User talk:Jeffrey Gick

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Ostrich Air Inc.


A tag has been placed on Draft:Ostrich Air Inc., requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Ostrich Air Inc. (September 11)
 Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask 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:Ostrich_Air_Inc. Articles for creation help desk] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by Eyesnore was: This submission is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: WP:NOTSOAPBOX

 Eye snore  22:14, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Mandatory paid editing disclosure
Hello Jeffrey Gick. 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 compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. 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 very 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 extremely 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:Jeffrey Gick. 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. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:22, 11 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello Anachronist,
 * I'm a total newby at Wikipedia, so I'm sure I've messed up at probably every turn! LOL
 * I'm not getting paid to post the article, but I do indeed "work" for Ostrich Air, and have for over a year, but have never received a dimes compensation. I retired back in 2016 and am helping ( at least attempting to LOL) as I am able; they are a really great bunch of folks who are committed to helping solve problems that concern everyone.
 * They are currently working with the Santa Clara Fire Department to develop a completely Autonomous Drone system that will be a total game changer for Fire Fighters and Emergency Responders, and they are also developing a system to address Wild Fires. They won't be selling their system; rather they are supplying everything at no charge and will simply charge a "per usage" fee so that all Fire Departments, even the small rural ones, will be able to afford to access their amazing tool.
 * I thought the company to be "Wikipedia worthy" as they are truly interested in helping noble causes and are beginning to get the attention of other like minded people and companies. Jeffrey Gick (talk) 22:42, 11 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Volunteer workers and any other employees writing in behalf of their company are considered paid editors, even if they are not being paid specifically to edit Wikipedia. You are editing Wikipedia in behalf of Ostrich Air. Please make the proper disclosure on your user page. Thanks. ~Anachronist (talk) 05:48, 12 September 2023 (UTC)