User talk:Bowmanator97

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Hello, Bowmanator97, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Draft:ShelfNow, 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 Drm310,
 * Thank you so much for getting in touch with me. I have to be honest, I'm totally new to this area. I enjoy writing but Wikipedia is like a whole new virtual world!
 * You're totally right that I have a conflict of interest: my boss has tasked me with setting up a page. His concern is less with using Wikipedia for marketing purposes and more to boost SEO however. I tried to write an article in good faith with that in mind, respectful of Wikipedia's strict policies.
 * I wanted to ask if you knew of any volunteers without a stake in the business who might be able to help me with a page? In a way I would prefer someone to adapt my draft as they're impartial and unconnected with the business. They don't have my boss in their ear after all.
 * ~ Bowmanator97 (talk) 15:54, 20 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello Bowmanator97 and thank you for your reply. As part of my response to what you've said, I will address some more fundamental points, which you can communicate to your boss.
 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia - a general reference guide about topics it deems notable. For a topic to be considered notable, it must have already gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time, and is not outside the scope of Wikipedia. We consider evidence from reliable and independent sources to gauge this attention.
 * In the case of a business, it must meet Wikipedia's notability criteria for companies. Wikipedia is not a business directly, and a company isn't entitled to have an article just because it exists. We have no interest in what a company wishes to say about itself; we care about what third-party sources have chosen to publish about it, without inducement. Your boss's concern about the presence - or absence - of an article an its ensuing effect on SEO is of no concern to us; this is a self-serving motive.
 * Because you're employed by the company you're writing about, you have an inherent conflict of interest, which I am glad you recognize. Even though I am satisfied that you are acting in good faith, you still aren't an objective judge of your company's notability, and you will find it hard to write about it from the required neutral point of view.
 * While your draft article is technically open for anyone to edit, it might be hard to elicit volunteers if no one notices its existence. My advice is to pare back the content to only that which can be verified by reliable sources - those which have editorial independence from the subject, and have an established reputation for fact-checking and editorial oversight. This heavily favours mainstream news organizations, academic press, and reputable publishers of books, newspapers and magazines. Disqualified sources include social media, press releases and other company-authored materials, blogs and online message forums. WP:Perennial sources has a list of commonly-discussed sources and evaluations of their reliability. Then, submit your draft for review and read what the draft reviewers have to say about it.
 * It would be beneficial for you to use the paid template on your userpage (User:Bowmanator97) as a visible disclosure of your employment. This will show other editors that you are acting in good faith, and they will be more willing to help you. And of course, you are welcome to edit other topics outside of your conflict of interest.
 * --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:03, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

May 2022
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:ShelfNow, from its old location at User:Bowmanator97. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:20, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Copyright violations at Draft:ShelfNow
I have tagged Draft:ShelfNow to have part of its history deleted by an administrator due to WP:Copyright violations. This includes a WP:Close paraphrase of the source information. Please review the relevant policies and let me know if you have any questions. Singularity42 (talk) 16:10, 20 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Good afternoon,
 * I want to make it clear that I am very new to creating Wikipedia articles so any breaches are entirely accidental. If anyone knows how to improve the article to be more in line with Wikipedia's guidelines then please don't hesitate to get in touch :)
 * Thank you
 * Bowmanator97 (talk) 16:36, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:ShelfNow
Hello, Bowmanator97. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:ShelfNow, 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.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 11:02, 6 November 2022 (UTC)