User talk:TupacShakur201

February 2020
Hello, I'm CAMERAwMUSTACHE. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person   on Pop Smoke, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you!

CAMERAwMUSTACHE (talk) 18:28, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello Cameron, my name is Benjamin Lust and I work for Victor Victor Worldwide, Pop Smoke's record label. I was merely adding our name to his section, as well as removing a couple of sentences inappropriate sentences that were not related to the source that were provided with.

I'd be happy to provide several links wherein it shows we are his record label, however it is also visible on the credits of all his releases. Happy to talk on the phone too, please call me at 9145894631 if that's easier

Thanks a lot, Ben

Hello, TupacShakur201. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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. I apologize for accidentally readding the "least talented rapper" line as I had missed that when reverting the unsourced edits regarding Victor Victor. However, a source will still need to be provided and, given that you appear to be an employee of Victor Victor and appear to be representing Pop Smoke I highly suggest reading the COI guideline linked above as Wikipedia has special rules regarding those close to the subject.

CAMERAwMUSTACHE (talk) 21:08, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Did you even read what I added? I merely want to add the proper label credits to his wikipedia. There is no conflict of interest here. I would like to talk to someone else on your team please. Here are three (I can provide countless more) sources wherein it proves Pop Smoke is signed to Victor Victor. Again, you can look at the credits to any of his releases on any platforms. Here are some sources: https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/steven-victor-shifts-from-def-jam-to-senior-vp-of-ar-at-universal-exclusive-1203302119/ https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=317567&title+POP-SMOKE-CATCHES-FIRE https://power1051.iheart.com/content/2020-02-07-pop-smoke-drops-meet-the-woo-2/\

Please add my corrections back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TupacShakur201 (talk • contribs) 21:45, 11 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Adding Victor Victor is fine, provided you cite the source when you do. From an outsider's perspective, it just looks like more vandalism, especially when the edits break links as yours inadvertently did.  I was simply informing you that adding things to biographical articles, such as Pop Smoke, without a source is not allowed, but you are free to re-add the information with a source.  Saying "I work for them" is not a source.  However, since you work for Victor Victor you will have to disclose that whenever you edit the page, even if the edits are not controversial or paid.  I am not part of a team, I am simply just another editor.  If you would like to speak to someone else, I can escalate this to Conflict of interest/Noticeboard.  CAMERAwMUSTACHE (talk) 22:12, 11 February 2020 (UTC)