User talk:SJSchiffer

Concern regarding Draft:Troy Guard
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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 22:01, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Troy Guard (September 22)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Eviolite were:

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eviolite  (talk)  23:24, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

November 2022
Hello SJSchiffer. 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:SJSchiffer. 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. eviolite  (talk)  02:38, 15 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I have disclosed my COI on the Troy Guard page as required. Lon Symensma is also a client, and I will happily disclose that fact--however, I don't have anything to do with, nor have I ever, his page. I did not create or otherwise edit it in any way. I'm unclear as the rules as to why i'd have to disclose that if I have nothing to do with that page, nor being compensated in any way with regard to his wikipedia profile. Thanks in advance for your explanation. SJSchiffer (talk) 02:54, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
 * A client of what? Does your employer write Wikipedia drafts for multiple clients? Again, you need to declare both your employer and client, not just your client. eviolite   (talk)  03:36, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I am own a public relations firm and am self-employed. SJSchiffer (talk) 04:18, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I think I have all of the disclosures correct. Please let me know. SJSchiffer (talk) 04:29, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the clarification, seems good now. eviolite   (talk)  13:03, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Troy Guard (November 15)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Theroadislong were:

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Theroadislong (talk) 08:53, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Troy Guard has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Troy Guard. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 18:13, 15 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Regarding the interview comment, the sources are legit publications/editorial (editor and chief, they fact check), and the introductions ahead of the interview portion supports factual claims in the piece. How do I reconcile? SJSchiffer (talk) 19:21, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Troy Guard (January 17)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by S0091 was:

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S0091 (talk) 15:10, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Troy Guard


Hello, SJSchiffer. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Troy Guard".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 16:08, 17 July 2023 (UTC)