User talk:EvanBlass

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AfC notification: Draft:Evan Blass has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Evan Blass. Thanks! Cheers and Thanks, L235-Talk Ping when replying 05:43, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Evan Blass has been accepted

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Cheers and Thanks, L235-Talk Ping when replying 05:53, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If I seemed brusk to you...

then I sincerely apologize if you felt insulted in any way by my placing the tags on your article. I was only trying to point out that writing an article on yourself, while not expressly forbidden, is generally not encouraged because of the "close ties", if that makes sense. ArcAngel (talk) ) 22:04, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I know you're just doing your job. EvanBlass (talk) 02:23, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Verification

I know we discussed this on IRC, but would you mind if you tweet out something about your article on Wikipedia, just for verification that this is not an imposter? Tweeting something like "I am EvanBlass on wikipedia, link:(link to userpage)" would probably be the best verification but it'd probably be very confusing. Cheers and Thanks, L235-Talk Ping when replying 22:35, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not to mention that the first link everyone would click would be to my article submission history ;) EvanBlass (talk) 02:29, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Adoption

Hi. It's been a while, and I was wondering if you wanted to continue with the adoption. Cheers. Good work on your article, after a bit I might nominate it for WP:GA. ;) Cheers, Thanks, L235-Talk Ping when replying 20:54, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you and your adoptee!

No one should be an orphan!

Mhannigan (talk) 18:26, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Seasonal Greets!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015!!!

Hello EvanBlass, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2015.
Happy editing,
--L235-Talk Ping when replying 03:36, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Seasonal Greets!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015!!!

Hello EvanBlass, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2015.
Happy editing,
Mhannigan (talk) 03:57, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome!

Hello, EvanBlass, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Evan Blass, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Hi there. So, a couple of things about this article.

- First, you're correct in assuming that this began its life as an unintentional COI submission with the rationale being, hey, who knows the topic better than myself?

- However, I took great care to ensure that the article was written from a neutral POV, and contained a plethora of citations. Furthermore, before submitting it for publication, I brought it to a Wikipedia IRC help room, where I enlisted the assistance of numerous editors to proofread and sign off on it.

- What's more, as the edit history will show, several users -- including one in particular who took a very serious interest in the content -- made multiple changes to the text post-publication, in a manner most generously characterized as a devil's advocate approach. In other words, the article has seen heavy editing by parties who took great pains to diminish the importance and notability of the subject.

- At this point, with so much input on the article post-creation, do you still think it lacks a neutral POV? It's not a completely distinct article from the original submission, but it is quite different in many significant ways.

EvanBlass (talk) 11:40, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See User_talk:Courcelles#@evleaks for further discussion about this topic. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 21:48, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thank you. EvanBlass (talk) 21:53, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]