User talk:Rickh99

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File source problem with File:Wright Timber raft.JPG
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November 2018
Hello, I'm Magnolia677. I noticed that you made one or more changes to an article, Chaudière Falls, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:13, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello Rickh99. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, and that 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 egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to Black hat SEO.

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, and if it does not, 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:Rickh99. 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, please do not edit further until you answer this message. ''Your username is "Rick h", and you have been promotion a book written by Rick Henderson, see. '' Magnolia677 (talk) 16:25, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

To Magnolia6777 Magnolia677 : I am Rick Henderson Rickh99 the author of the history on the Wrights. I have spent years researching the Wright family history. My book is self-published and it is included as a reference. No one is paying me in any way to publish anything on Wikipedia. I wasn't aware that including my book as a reference would constitute a conflict of interest. Taking it out is simple and then the change can be made with the other reference only. Please advise if taking down the reference to my book is required. I have created a user page now with stated disclosure.

Your submission at Articles for creation: Wright's Town, Lower Canada (March 14)
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Bearcat (talk) 17:47, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Wright's Town, Lower Canada has been accepted
 Wright's Town, Lower Canada, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Thanks again, and happy editing! Doric Loon (talk) 19:36, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Charles Symmes 2.jpg
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Image copyright problem with File:Charles Symmes 2.jpg
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 * Fixed now. I have added the source to the image file. It is a Public Domain Image Rickh99 (talk) 15:59, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * If you think it is click here to find public domain licenses. TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 11:08, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I have no idea how to apply a public domain licence to an image. Rickh99 (talk) 14:10, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * If the image is older than 100 years, you can use as a license tag under the license header. TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 14:11, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Where do I find the licence header. Rickh99 (talk) 14:14, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Never mind. Got it. Rickh99 (talk) 14:18, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Symmes Inn (May 4)
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