User talk:Squaumau

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Spelling style
I noticed that you have recently edited a number of Wikipedia articles in which you changed the american spelling of certain words to the british spelling, although the rest of the article is in american spelling. This even happened a few times when the article is about an american subject. Words for which this happened are e.g. color to colour, medalist to medallist, defense to defence, center to centre, etc.

Such changes are not according to the Wikipedia Manual of Style, which says "... it is inappropriate for a Wikipedia editor to change from one style to another ...". Before you make any more of such changes, you might want to read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style and especially the sections "Retaining existing styles" and "Retaining the existing variety".

I reverted a number of your edits. Keesal (talk) 13:17, 5 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Ah right, apologies, I was editing the articles wiki told me to and those were the only spelling mistakes. Thanks for letting me know :) Squaumau (talk) 14:01, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Allvue Systems moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Allvue Systems, 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. CUPIDICAE💕 16:35, 19 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks for your feedback, I've based my article om other software companies such as Bluebeam Software, Inc., and I thought I put considerably more notable stuff in that Allvue's page than there is in that one - especially seeing as the notable fact for bluebeam, the aquisition for 100million, is a lot less than the aquisition referenced in the allvue article. Would you be able to point out what it is  need to change so I can make the relevant edits? :) thanks   Squaumau (talk) 17:05, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Allvue Systems for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Allvue Systems 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/Allvue Systems 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. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 11:51, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Squaumau. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Allvue Systems, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:55, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Follow-Up
Wikipedia is written from a Neutral Point of View. It is not necessary or desirable to express enthusiasm about a company. If you are not an employee of Allvue Systems, then perhaps you have a different idea of what style of writing is preferred than Wikipedia does. The combination of a promotional style, attempting on your own to decide when your article is finished, and trying to avoid dealing with reviewers mean that you are acting exactly like an undisclosed paid editor. You wrote, when you moved Allvue Systems into article space the first time: it is complete - one of the most significant investment softwares used by banks, significant hedge fuds etc. The second time, when you moved Allvue Systems into article space again: I've now ensured all citations are from editorialised sources to ensure reliability. I've also added more information on their operations. I've taken look at the efront and bluebeam pages to ensure this page has matched or exceeded the notability and information, so it meets the standards for publication. In both cases, it appears that you already have decided that your objective is to publish an article, not to work with the Wikipedia community to agree on whether an article is needed.

That is why some editors won't believe you when you say that you don't have a conflict of interest. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:31, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Moving to Draft
You wrote: Hi Robert, sorry about moving it to draft, I was unaware that this had to be done through someone else, I've nominated the piece through someone to be draftified. We tried to move the article to draft space, and we would have been happy to leave it in draft space, but you moved it from draft space into article space without discussing with us. The rule that you then violated was that when deletion of an article is being discussed, it must stay where it is during the deletion discussion. Trying to move it is a way of trying to sneak it out of the deletion discussion. So that looks very much like the sort of thing that an undisclosed paid editor will do. What you need to do is not to try to improve your article-writing skill, but to work with other editors rather than against us. That is my advice, although I don't think that you will take it. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:40, 29 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi Robert, I am sorry, as I said before, I've only been doing this for a month and hadn't realised what the process was. I thought that the process was you publish and then people edit. I will heed you advice and leave the article for deletion, as I think that I need to read up more on the processes of what I'm writing on, this piece was a lot different than the other article I wrote. Squaumau (talk) 16:51, 4 May 2022 (UTC)