User talk:MakinBaconPancakes

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Reference errors on 9 December

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Hello Annie

Sup? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.161.77.32 (talk) 01:19, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Joshua Rubin moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Joshua Rubin, 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. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 19:56, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize, I thought I'd cleared all references properly. Is IMDB not considered a reliable source, or was there an item in there that was not appropriate? More guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated. MakinBaconPancakes (talk) 20:47, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

IMDB and IGDB are user generated sites and not reliable. Also, I believe it's pretty evident you have some sort of conflict of interest within your editing area. Would you care to fully disclose the nature of it? -- ferret (talk) 20:50, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, thank you for the clarification. The connection I have to the subject is both being a fan of Assassin's Creed 2 (a friend of mine worked on one of the subsequent games) and having another friend having worked with the subject before. I've been wanting to add more game writers, or at least start with ones who have had their names cited on other pages but don't have a page themselves, and that seemed as good a place as any to start. I tried to keep as tonally neutral as possible and make stuff as verifiable as possible (not just taking stuff from his LinkedIn page) but if more links are needed than IMDB that is entirely understandable. Also if there is a feeling that my connection to the subject makes me a bad person to make this page (and potentially others), I'll step back. MakinBaconPancakes (talk) 20:54, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:VG/S for a list of reliable secondary sourcing that has been vetted by the project in the video game space, as an example and starting place. You'll also want to read WP:N, particular as a starting point WP:GNG. I'm going to leave you the standard conflict-of-interest template so you can read up and better determine if you have a COI. -- ferret (talk) 21:04, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. -- ferret (talk) 21:04, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Joshua Rubin

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 08:01, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Joshua Rubin

Hello, MakinBaconPancakes. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Joshua Rubin".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:06, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of PANIC at Multiverse High! for deletion

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