User talk:Barry Washkansky

Your submission at Articles for creation: Karin Schimke has been accepted
 Karin Schimke, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Thanks again, and happy editing! MapleSoy (talk) 19:37, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Jonathan Ancer


The article Jonathan Ancer has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp/dated tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Kaizenify (talk) 15:49, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

My mistake. I did not mean to publish it yet, I just wanted it in drafts. (Barry Washkansky (talk) 12:20, 9 October 2020 (UTC))

Jonathan Ancer moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Jonathan Ancer, does not have enough sources and citations 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 " " 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 follow the prompts on the Articles for Creation template atop the page. ... disco spinster   talk  17:14, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jonathan Ancer has been accepted
 Jonathan Ancer, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Thanks again, and happy editing! Bkissin (talk) 13:28, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Jonathan Ancer Wikipic.jpg
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Editing Wikipedia with a possible paid conflict of interest
Hello Barry Washkansky. 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 compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. 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 very 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 extremely 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:Barry Washkansky. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. 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. SamHolt6 (talk) 13:50, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Samantha While I am paid to write Wikipedia pages for my clients, I get a lump sum and have absolutely no financial interest otherwise. Those edits you mention were probably made to Amazon or other sites that sell their books. If this is not allowed, I apologize, I am relatively new at this. I will refrain from linking to those pages, if that is indeed what you are referring to.

Hi I would like to rectify any mistake I made so I can fix up the pages. Once again, beyond offering my services as a writer of Wikipedia pages, I have absolutely no financial interest in the pages at all. I look forward to your speedy reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barry Washkansky (talk • contribs) 05:51, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Paid editor
Hi I am a copywriter and provide writing services for my clients. Karin Schimke paid me to write her Wikipedia page. I did not receive compensation or request any from Jonathan Ancer. I apologise for my indiscretion, it seems I needed to disclose this at the start.

Thanks Barry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barry Washkansky (talk • contribs) 08:10, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Robert A. Hamblin moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Robert A. Hamblin, 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 " " 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. The article needs references, reviews of the book, material about the seven year project. You may also add categories to this article. Whiteguru (talk) 07:37, 29 July 2021 (UTC) Thanks, my mistake. I've made that error before, did not intend to publish itBarry Washkansky (talk) 07:43, 29 July 2021 (UTC).

Can you enable macros for me please? Barry Washkansky (talk) 08:42, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Paid editing disclosure is mandatory

 * I see you are a paid editor and despite previous warnings, you haven't clearly disclosed your clients. Please, read Paid-contribution disclosure carefully. You are required to disclose employer, client, and affiliation for every paid contribution. MarioGom (talk) 18:33, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I will do that ASAP but the page has not yet been submitted for review so thought it wasn't necessary yet. Barry Washkansky (talk) 07:56, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

I have updated my user page. Is that enough? Where else must I disclose? Barry Washkansky (talk) 08:42, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Robert A. Hamblin has been accepted
 Robert A. Hamblin, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. This is a great rating for a new article, and places it among the top of accepted submissions — kudos to you! You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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Thanks again, and happy editing! Greenman (talk) 21:37, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Barry Washkansky (talk) 09:29, 27 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Please enable macros for Prof. Christi van der Westhuizen (D.Phil.) . Barry Washkansky (talk) 09:41, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Christi van der Westhuizen has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Christi van der Westhuizen. Thanks! Greenman (talk) 16:10, 23 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you. What do mean by unsourced? I'm put in as many references as I can. Barry Washkansky (talk) 11:09, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Christi van der Westhuizen (December 10)
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Greenman (talk) 08:29, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Christi van der Westhuizen (January 25)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by BuySomeApples was:

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BuySomeApples (talk) 04:41, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Christi van der Westhuizen (November 2)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Tutwakhamoe were:

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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.


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Tutwakhamoe (talk) 13:51, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Christi van der Westhuizen
Hello, Barry Washkansky. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Christi van der Westhuizen, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again&#32;or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 14:07, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Christi van der Westhuizen


Hello, Barry Washkansky. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Christi van der Westhuizen".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When 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. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:47, 2 May 2024 (UTC)