User talk:Dashman7

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Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Dashman7. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Draft:Dr. Kimberly E. Kurtis - Biography, 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. LittlePuppers (talk) 03:49, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Kimberly E. Kurtis (December 7)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by WikiOriginal-9 was:

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.


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~WikiOriginal-9~ ( talk ) 13:20, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Kimberly E. Kurtis has been accepted
 Kimberly E. Kurtis, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Thanks again, and happy editing! CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 19:58, 15 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I've moved this article back to draft. See my notice below. - UtherSRG (talk) 20:56, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

January 2024
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that you recently added commentary to an article, Kimberly E. Kurtis. While Wikipedia welcomes editors' opinions on an article and how it could be changed, these comments belong on the article's accompanying talk page. If you post your comments there, other editors working on the same article will notice and may respond to them, and your comments will not disrupt the flow of the article. However, keep in mind that even on the talk page of an article, you should limit your discussion to improving the article. Article talk pages are not the place to discuss opinions of the subject of articles, nor are such pages a forum. Thank you. Qzd (talk) 20:15, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Kimberly E. Kurtis moved to draftspace
Thanks for your contributions to Kimberly E. Kurtis. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability, it is promotional and reads like an advertisement, you may have a possible Conflict of Interest and nearly all of the references are either not independent or do not provide significant coverage of the subject. 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. UtherSRG (talk) 20:51, 15 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi UtherSRG. This is about as far away from promotional as something can be (zzzz!). I have put in sources and another admin assisted me in posting my connection to Dr. Kurtis (I am someone she knows, understand tech better than her, and agreed to do it as a courtesy to her.). That is all spelled out now on the Talk page, as posted by CaptainEek from my support chat. I am happy to improve the page, but your stock response doesn't tell me specifically WHAT to do.  Can you help me know what to work on?  Thanks! Dashman7 (talk) 21:17, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @UtherSRG they disclosed their COI, and the professor is a named chair so meets WP:NPROF. I've already mostly cleaned up the promotional guff out of the article. Drafts don't have to be perfect, just good enough. This is good enough. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 22:47, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * This is not stock: nearly all of the references are either not independent or do not provide significant coverage of the subject. Are there three references that meet all three of the qualificaitons of notability: reliable, independent of the subject, and provide significant coverage? - UtherSRG (talk) 23:58, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * True it doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to have enough correct references. I don't think this was ready to accept, which is why I moved it back to draft. HAd I thought there was not a shred of notability, I would have PROD'd or AFD'd it. - UtherSRG (talk) 00:00, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @UtherSRG What's wrong with the citations? Every statement, except one, is cited. The citations are more than just bare links too. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 01:30, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Many fail WP:SIGCOV and WP:IS, as I said in my initial reasoning for draftifying. Ideally, there should be three references that each pass WP:SIGCOV and WP:IS, as well as WP:RS. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:22, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Kimberly E. Kurtis (February 24)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Ldm1954 was:

The comment the reviewer left was:

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:Kimberly E. Kurtis and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
 * If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk/New_question&withJS=MediaWiki:AFCHD-wizard.js&page=Draft:Kimberly_E._Kurtis Articles for creation help desk], on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ldm1954&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Kimberly_E._Kurtis reviewer's talk page] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Ldm1954 (talk) 00:56, 24 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi. Just trying to get this right. I have made edits to two sections of the submission (one I mistakenly marked as a minor edit before I read further on that definition).  I have tried to hit the correct, formal tone of an encyclopedia article.  I also removed some of the "extra" language and topics that might have sounded something like boasting.  The Educational Contributions section is where I made most edits, but Dr. Kurtis' career and mission importantly does include passing along the experience, knowledge and passion for her subject area.  The progress of the entire science of cementious materials is measured in decades, so enabling future generations to further the work is strategically important and part of her important contributions to her field. Dashman7 (talk) 15:59, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Kimberly E. Kurtis has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Kimberly E. Kurtis. Thanks! Greenman (talk) 07:26, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Kimberly E. Kurtis (March 14)
<div style="border: solid 1px #FCC; background-color: #F8EEBC; padding: 0.5em 1em; color: #000; margin: 1.5em; width: 90%;"> Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Spinster300 was:

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:Kimberly E. Kurtis and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
 * If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk/New_question&withJS=MediaWiki:AFCHD-wizard.js&page=Draft:Kimberly_E._Kurtis Articles for creation help desk], on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Spinster300&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Kimberly_E._Kurtis reviewer's talk page] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Spinster300 (talk) 06:13, 14 March 2024 (UTC)