User talk:ScepticalChymist

Proposed deletion of William Bollinger


The article William Bollinger has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Basing notability on Sunday Times rich list and company listing. Non-notable. Fails WP:SECONARY, WP:BIO and WP:SIGCOV."

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June 2020
Hello ScepticalChymist. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Ewan Kirk, 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 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. 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:ScepticalChymist. 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.  scope_creep Talk  11:44, 27 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks scope_creep. Nope, but let me know if anything needs to be changed. Follow financiers quite a lot & have added & amended profiles occasionally when I spot something. ScepticalChymist (talk) 12:58, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

September 2021
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Points to note: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:28, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:29, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Daniel Lubetzky
Hi ScepticalChymist. I see that you are especially interested in editing the biographies of business people. Would you be willing to check out my edit request at Talk:Daniel Lubetzky? You've actually contributed to his article in the past, as well. Thanks for your help, SarahB2245dl (talk) 15:47, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Undisclosed paid editing
Hi. I've gathered unequivocal evidence that you are an undisclosed paid editor despite denying so here to. I shall therefore be blocking you, but if you wish to disclose, this will obviously be reconsidered. SmartSE (talk) 10:48, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

January 2022
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for undisclosed paid editing in contravention of the terms of use. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. SmartSE (talk) 10:49, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. SmartSE (talk) 15:05, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Mark Watkin Jones moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Mark Watkin Jones, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.  scope_creep Talk  05:20, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Horst Julius Pudwill


The article Horst Julius Pudwill has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "References are either non-RS or primary."

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Proposed deletion of Nigel Eastwood


The article Nigel Eastwood has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "No effective referencing. Supposed BLP disguised as brochure article. Fails WP:SIGCOV, WP:BIO and WP:V. No coverage."

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Roy Chi Ping Chung moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Roy Chi Ping Chung, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.  scope_creep Talk  05:53, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of John Stapleton (entrepreneur)


The article John Stapleton (entrepreneur) has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Promotional article about a guy with a job. Most results when I try to find something to support notability are about a journalist with the same name. This article makes no meaningful claim to notability - only a handful of interviews and a single business award."

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. FalconK (talk) 22:56, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Andrew Dixon (investor) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Andrew Dixon (investor) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Andrew Dixon (investor) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. SmartSE (talk) 17:58, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Mark Watkin Jones
Hello, ScepticalChymist. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Mark Watkin Jones, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again&#32;or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Concern regarding Draft:Roy Chi Ping Chung
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Concern regarding Draft:Anthony Fletcher (entrepreneur)
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Your draft article, Draft:Roy Chi Ping Chung


Hello, ScepticalChymist. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Roy Chi Ping Chung".

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. If 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! 05:23, 15 July 2022 (UTC)