User talk:Dlwv

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The Assay Depot article is no longer paid content! It is an informational page about a biotech company in San Diego. I will review it again and remove anything that smacks of promotion.

DeeAnn Visk, San Diego science writer 23:18, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

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Assay Depot
I am a budding science writer in the San Diego area, a hot bed of small start-up companies. As I am working on building my reputation in this area (and to attract attention of potential employers) I would like to make some company pages. I am concerned about conflict of interest (I may actually get paid to write for a few of them, others would be unpaid volunteer work to build my reputation.) As a PhD research scientist, I have some understanding about conflict of interest in the realm of publishing peer-reviewed papers. I am a newbie (LOVE the do not bite the newbie section) at this and would love your advice. I enjoy Wikipedia and have made some completely unpaid, unbiased contributions in the past. But this is a new realm for me, making new pages for a company, attempting to do it in an unbiased fashion.

Perhaps having someone look over pages before I post or submit them? Or freely disclose my conflict of interest ahead of time?

Trying to do the right thing...

--DeeAnn Visk &#38;#124 San Diego science writer (talk) 17:15, 15 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Definitely disclose your conflict of interest ahead of time. What I would do is create your pages through articles for creation. The advantage of this is that someone else will definitely look at your article and review it. If it's neutral, they'll move it to article space. This is a way to almost guarantee that your pages will be neutral. Hope this helps.

It's a Fox! (What did I break) 17:48, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you
Okay, I am submitting my first article creation, and yes, I am being paid to do it. I really do not want to lose my good standing with Wikipedia, so if the article on Assay Depot is deemed un-neutral I will understand. Is there someone out there who could read it over (it is in my Sandbox) and give their opinion on it? Or should I just pray and hit the submit button?

Thank you so much for all your help.

Long live Wikipedia!

DeeAnn Visk, San Diego science writer 04:32, 6 September 2013 (UTC)


 * AfC is a queue and interactive help, like what helpme is used for, is almost not possible. As a word of advice on the article, you may find Help:Links (the bit about link title displayed rather than raw URL) and cite web useful to format your references. I feel that it is pertinent to close this query at the time being; please feel free to open a new one when you require further assistance. (I have also added section headings and a standard welcome message to facilitate readability on this page.) Gryllida 12:15, 6 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Please note: to nominate the existing sandbox for review at Articles for Creation, add the code   to the top of the draft or sandbox page. Gryllida 12:22, 6 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you for being open about paid editing: the guideline you should read is the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. You are also correct to use WP:Articles for creation rather then submitting articles directly.


 * A useful way to provide a link to another page is to place its title between double square brackets, so to link to your sandbox page write  which produces User:Dlwv/sandbox.


 * I do not have time to check your article in detail, but at a quick look the general tone is too promotional. I see words like "This unique approach", "a noted board of directors", "a thought leader", "played a key role"... Read WP:PEACOCK. Remember that Wikipedia is not a place for companies (or people) to "tell the world" about themselves, and is very resistant to being used like that - that is one reason why COI editing is discouraged. A Wikipedia article should not be the story the company wants to tell about itself, but an impartial view of it, from outside. The reader should not be able to guess the writer's opinion.


 * There is good general advice at WP:Your first article and WP:Writing better articles. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:33, 6 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I have read through the article and added feedback inline, which you may want to read through and remove my pieces along your way through fixing them if you like. Gryllida 12:34, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Assay Depot
Hello, Dlwv. The above article is getting near the top of the review list. I notice that there seems to be a lot of duplication in the article. You may have accidentally made an extra copy of sections. Can you please look it over an delete any text that's not needed? Thanks. &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 23:07, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Assay Depot (October 17)
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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Assay Depot concern
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Your draft article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Assay Depot


Hello Dlwv. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Assay Depot".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Rankersbo (talk) 20:59, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Assay Depot (September 26)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sam Sailor 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 when they have been resolved.


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-- Sam Sailor Talk! 23:12, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Assay Depot (September 27)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sulfurboy 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 when they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Assay Depot and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Assay_Depot Articles for creation help desk] or on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sulfurboy&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Assay_Depot reviewer's talk page].
 * You can also get Wikipedia's Live Help real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Sulfurboy (talk) 06:50, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Draft:Assay Depot concern
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Assay Depot, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:31, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Assay Depot


Hello, Dlwv. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Assay Depot".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the  or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 18:48, 1 April 2016 (UTC)