User talk:Billodom2

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Your submission at Articles for creation
 Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.
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 * Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Pol430  talk to me 21:43, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation
 Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.
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 * Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Pol430  talk to me 08:54, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation
 Rener Gracie, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you are more than welcome to continue submitting work to Articles for Creation. Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! Pol430 talk to me 20:44, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
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File permission problem with File:Rener Gracie portrait.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Rener Gracie portrait.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Conflict of interest
Hello @Billodom2. Are you by any chance affiliated with the Gracie family, whether personally or professionally? I found something that leads me to believe you might be connected to Rorion Gracie, so I was curious whether this was a coincidence or not. Hey man im josh (talk) 20:14, 9 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes, I've known him professionally for many years. 2600:8805:1A10:3200:2979:9DD8:818E:BA2C (talk) 21:17, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The specific relationship is that I'm a jiu-jitsu practitioner and he introduced me to the martial art. Subsequently, I became licensed to teach their programs.  I'm also professional editor, and historian (PhD History, Ohio State University) well-versed in thoroughly researching, documenting sources, objectively assessing, and finally presenting written conclusions.  So, I'm capable of creating and contributing to the Rorion Gracie page without bias.  In fact, I'm so attuned to it that I would err in the other direction to avoid an accusation of bias or favoritism. I have no financial relationship to Rorion, so there is no conflict of interest. 2600:8805:1A10:3200:2979:9DD8:818E:BA2C (talk) 21:25, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I also posted my reply in the deletion discussion for Rener Gracie so that we have it all in one place. 2600:8805:1A10:3200:2979:9DD8:818E:BA2C (talk) 22:18, 9 March 2023 (UTC)