User talk:Damjana12

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Mark Kotter (June 17)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by TechnoSquirrel69 were:

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.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Mark Kotter and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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— TechnoSquirrel69 ( sigh ) 16:43, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Replaceable non-free use File:Mark Kotter in BBC Surgeons At the Edge of Life.png
Thanks for uploading File:Mark Kotter in BBC Surgeons At the Edge of Life.png. 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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 * 2) On the file's talk page, write a full explanation of why you believe the file is not replaceable.

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 * Thank you for your message and for bringing this to my attention. I understand the concern regarding the first non-free content criterion. I believe that the file "Mark Kotter in BBC Surgeons At the Edge of Life.png" can be replaceable by a freely licensed file. Damjana12 (talk) 10:23, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Damjana12. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the edit COI template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see );
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see );
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 14:10, 11 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello 331 dot,
 * Thank you for your message and the important guidelines regarding conflict of interest (COI). I appreciate the emphasis on maintaining the integrity and neutrality of Wikipedia content. My contributions are made purely in the interest of providing accurate and reliable information, adhering to Wikipedia's content policies and learning how to become an editor. Damjana12 (talk) 10:14, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Please communicate with me without using an AI.(82% certain according to GPTzero). Your post above uses a lot of words but says nothing. What is your general relationship with the subject of your edits? 331dot (talk) 12:10, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your message 331 dot. What is GPTzero? I'm sorry if you think my words says nothing. I want to emphasise that I strive to maintain a neutral standpoint as I know encyclopedia is source which provide knowledge based on facts. I base my contributions on thorough research from various reputable sources such as research papers and media outlets. My focus is on enhancing articles related to biology and medicine which is my field of interest. If you have any specific concerns or questions about how I approach editing, please feel free to let me know as I am keen to learn from this community and would like to keep contributing. Damjana12 (talk) 12:38, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I chose to create the page on Mark after I watched this series on BBC where he is performing the operation and then I watched some more videos and I started reading about all his work which I'm thinking it will change the future of the medicine most likely this is super inspiring, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nik8yYeVFo8, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrVQXHmxH7Y&t=1s Damjana12 (talk) 12:46, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * GPTzero is an AI written text detection tool. Talk page posts are not expected to be grammatically and stylistically perfect. AI also has difficulty capturing the specifics of a situation and usually writes in broad, glowing terms.
 * How did you get access to Dr. Kotter to take this image of him where he posed for you? 331dot (talk) 14:43, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi Damjana12. Just going to add two things to what 331dot posted above. First, please be very careful when adding YouTube links to any Wikipedia page. One of the ones you added above seem to be in violation of WP:YOUTUBE and WP:COPYLINK; so, I removed it. If you added that particlar link to other Wikipedia pages, you should remove it.Second, it's better for you to be as transparent as possible about any connection you may have to Dr. Kotter because it will make it much easier for others to help you. If Dr. Kotter meets Wikipedia:Notability (people), then there's no reason why a Wikipedia artice about him can't be written. If, however, you're connected to him in a more than casual way, then you might not be the best person to do so as explained in Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. In particular, if you've been tasked or otherwise contracted to create a Wikipedia article about him, you will almost certainly need to comply with Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure because a failure to do so would be a violation of wmf:Terms of use and could lead to your account being WP:BLOCKed. Such an outcome would not only be bad for you, but perhaps Dr. Kotter too. Given that Wikipedia is part of the WP:REALWORLD, any attempts to inappropriately create or edit content about Dr. Kotter on Wikipedia will be there for everyone to see; so, please try to make sure you're more WP:HERE than WP:NOTHERE going forward. If, by chance, you've been using AI to reply to 331dot's above posts, please stop. It's much better for other WP:WIKIPEDIANs to hear from you than some bot, even if you think your posts might not be written in perfect English. Wikipedians can be a pretty understanding bunch, and they'll be happy to help you whenever they can as long as they feel you're being upfront with them. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:19, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Myelopathy.org moved to draftspace
Thanks for your contributions to Myelopathy.org. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it is promotional and reads like an advertisement. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Chaotic Enby  (talk · contribs) 19:03, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

July 2024
Hello Damjana12. 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 employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. 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:Damjana12. 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. 331dot (talk) 21:53, 17 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi 331dot,
 * I have not receive any payment for creating pages. If the charity page I recently create is in too promotional tone I will have a look at it again and amend the tone of voice to be more neutral. Thank you for your message. Damjana12 (talk) 10:20, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Also I have a question do people actually get paid for creating articles, I thought the whole point of Wikipedia is that is free, open to all and that everyone can contribute things that they have interest in? So why there would be a template for the payment to individuals, if not to pay directly to Wikipedia for general contributions to the platform for existing this make sense but paying individuals for making contributions this I don't understand? Damjana12 (talk) 13:01, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * You claim to have taken a picture of Mark Kotter and he appears to have posed for you. How did you obtain access to him to take his image, and does he have other involvement with your editing?
 * Wikipedia does not pay editors. Some people offer their editing services for payment online, some establish companies to do so, and PR companies will edit for their clients. These have varying reputability, and many are scams. 331dot (talk) 15:35, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * No the picture I added first was from online if I remember right it was perhaps Instagram, but I was wrong to post that as I didn't have the copy rights I learned about this via Wiki commons community and you letting me know I can't use it so I appreciate that you told me. I commented then that it should be removed and I did it the right way now to reach out for permissions if they can share the copy rights and the headshot which is now on the page. As it was my first time to do this thing I had to learn how it works and I apologise for the mistake I made at the start. Now I know that adding any images or logos I need to seek permission before adding on Wiki Commons. Oh I see so you thought I'm a scam and paid but no my actual interest is medicine and biology specially chronic diseases and spine conditions as I have a Spondylo Arthritis myself and I read a lot about this things so I thought to add some contributions on this topics first. Thank you for being so proactive and helping me understand how things work here. Damjana12 (talk) 16:49, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification. 331dot (talk) 17:14, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Spondyloarthritis (SpA)
I saw that you recently created the page Spondyloarthritis (SpA). First off, I want to applaud you for being bold and making a new page as creating an article from scratch is hard, and I don't want you to think that no one is acknowledging your hard work. However, the term Spondyloarthritis is a synonym for Spondyloarthropathy, a page that already exists here on Wikipedia. For that reason, I think your page should be redirected to Spondyloarthropathy. I also wanted to talk to you about editing medical Wikipedia pages as it's kind of tricky, and we have kind of our own process. Most of what I'm saying is summarized over at Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles, and I highly recommend you give that a read as well.

We usually don't put abbreviation in article names, this is covered in Article titles. We also tend to follow a specific format when writing about diseases/disorders, which can be found at Template:Article templates/Medical condition. In general, most writing should be done in a paragraph style and not with bullet points. For the most part, medicine-related articles should be written based on medical sources. This includes clinical guidelines and other secondary sources. Identifying reliable sources (medicine) goes over this in detail.

This is more my personal advice, but typically, when writing a medical page I'll start by just searching for the term in Google to see if I can find some easy-to-understand sources that can give me a very basic understanding of what I'm writing about. For example, Cleveland Clinic page on Spondyloarthritis. Once I feel I have a basic understanding of the topic, I'll use Google Scholar to find my current sources. From there I'll try to identify reliable sources such as clinical guidelines, and systemic reviews. Here are some examples of what I found:



All of this being said, I was wondering if you would like to help me improve the already existing Spondyloarthropathy page? I feel it could use some work and if you're up for it I would appreciate the help. CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath (talk) 20:41, 19 July 2024 (UTC)