User talk:BrookeatMays

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Nate Y. Sharp


A tag has been placed on Draft:Nate Y. Sharp requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://mays.tamu.edu/directory/nate-y-sharp/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Nate Sharp has been accepted
 Nate Sharp, 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.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the  [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk/New_question&withJS=MediaWiki:AFCHD-wizard.js&page=Nate_Sharp help desk] . Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider.

Thanks again, and happy editing! Chetsford (talk) 20:48, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

January 2024
As previously advised, your edits, such as the edit you made to Nate Sharp, give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:MaysMarcomm1, and the template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Chetsford (talk) 20:49, 1 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi there I do not have a financial stake in promoting this topic. MaysMarcomm1 (talk) 22:49, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Nate Sharp


A tag has been placed on Nate Sharp requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://mays.tamu.edu/directory/nate-y-sharp/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Chetsford (talk) 20:51, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

January 2024
Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because your username, MaysMarcomm1, does not comply with Wikipedia's username policy. '''Your username is the principal reason for the block. You are welcome to continue editing after you have chosen a new username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy.Please take a moment to either create a new account, or request a username change of your current account here.''' The new username that you choose must comply with Wikipedia's username policy.
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Thank you. Chetsford (talk) 20:59, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi MaysMarcomm1. Your username implies you are an organizational account controlled by Mays Business School. Unfortunately, Wikipedia policy does not permit the use of WP:SHAREDACCOUNTs, so you will need to select a new username before continuing to edit. I apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your cooperation! Chetsford (talk) 21:03, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi there I have submitted a request to change my username. This is not a globally used account- it is used by one person. Thanks! MaysMarcomm1 (talk) 22:51, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

New posts to bottom, please, for proper flow. 331dot (talk) 09:31, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

That's fine as a new username, but if you work for the school or Dr. Sharp, you are a paid editor and need to disclose that. 331dot (talk) 09:34, 2 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Yes I do work for the school. Can you advise how I should disclose that? MaysMarcomm1 (talk) 00:24, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello BrookeatMays. 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 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 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:BrookeatMays. 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. This is a pre-written message; I've just placed it for the instructions. 331dot (talk) 01:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much an apologies for my lack of disclosure. I did not realize I qualified as a user with financial stake in posting the article, but yes I do work for Mays Business School. I have added this disclosure to my user page. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to bring this project to completion. BrookeatMays (talk) 14:54, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * No worries, BrookeatMays, many people get confused by it. Thank you for your understanding and your disclosure. 331dot has unblocked your account so I don't believe there is anything else remaining to be done. Happy editing! Chetsford (talk) 03:13, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Punctuation and references
Hi BrookeatMays - I just thought I'd leave you a quick note to mention that the generally accepted style on Wikipedia is to put references after punctuion. See WP:REFPUNCT if you'd like to read up more on it, or let me know here if you have any other questions. Thanks! LittlePuppers (talk) 02:08, 17 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Oops, thank you very much for letting me know. I'll make sure I correct my changes. BrookeatMays (talk) 14:50, 17 January 2024 (UTC)