User talk:Sgemmill

Hi

If it's easier, can you advise if this article would have to be submitted by someone else other than the author but with references to the book at the bottom of the article? Thanks Sgemmill (talk) 11:06, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

hi

With reference to your last correspondence i.e.

" If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page."

I only added a footnote to an existing article, on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenock_Blitz

However, if you would permit me to submit an article based on extracts from my published book, I should like to request how I go about that exactly. thanks

Stewart Sgemmill (talk) 17:08, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi

I contributed a new article today which I called TUITION CLOUD. However, on filling out the contribution form I noticed there was no actual UPLOAD button at the bottom of the form. As such, I have no way of knowing whether the article has actually been submitted for approval. I checked VIEW HISTORY and there was nothing new added to the list. Can you advise please if my article went through, and if so, how I can properly check this hereafter? Thanks

Sgemmill

Sgemmill (talk) 12:22, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi

with reference to part of your correspondence below, i.e. " If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page."

I should like to ask what I can do to make the information available in my book to interested readers researching this topic on Wikipedia. You may well state that I appear to have a conflict of interest, but surely authors have got round this merely by inviting friends or colleagues to write the article instead? Failing this, I can only conclude that Wikipedia is a reference site for the rich and successful individuals or organisations of this world rather than a broader ranging informative reference source. I hope I'm wrong because I'm old enough now to have learned that organisations exist to control content that is usually biased.

"It is difficult to gain a man's understanding of something when his salary depends upon him not understanding it."

sgemmill Sgemmill (talk) 11:08, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Welcome
Hello, Sgemmill, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been reverted for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of deletion, you might like to draft your article before submission, then ask me or any other editor to proofread it. To start creating a draft article, just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit that page as you would any other. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

The one firm rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. It is also worth noting that Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which specifically link them to one company or corporation. If your username does have such a name, it would be advisable for you to request a change of username.

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Speedy deletion nomination of The treasures of drumory


A tag has been placed on The treasures of drumory, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

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 * In a word, no. Your text is still promotional in nature, and cites no third-party references. Wikipedia is meant to be an anecyclopedia, which is a compendium of existing knowledge, not a means of making something known. See the notability guidelines for books; the primary criterion is: did the book attract non-trivial attention in reliable third-party sources? Judging from a quick Google search, your book didn't. (There are other criteria, but even these are subject to the main Wikipedia principle of verifiability.) I also assume that you are the writer of the book; if that's the case, let me direct you to the conflict of interest guideline. (It is recommended that users don't create articles about themselves, their works, etc.) - Mike Rosoft (talk) 05:04, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Dispute resolution noticeboard
Hi Sgemmill! Thank you for your recent addition to the dispute resolution noticeboard. However, there doesn't appear to be a dispute. You can try on the article talk page and discuss with other editors about the addition of the source. Or you can even edit the page yourself and fix it! Regards, Whenaxis (contribs) DR goes to Wikimania! 20:46, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

For goodness sake, it's a non fiction book, very informative and one of its kind. I think the world would want to know of it. Is this just a matter of power?

Stewart Gemmill (Sgemmill (talk) 13:36, 27 January 2014 (UTC))

January 2014
Hello, I'm SuperMarioMan. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Greenock Blitz because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.  Super Mario  Man  22:53, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Please contribute to Wikipedia: don't spam Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia. If you have knowledge on a subject, then you should submit content on that subject. Wikipedia is not a place for you to advertise and promote yourself or your books.

Read Verifiability and Identifying reliable sources, quote: "Anyone can create a personal web page or publish their own book, and also claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason self-published media—whether books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, personal pages on social networking sites, Internet forum postings, or tweets—are largely not acceptable."

Also see WP:BOOKSPAM "Sometimes Wikipedia sees bookspam, which is the insertion of text mentioning books to call attention to the books, rather than to contribute to the article. This often takes the form of inserting book listings into reference sections although the book is not used as the source of any information in the article. Bookspam is also seen as the addition of books to "external links", "further reading" or similar sections, although the books added do not add any useful and relevant information."

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Greenock Blitz. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you.

-- Rincewind42 (talk) 16:31, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

December 2020
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at Greenock Blitz, you may be blocked from editing. '' Wikipedia is a neutrally-written encyclopaedia that uses reliably-published sources. If you continue to editorialise using your own self-published book as a source, your account will be blocked from editing. Please stop.'' SuperMarioMan (Talk) 22:38, 22 December 2020 (UTC)