User talk:Belleabby

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Todd Thomas (designer), 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.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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 * Hello,
 * Thank you for your response. In the article for Todd Thomas, I have cited every description about his career in the sources at the bottom of the article. Please let me know what else I need to remove in the article to help the removal of maintenance template of "A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject" as I really do want to make sure it is expresses in a neutral POV Belleabby (talk) 02:35, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi Belleabby. As stated above, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for any contribution you make, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation to comply with our terms of use and our policy on paid editing. Also if you have a close connection with the subject, please read WP:COIE on how to proceed. Sentences like "Thomas is an innovative designer, able to envision long-term needs of clients from project inception to execution. He possesses a holistic understanding of art as both an aesthetic and a socio-cultural force" are still promotional/violation of NPOV even if it's sourced.-KH-1 (talk) 02:45, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Replaceable non-free use File:Todd Thomas headshot, taken 2021.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Todd Thomas headshot, taken 2021.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of non-free use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of non-free use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:


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