User talk:Ragnarfj

October 2024

Hello Ragnarfj! Your additions to Árbær have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Sincerely, Guessitsavis (she/they) (Talk) 13:54, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Guessitsavia! Thanks for the note. Can you tell me how I can see what was deleted so I can revise? Ragnarfj (talk) 11:45, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've just removed large chunks of copyrighted material from your draft on Tern Systems. You really need to take this matter more seriously. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:03, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Tern Systems (December 19)

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

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
reliable
secondary
strictly independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet all four of these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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:Tern Systems and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:58, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Ragnarfj! 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! DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:58, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 2024

Hello Ragnarfj. The nature of your edits 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.

Paid advocates are strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

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:Ragnarfj. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Ragnarfj|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. DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:05, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for making a COI disclosure. However, I assume you work for Tern, in which case you need to make the more specific paid-editing disclosure instead. Thank you, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:06, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello DoubleGraing. Thank you for reviewing the article on Tern Systems. As you mentioned I had already disclosed the COI. I am an employee of Tern System. However, Tern Systems is a state owned company (perhaps that does not change anything?) and my intentions are just to get information about the company online. Much of the material that I entered into the article is from Tern Systems, such as the history and information about products. Please advise on how to proceed. 89.160.179.208 (talk) 12:54, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you're Ragnarfj? (Please remember to log into your account whenever editing.)

It doesn't matter what sort of company Tern is, or whether it is even a company (could be a charity, or university, or sports team, or any other sort of organisation), as an employee you are automatically covered by our paid-editing rules. Paid editing is also a COI, but it is a specific type, which must be disclosed specifically. All you need to do is to replace the COI disclosure on your user page with the {{Paid}} one (appropriately filled in), or let me know if you'd like me to do that for you. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:17, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for making the paid-editing disclosure. I've slightly amended your template, which embedded the PAID one inside the COI; only the former is required. Trust you're okay with this? -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 17:18, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]