User talk:Mark D. Hulett

Welcome!
Hello, Mark D. Hulett, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited appears to be an article about yourself. Writing about yourself is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians.

Your conflict of interest statement should have been on the talk page, but declaring a COI doesn't mean you can write anything you like, anyway.

As this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. We require individuals to meet Wikipedia's definition of a notable person to accept articles about them. A page you created about yourself may well be deleted from the encyclopedia. If it is deleted and you wish to retrieve its contents, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

If your contributions to an existing article about yourself are undone and you wish to add to or change it, please propose the changes on its talk page.

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 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:10, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

COI
First, your user page is for you to tell us about your activities on Wikipedia, not to promote yourself. Your article title is incorrect, either write at Draft:Shambo or Draft:Mark D. Hulett, and redirect from the other

You have an obvious conflict of interest, please don't write about yourself, your friends or relatives and read the guidance below:


 * When you write about a person, you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that they meet the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the person or an associated organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the person claims or interviewing them. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls.


 * You have no refs of any kind, but if your links to TikTok and your own page are anything to go by, they aren't acceptable. We need reputable independent third-party sources, like national newspapers, we have no interest in what you say about yourself.
 * it's not clear on what basis you are claiming to be notable as linked above. You say your writings are "published", but you only link to your own website, no indication of a commercial publishing contract, awards or anything else that is needed to show notability


 * You must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.


 * Your whole text was just writing about your own experiences and your webpages


 * There shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
 * Lots of such links in your text, including multiple spamlinks to your own website. TikTok and other social media aren't permitted, even in "References" or "External links"


 * You must not copy text from elsewhere. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial; text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:40, 18 October 2023 (UTC)


 * National newspapers? As if those are reputable sources... hardly. YOU hastily deleted a draft Jim. A draft. I am following wiki guidelines on self-submitted article as a DRAFT. Please restore my DRAFT. Thank you sir. Mark D. Hulett (talk) 15:59, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I was submitting a draft based on this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation
 * If you really think that you can meet the inclusion criteria, and if you are willing to accept that your article must be neutral and non-promotional, then propose one at Articles for Creation instead of creating one directly. Articles for Creation provides independent viewpoints that may uncover or discover biases you were unaware of, and shows you value volunteer editors' time over your own ego. Mark D. Hulett (talk) 16:05, 18 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I note that your text appears to be copied from here. There is no evidence that the text is free to use for any purpose as required above, copyright violations cannot be restored Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:08, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * That is MY YouTube account. You want a screenshot. What is your problem? Mark D. Hulett (talk) 16:14, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Can we please move this to another qualified admin/moderator.I am a publically verified spiritual teacher with numerous citations and reference articles since 2005. I understand the challenges of your moderation but you are making critical mistakes in overly moderating and censoring religious freedoms. Mark D. Hulett (talk) 16:20, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * same is this entry: Adyashanti
 * same as this entry: Mooji
 * Please move this moderation to another qualified admin/moderator and kindly restore my deleted draft and restore my erroneously deleted draft.
 * - Mark D. Hulett aka Shambo 12:24 PM EST 10/1823 Mark D. Hulett (talk) 16:24, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm another admin. Jimfbleak has acted completely properly.  Wikipedia is not a place for people to tell the world about themselves. Please read the autobiography policy.  If you want to do nothing here other than promote yourself, you will end up being blocked.  Please use social media and your website to tell the world about yourself. 331dot (talk) 16:29, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * And copyright violations cannot be restored. 331dot (talk) 16:30, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Please also read other stuff exists. It is usually a poor idea to use other articles as a model or example, as these could have problems that you would be unaware of.  Only articles classified as good should be used as examples. 331dot (talk) 16:31, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * There is NO copyright violation sir and your categorization of "self-promotion" is not accurate. I understand your reasoning though with respect to that assumption. Please cite the copyright infringement. You quoted my own youtube channel which I created and wrote the description as a copyright infringement? This is not accurate. Mark D. Hulett (talk) 16:39, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Unless you have donated the copyrighted material or there is an affirmative statement on your YouTube channel that its content may be used by anyone for any purpose with attribution, the content must be assumed to be copyrighted. This is all leaving aside that in general YouTube may not be used as a source. 331dot (talk) 16:42, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to argue your clearly biased interpretation of a YouTube Channel description as being text that can't be used by the creator elsewhere. If this were true thousands of wiki pages for notable people, including artist would fall under your copyright rule. The descriptive text describing our teachings exists numerous places across the web as do all bios or persons who have a significant presence on the web. Nevertheless we are abandoning the article submission and turning this over to a third party legal team experienced in the matter. Thanks so much for your time! Mark D. Hulett (talk) 16:49, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * You're probably right that there are thousands of inappropriate Wikipedia articles. As this is a volunteer project where people do what they can when they can, inappropriate articles can and do get by us. We can only address what we know about. I was willing to help you understand this and other things, but since you have elected to pursue legal action, you are now blocked. 331dot (talk) 16:51, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * In the dialogue above it clearly shows you in essence have asserted that simply because a bio snippet of text exists on a social media pages and on the wbs in general that it can not be used on Wiki and is considered copyrighted. I didn't misinterpet that. This is erroneous and not true. I have downloaded a transcript. Thank for the block. Hope your day goes well. Mark D. Hulett (talk) 16:58, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

October 2023
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for making legal threats or taking legal action. You are not allowed to edit Wikipedia while the threats stand or the legal action is unresolved. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. 331dot (talk) 16:50, 18 October 2023 (UTC)