User talk:Usman Khalil

Paid editing
If you are being paid to edit Wikipedia articles, you must disclose that aspect of your editing - according to the Wikimedia Terms of Use, which state:
 * Paid contributions without disclosure
 * These Terms of Use prohibit engaging in deceptive activities, including misrepresentation of affiliation, impersonation, and fraud. As part of these obligations, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. You must make that disclosure in at least one of the following ways:
 * a statement on your user page,
 * a statement on the talk page accompanying any paid contributions, or
 * a statement in the edit summary accompanying any paid contributions.

This issue is also covered by the Wikipedia behavioral guideline WP:PAY. Shearonink (talk) 15:31, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Talkback
Shearonink (talk) 18:14, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Paid editing
In the interest of transparency, I think it would be preferable to place a link to your paid work on your main User page or here at the top of your User talkpage: User:Usman Khalil/Paid Work. Shearonink (talk) 19:42, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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Reminder
I have been doing some reading up on how paid editors are supposed to disclose their editing-for-hire on Wikipedia. Your subpage User:Usman Khalil/Paid Work is a good start but, please remember, you really need to disclose all editing work that you are doing for hire and preferable in the following ways.

As you edit, you should place the following template:

on the talk pages of articles you are being paid to edit. Please see WP:COI/Paid editors for information on using the above template and for examples of paid-editing notices.

Also, you should place Template:UserboxCOI at the top of your user page. This template can be used to list up to 9 different articles that editors have edited for pay. As you edit, remember what WP:COI has to say about your situation: "That someone has a conflict of interest is a description of a situation, not a judgment about that person's opinions or integrity." Hope this helps, Shearonink (talk) 00:43, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

WP: PAID
I am trying to add everything according to the rules and guidelines of Wikipedia. Didn't know about the template you mentioned. Will use it in my next edits. One thing I would like to ask here. Do I have to apply this template on my previous paid edits too? Actually that would be quite difficult to get in contact with previous clients.  Usman Khalil_ Talk  19:10, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Going forward, this appears to be the best way to handle your situation:


 * 1) Place the Template:UserboxCOI at the top of your user page. Fill out the information as best as you can, listing all the articles you've edited for pay.
 * 2) Place the "Connected contributor" template on the talk pages of articles that you have been paid to edit and, again, fill out the information as best as you can.
 * I will ask a more-experienced editor to look in on your situation to make sure I am giving you the best advice. In the meantime, I am sure there are many articles on Wikipedia that could do with some of your attention - and you can edit Wikipedia articles just because you want to! Shearonink (talk) 19:23, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Usman Khalil, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Frederick Achom has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:26, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks
Hello, Usman Khalil Thank You so Much — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dani Fare (talk • contribs) 12:06, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of I-Boating


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Speedy deletion nomination of I-Boating


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Nature of your paid editing
You declare you were paid by a company to add some info on Bridesmaid and did so, referencing their blog. I really do not think this is appropriate as they are not a reliable source of info and would be considered a source worthy of adding here. On other pages (e.g. Unibet Group, Erik Angra), you haven't declared your commercial relationship on the respective talk pages despite posting it on the rather more hidden page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Usman_Khalil/Paid_Work And how enthusiastically do you update that list? for example did you get paid for the i-Boating article? And if so, why is it missing from your list? I appreciate you are taking some steps but feel this is considerably short of full transparency other editors would expect when working on such a contentious issue. Rayman60 (talk) 01:10, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I did feel in light of the nature, diversity & frequency of the issues that it required further comment. As such I have presented it to the COI board. You are able to present rebuttals and engage in the discussion there - it concerns some of the issues raised above which I feel are beyond my sphere of activity, so will be considered by those better placed to comment. ==Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion==

There is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Rayman60 (talk) 03:59, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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January 2017
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 * In this edit
 * You added "College sweethearts, Heather and Aaron fell in love after building a solid foundation of friendship during their initial courtship. They both come from loving families and have parents who they look to for inspiration for their own marriage. They share the same sense of humor and Christian beliefs, making for a strong relationship. Lately, after two years of marriage the couple has been struggling with a lack of communication and differences over responsibility and priorities."
 * Which is copied and pasted from
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Nomination of Laureate Group of Schools and Colleges for deletion
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Copyright problem: Laureate Group of Schools and Colleges
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