User talk:Smithink

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Hello, Smithink, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Cotter Smith, which 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.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Help me!
Please help me with... I recently edited my own Wikipedia page because I saw that it is many years out of date. I received notice that I am actually not allowed to edit my own page. I am happy to have someone read the changes I made and put them in whatever form is acceptable. Please let me know how to arrange for this to be done. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Cotter Smith

Cotter Smith Smithink (talk) 13:21, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
 * In order to request an uninvolved editor to make an edit, please place your request on the Talk page of the article in question and place Request edit at the top of your request. If you want more help, change the help me-helped back into a help me, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 13:44, 24 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Another editor already read the changes, found them unsuitable for Wikipedia and reverted them. One obvious issue was the lack of references. I'd suggest you propose specific changes on the article's talk page, backed up by reliable published sources such as articles in newspapers or reputable magazines confirming the changes you would like to see. Huon (talk) 13:52, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

June 2017
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Cotter Smith, from its old location at User:Smithink/sandbox/Cotter Smith. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. KGirlTrucker81 huh? what I've been doing 15:57, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Cotter Smith (June 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 KGirlTrucker81 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 when they have been resolved.


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KGirlTrucker81 huh? what I've been doing 15:59, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Cotter Smith concern
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Cotter Smith, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:34, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Cotter Smith


Hello, Smithink. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Cotter Smith".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. 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. HasteurBot (talk) 14:01, 18 January 2018 (UTC)