User talk:Encyclopedia Mike

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February 2008
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] My apologies. I only recently discovered this page. I will try to remember to do that. I am fairly new at this. Thanks for the constructive criticism.--Encyclopedia Mike (talk) 06:45, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Persistent promotion of Gamers: The Movie
Your entire edit history at Wikipedia suggests you may have a conflict of interest regarding Gamers: The Movie and its director, Chris Folino. Both articles are your creations and every one of your edits appears to promote the film or Folino. Concerns about a possible conflict of interest have been raised at WP:COIN. &mdash;Whoville (talk) 20:19, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Whoville, this is my first article. I have nothing to gain in writing about these subjects. It's merely the first article I've ever done here and it has been a learning process. I wanted to start out with a smaller subject and learn it before I tackled larger subjects. I am learning a lot about referencing and proper notation. And thanks to feedback from people like you I am learning you SHOULDN'T cross reference everything. But I would feel bad if my lack of Wiki knowledge got a notable subject deleted from this reference source. --Encyclopedia Mike (talk) 06:50, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Folino
An editor has nominated Folino, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

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Thank you for the feedback regarding the signatures. it was very constructive and helpful. I hope you and others will realize that my mistakes were out of ignorance and not spamming. And I hope you will support keeping these articles online. I think the subjects are valid and I appreciate any help in improving these articles. Now I will sign off properly!!! --Encyclopedia Mike (talk) 06:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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Thank you SineBot. I am a novice on Wikipedia. This is my first article. None of my edits were intended to "promote" the film. I doubt that an encyclopedia is the place to do that anyway. I did think this was a good movie and an up-and-coming director that did not have a previous insertion. I assumed you linked everything that was in an article. If that is wrong, I am willing to make that correction. But the film and author has won more critical acclaim than many other movies on this site and I believe it is justified in being here. I have no financial interest in this movie. I hope that my mistakes do not jeopardize what is otherwise a justified and critically acclaimed--Encyclopedia Mike (talk) 06:26, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Resolving Folino & Gamers?
The process is explained at WP:COIN; Wikipedia's definition of conflict of interest is at WP:COI. It's up to another editor to determine whether there's a conflict and mark the issue as resolved. So far, the comments of two other editors suggest they're unconvinced a conflict exists although one remarked that your edits "look like examples of spamming." Meanwhile, Gamers: The Movie and Chris Folino have not been nominated for deletion. &mdash;Whoville (talk) 03:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Draft:Sparks (Movie)
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sparks (Movie) (June 17)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Sparks (Movie)


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Replaceable fair use File:Folino with Jake Busey onset of Sparks.png
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Nomination of Chris Folino for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Chris Folino until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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