User talk:Smsoffice

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sacramento Master Singers (September 2)
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McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 03:52, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Sacramento Master Singers


A tag has been placed on Draft:Sacramento Master Singers, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 03:53, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

September 2022
Hello Smsoffice. 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:Smsoffice. 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. Seraphimblade Talk to me 04:00, 2 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi, I am not compensated for my edits. I work for an advocacy music organization in the greater California area and found out that this organization does not have any information on Wikipedia, despite their long history and influence. I can delete certain sections within the page, please let me know how I can resolve this issue. Thanks so much Smsoffice (talk) 04:04, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * If you are expected or asked to edit as a duty of employment or internship, that counts as paid editing and you must disclose. I suspect that to be the case, given that you used "we" and "our" in reference to the organization. So far as the deleted material, it was totally inappropriately promotional. As some examples, but by no means of an exhaustive list: have been advancing the art of choral music (marketese fluff), SMS's goal is to delight, challenge and inspire audiences (fluffy "goal" and "mission" stuff like that is not appropriate), The choir draws from an enormous variety ("enormous" according to what reliable and independent source?), admired for his passionate interpretations and extensive knowledge (yet more editorializing and fluff terms), and it just goes on and on and on like that. Articles must be strictly neutral in tone and content, not in any way "talk up" anyone or anything, and must stick to facts verified by reliable and independent published sources, with no editorializing or use of personal knowledge. Seraphimblade Talk to me 04:10, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Got it, I will edit these accordingly. Again I am not associated with the organization, but just using some material that I found online that may have contained certain "we" and "our" terms as well as the promotional "fluffs" you mentioned. Is there any way that I can reuse some of the content I created earlier? I can't seem to find that anymore Smsoffice (talk) 04:13, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * If you have no association with this group then may I ask why you chose the username smsoffice? McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 04:15, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * This account is actually registered using this organization's email address as I offered my service to them, is this not appropriate? I figured there might be future uses for this account that can be passed onto their administrative personnel. Again our role is to advocate for fellow performing arts organizations around the state. Smsoffice (talk) 04:23, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * No. While in general I do not restore advertisements, if you copied material from elsewhere, that would also be a copyright violation, and in that case it definitely cannot be restored. The vast majority of material you might find on the Web does not have a compatible license with Wikipedia, and cannot be copied here. Article material must summarize the available source material in your own words, aside from the occasional use of brief and properly marked and cited quotes. Seraphimblade Talk to me 04:23, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Got it, thank so much for the information. I will recreate another page when I get the chance. On a side note, how long does it usually take for an article to get approved? Smsoffice (talk) 04:24, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, or website, I have blocked this account. Please take a moment to either create a new account, or request a change of username of your current account here. The new username must represent only yourself as an individual and comply with Wikipedia's username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit. Please also note that you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company". If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text  at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text   at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. Thank you. —  Newslinger  talk   04:37, 2 September 2022 (UTC)