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AfC notification: Draft:Joseph Borg has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Joseph Borg. Thanks! Nomadicghumakkad (talk) 01:57, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much ! We are still new to the system. So any kind / gentle help will be appreciated ☺️ - our main emphasis is the fact that for the first time ever - Malta has sent its presence on board the International Space Station via Joseph Borg. He worked closely with ESA, NASA - and used the SpaceX CRS23 mission (august to September 2021) to achieve this. Please take a look at all the external links too. Including the notable mentions on NASAs own highlights website. Thank you SpaceOMIX (talk) 05:47, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Joseph Borg (scientist) has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Joseph Borg (scientist). Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 04:51, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Robert. Your help is greatly appreciated/acknowledged SpaceOMIX (talk) 05:49, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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SpaceOMIX, good luck, and have fun. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:54, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Joseph Borg (scientist) has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Joseph Borg (scientist). Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 04:56, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If any of the subject's accomplishments were in 2019 or 2020, please insert the dates to establish that they were after the previous AFD.

Please fix a reference error. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:57, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We know that the whole mission to the ISS, on a SpaceX - and links with ESA, NASA and others took place in 2021. With many more to come . He has now been invited to speak at various conferences including the upcoming festivalofgenomics taking place in January 2022 SpaceOMIX (talk) 05:49, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, SpaceOMIX. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Draft:Joseph Borg (scientist), 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. Theroadislong (talk) 16:51, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

November 2021

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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Conflict of interest and failure to disclose same

SpaceOMIX Company has an address in Malta care of something called "Borg Group" at the University. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:41, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Gary Scerri (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I am indeed a biomedical scientist, working in Malta at the national hospital labs. I have followed very closely the works of Professor Borg and his team, and I was a past student of his for my undergraduate dissertation back in 2011/2012. I do not have compensation, and was not aware of an ethical breach to be writing about my past mentor at the University. I share a passion on biomedical science and space research and consequently approached Professor Borg and whether he would mind me taking liberty about writing on the National Project Maleth that lifted off last August September and returned in October 2021. His answer was a positive one, and the result was the page you see. However - if I understand well, I must refrain from writing anything connected directly to him, my institution, and the whole space project since this will be perceived as conflict of interest ? If that is the case I will comply. I would like to check therefore, in order for this work to be brought to light, would one simply leave it to chance ? or may I approach people /editors online on wikipedia that may have an interest on the topic ? I thank the community here, and apologies for having caused inconvenience

Accept reason:

On the basis that you have said you will refrain from making edits related to your COI, I will remove the block. 331dot (talk) 15:11, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Most articles are typically written by independent editors, who take note of a subject receiving significant coverage in independent reliable sources and choose on their own to write about it, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of notability. I guess technically that is leaving it to chance- though independent editors seeing sources about a topic is usually a good indicator for notability, as opposed to someone with a conflict of interest trying to force the issue. Users are able to request the creation of articles at Requested Articles, though there is a severe backlog. Since you seem to understand that you shouldn't make further conflict of interest related edits(at this time), what topics do you intend to edit about instead? 20:29, 24 November 2021 (UTC)331dot (talk)

Account renamed from SpaceOMIX. 331dot (talk) 20:31, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In that case - I would like to do two things perhaps . One would be , covering as they may occur , science events that take place in Malta with a notable interest for the euro med region. And secondly , I’d like to stick around the community to learn more , ensure not to repeat mistakes and conflicts and be able to one day Correct, guide and instruct others - pretty much like orangemike did - however it will take me some time to achieve that level I am sure 😌

I would urge you to review guidance for expert editors, but I will ask Orangemike what he thinks about this. 331dot (talk) 10:23, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much . Much appreciated.

Garry needs to learn how to sign his posts with four tildes; but I'm willing to assume good faith here. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:54, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:12, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Let me see if I Got this right ! It should now work ? Gary Scerri (talk) 19:17, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Joseph Borg (scientist)

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 09:03, 27 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]