User talk:Colinwhite613

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Wikipedia and copyright

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December 2023

Your edit to Fern Levitt has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa (talk) 16:41, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Shaina Silver-Baird

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A tag has been placed on Shaina Silver-Baird requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a real person or group of people that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Thank you, I am learning how to ask for page deletions when one is needed. Colinwhite613 (talk) 19:27, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Less Than Kosher moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Less Than Kosher, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Dr vulpes ^{(💬 • 📝)} 20:24, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this help! I am learning. I truly appreciate any guidance. Colinwhite613 (talk) 21:59, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How do I access this draft space? I cant find it .

thank you. Colinwhite613 (talk) 22:00, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff Sackman

Hi Colinwhite613, I would suggest you to remove the Mentions section on Jeff Sackman as it does not add anything to the reader. It also makes it a bit promotional as if you are trying to add PR works to show notability. For a reference on layout, sections and styling, the structure of the article Emma Thomas could be followed, although there might be better examples available. Cheers. Jeraxmoira (talk) 05:03, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

thank you so much for the feedback. I totally agree. I will take a look at that other page you mentioned. Maybe try to do his filmography. Colinwhite613 (talk) 05:14, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If he has more than 80 films, it would be better to include only the notable ones and change the subheading to 'Notable Films'. Thank you. Jeraxmoira (talk) 05:16, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Colinwhite613, I just saw your latest edit summary on Jeff Sackman. Please do not add 130 films to his filmography. See here. Would advise you to only add the highly notable ones. Jeraxmoira (talk) 14:16, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also add reliable sources for the same as IMDb is user contributed. Jeraxmoira (talk) 14:18, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:Minor to know when to mark your edits as minor. Cheers <3 Jeraxmoira (talk) 14:21, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that was very useful :) oops. its appreciated Colinwhite613 (talk) 14:45, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

J 2A02:3102:424A:3:F1B1:B9EF:656A:2AE6 (talk) 11:56, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Colinwhite613!

Happy New Year!

Colinwhite613,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 14:15, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy 2024! Colinwhite613 (talk) 14:23, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 14:15, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, articles should not be moved, as you did to Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, without good reason. They should have a name that is both accurate and intuitive. Wikipedia has some guidelines in place to help with this. Generally, a page should only be moved to a new title if the current name doesn't follow these guidelines. Also, if a page move is being discussed, consensus needs to be reached before anybody moves the page. If you would like to experiment with page titles and moving, please use the test Wikipedia. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Even though Dr. Shmuel Rosenman is indeed a PhD, the convention is to not have "Dr." in the article title. ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 19:09, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I did not understand this. Can you please help me redirect back to the one without the "DR."? I am so sorry to take up your time. I just do not know how to do this myself. I will clear the information off the page, and save it for the suggested namespace. Colinwhite613 (talk) 19:19, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 22:07, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Colinwhite613. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 00:10, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have no relationship to the subject whatsoever. in 2017 I developed an interest in notable people who work in Holocaust education, and have made notable accomplishments that qualify on Wikipedia. Why have all writings about Jewish people making an impact been targeted ? This is the first notice of any COI I have ever had. what is it you need from me here to take part in this review? There should be a fair unbiased review of the page and its writing in an audit. I have spent 6 months collecting articles on the subject. I am not even Jewish, I have an interest in exploring those who have a story that make sense to be here. I am reviewing the page, and yes I am the major contributor at this point. Im going to stop and see what were doing here. please dont send generic pages that do not help me, since there is no conflict, they do not help me. what are my next steps? Colinwhite613 (talk) 02:36, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 02:12, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Content that was added is published by a reliable source. no advertising or attacks are in my writing, and all is neutral. I have found tons of articles and they're all reliable. please advise. Will check back tomrorow. Colinwhite613 (talk) 02:43, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, your sources are dubious and weak, and the articles may look neutral, but they are really resumes. Drmies (talk) 03:37, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Im going to look at pages deemed proper. Last thing I want is to write like a resume. I know this criticism is right from you because the one page Fern Levitt I started seems okay, and others are adding to it. Others since have been difficult. Every instruction page I read I am finding difficult. I will keep reading and figuring out what is a verifiable source. I remove any fluff. I really need help learning how to do this better. Maybe I am coming at this like a reporter, please let me keep trying. Colinwhite613 (talk) 21:13, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 error on Shimon Farkas

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