promoting the subject. Even negative content (or content the subject might percieve as being negative) can be included if (1) it can be verified through citations to reliable sources, (2) it's not overly undue or non-neutrally worded and (3) a consensus is established that the content is encyclopedically relevant to the reader. What this means is that if by chance the draft you're working on does someday get accepted, you will have no final editorial control over what content is added and what is removed.

So, if the content in the draft is even close to being verifiablly true and you do have a COI, then my suggestion to you is to let someone else write the article. You can probably find someone who would be happy to do so over at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football. Just post a message there and see what happens. The members of that Wikipedia have lots of experience writing/editing that type of articles and should be able to comes up with something that complies with all relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines. You may even make suggestions about article content on the talk page and they will figure out which ones are OK and which ones are not so good.

One thing that you might be able to do would be to provide a picture for possible use in the article. It has to be a photo, etc. that you own the copyright on (i.e., a photo you took yourself) and something that you are willing to willing to release under a free license. Photos are not required for articles, and not having a photo will not affect whether the draft is ultimately accepted (that's going be determined by assessing whether the subject meets Wikipedia:Notability (people) or Wikipedia:Notability (sports)), but it can be a nice touch, especially in an articles about individuals. You can find out more about uploading photos at Wikipedia:Uploading images.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask them here or at the Teahouse and someone will try and answer them. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:03, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sutton Smith (January 28)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Dial911 was:

Thank you for your submission, but the subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia. You can find it and improve it at Sutton Smith instead.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Sutton Smith and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Sutton Smith, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and save.
If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
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Dial911 (talk) 22:00, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]