User talk:CrystalStacy

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July 2024

Hello CrystalStacy. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Lu Heng, 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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Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:CrystalStacy. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=CrystalStacy|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message.
Thank you for noting elsewhere that you or your employer hired an organisation to write an article on Lu Heng here. You have indicated that you wish to write this yourself. This question must be answered before any other edit, message, etc, is submitted to Wikipedia. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 06:42, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Timtrent, thank you for reaching out and for your concern. I want to clarify that I am not being paid or compensated in any way for my edits on Wikipedia. I do not work for the company, nor do I have any financial stake or affiliation with the subject of the article, Lu Heng.

My interest in creating and editing the page is purely personal, driven by a desire to contribute to Wikipedia and to share information about notable individuals. I understand the importance of maintaining a neutral point of view and adhering to Wikipedia's guidelines.

Additionally, I want to learn and become more familiar with Wikipedia's processes. My lack of experience initially led me to hire a firm to create the page, but now I want to embark on this journey from scratch with the right guidance from experienced editors like yourself.

Please let me know if there is any further information you need from me or clarifications. CrystalStacy (talk) 09:19, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Timtrent Had a chance to look at my response above CrystalStacy (talk) 05:19, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your clear statement 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 07:16, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your welcome CrystalStacy (talk) 09:39, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Lu Heng (September 18)

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

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Lu Heng and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 21:56, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OlifanofmrTennant I have seen the peacock terms and will work on it, can you please highlight for me the other areas to sections of the page to rework if it is possible and which references are not meeting the standards. Will appreciate. Thank you. CrystalStacy (talk) 07:30, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, CrystalStacy! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation 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! Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 21:56, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to send the revised page to see if it is in-line with the standards before submission? CrystalStacy (talk) 07:31, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"a non-profit organization that strives to help the entire Internet community achieve an empowered digital future; "Heng is currently focused to promote internet governance education worldwide" then the whole lawsuit section seems biased Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 14:32, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can i make it not sound biased based on the facts presented in the refrences - he is pushing for an empowered digital future and the law suits have him mentioned severally here https://afrinic.net/court-cases

I have tried re-writing the legal dispute section, have a look below. Kindly have alook before i add it to the page and advice.

"Lu Heng has been involved in legal disputes concerning the allocation and management of IP addresses. Specifically, Heng’s company, LARUS Limited, partnered with Cloud Innovation, a Seychelles-based entity, in a dispute with the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC). In June 2020, AFRINIC accused Cloud Innovation of violating its Registration Service Agreement by allocating IP address resources outside the African region. The case has raised broader concerns about internet governance and the distribution of IP address resources, particularly in Africa.

Heng has publicly denied the allegations related to the dispute. The legal proceedings have been widely reported due to the potential impact on internet infrastructure in Africa and the Indian Ocean region."

Will appreciate your help. CrystalStacy (talk) 12:44, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@OlifanofmrTennant CrystalStacy (talk) 04:52, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Lu Heng has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Lu Heng. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 08:52, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Theroadislong I have seen it. Can you check for me these two sources if they meet the requirements, i am doing further research on the subject and would appreciate your help.

CrystalStacy (talk) 06:18, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The second one looks Ok, the first one contains rather a lot written by the subject so is not independent. Theroadislong (talk) 06:45, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you CrystalStacy (talk) 09:41, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, CrystalStacy. 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to 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 Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 11:14, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Timtrent I have no relation with the subject and not advertising or promoting/publicizing the subject. I am new to this as previously mentioned so all the help and guidance i can get i will be appreciate. Especially with the references and articles i put up, are they in order as per the guidelines? CrystalStacy (talk) 06:22, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your clear declaration. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 09:26, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]