User talk:Redcarpetstage

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May 2024
Hello Redcarpetstage. 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 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 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:Redcarpetstage. 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. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 15:44, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Redcarpetstage, and the template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 15:54, 8 May 2024 (UTC)


 * @GSS Hello, I have not received any compensation for my edits. If you believe otherwise, could you please specify why you think so? and which edits you believe are problematic? I appreciate your commitment to upholding policies, but I must say that you are wrong with your assumptions. Please inform me if any of my edits violate policy so I can make necessary revisions. It's disheartening to see my thoroughly researched contributions reverted. I have spent a lot of time on these edits. Are you an Administrator? Redcarpetstage (talk) 02:01, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Are you sure you were not hired through a freelancing website such as Upwork? Please keep in mind that I have evidence to support my claim, so honesty is appreciated.GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 04:18, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @GSS You cannot have any such evidence because whatever you have found is not related to me. The only possibility I can think of is that a page I edited might have placed an ad online to hire someone, but that doesn't mean they hired me. In fact, Upwork is not available in my country. If you can specify which page is in question, I will stop editing that page, and the problem will be resolved. Redcarpetstage (talk) 03:41, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @GSS To be respectful, I asked you to respond so I could stop editing the page in question, but you have not replied. It seems to me that you do not have the authority to ask me what not to edit, as you are not an admin. You are sending me threatening messages based on a coincidence. I have proposed a solution to alleviate your suspicions, so please do not ignore me and respond. You have been making edits daily and surely have seen my message. Redcarpetstage (talk) 16:53, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The article in question is Steve Tappin, and the job posting for updating this article mentioned "freelancer hired" when it was last checked. I have shared the details with the relevant team, so please wait for them to respond. In the meantime, please refrain from editing Steve Tappin as well as Michel Abboud. Thank you. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 05:59, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @GSSThanks for your reply. Could you check if the Upwork job posting was listed before or after my post? If possible, please share a link or screenshot. If the job post exists, it's just a coincidence. I'm willing to refrain from editing that page if you can provide evidence of the job posting. Additionally, I don't understand why I'm restricted from editing Michael Abboud's page. While I respect your extensive experience as an editor, you're not an admin and don't have the authority to restrict my edits. It seems you're acting as if you are an admin, which isn't OK. I understand you may have discussed this with admins, so I'll wait a few days to hear from them. Redcarpetstage (talk) 03:18, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @GSS Could you stop bullying me and stop reverting my edits???? Will Moseley qualifies per WP:MUSICBIO criteria #9 "Has won first, second, or third place in a major music competition."  Are you saying that this is paid editing?? Redcarpetstage (talk) 16:45, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * There is clear evidence of undisclosed paid editing and sock puppetry. As requested earlier, please cease your edits until you hear from an admin. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 17:43, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * There is clear evidence that your actions could be considered bullying. Can you tell me which admin I should contact regarding this? It is you that needs to be reported. I've been making constructive contributions, such as creating a page for Will Moseley, the runner-up of American Idol, but you keep reverting these edits, which is not constructive. You act like you are an admin. Why don't you cease your edits until you hear from an admin.  Redcarpetstage (talk) 02:12, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Will Moseley (May 24)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Wikishovel was:

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Wikishovel (talk) 06:30, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Will Moseley (June 6)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Twinkle1990 was:

The comment the reviewer left 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 after they have been resolved.


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Twinkle1990 (talk) 15:10, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

June 2024
 Your account has been blocked indefinitely for advertising or promotion and violating the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. This is because you have been making promotional edits to topics in which you have a financial stake, yet you have failed to adhere to the mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a form of conflict of interest (COI) editing which involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is strictly prohibited. Using this site for advertising or promotion is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, please read our guide to appealing blocks to understand more about unblock requests, and then add the text  at the end of your user talk page. For that request to be considered, you must: --Blablubbs (talk) 08:12, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Confirm that you have read and understand the Terms of Use and paid editing disclosure requirements.
 * State clearly how you are being compensated for your edits, and describe any affiliation or conflict of interest you might have with the subjects you have written about.
 * Describe how you intend to edit such topics in the future.