User talk:Elliot WIllis

July 2021
Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Draft:Luke Bayer a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into another page with a different name. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases for registered users, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Requests for history merge. Thank you. . Eagleash (talk) 21:21, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your message. I have added to the beginning of the new page.
 * I had already done that. Dtid you also not notice the message stating that the page was undergoing a major edit and not to edit it for the time being; as it happens no harm was done but it could have meant a lot of time spent, went to waste. Please take heed of notices; they are provided for everyone's benefit. Thank you. I have also fixed the template so it does not actuslly display here at your talk page. Eagleash (talk) 21:49, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Social network sites
Please stop adding linkfarms of official networking sites. You have been repeatedly pointed in my removals to WP:ELMINOFFICIAL where is stated that we lonk only one website that is under control of the subject. You are currently edit warring in violation of WP: BRD/WP:ELBURDEN. Dirk Beetstra T C 04:10, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Can you then explain to me why you are allowing multiple other professional artists to have more than one external link listed that are under their control, but won't afford the same for my entry? See example see 'Layton Williams' who list both his twitter and instagram which are both under his control. Elliot WIllis (talk) 14:01, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * If you had pinged Dirk Beetstra, they might have answered, and I think they probably would have pointed you to WP:OTHERSTUFF. Also, "you are allowing", that's kind of crappy. It's not Beetstra who "allows" anything. As for "your" entry, it's very much a promotional piece; I am going through it right now, cleaning up basic things such as capitals and italics, and removing some of the most obvious fluff. I left you a note below this: you need to address and properly disclose your conflict of interest, lest you be prevented from editing the article directly. Drmies (talk) 15:47, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Elliot WIllis. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Luke Bayer, 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:


 * 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);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * 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. Drmies (talk) 15:45, 17 July 2023 (UTC)