User talk:VonWhiskersTheThird

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Happy editing! I dream of horses (t) (c) Remember to &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me after replying off my talk page 20:14, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Eric Reprid (February 17)
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Theroadislong (talk) 17:31, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Eric Reprid has been accepted
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Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, VonWhiskersTheThird. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Eric Reprid, 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;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

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. Please declare your conflict of interest, properly and in accordance with the guidelines--thank you. Drmies (talk) 01:56, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Drmies, I have no conflict of interest with the artist; he simply messaged me on gmail and asked politely that I use another photo instead. Please note that the original use of the photo was perfectly fine with the artist ― I messaged him before creating the Wikipedia page asking him if he would be okay if I created a Wikipedia page on him using the image, and he gave his approval. He did not ask me to write an article for him nor did he suggest/dictate what the contents should be; I created it of my own volition. The only suggestion he made was that I change that particular photo, which I did at his request, seeing as it was (in my mind) a reasonable change that did not violate Wikipedia's conflict of interest standards.VonWhiskersTheThird (talk) 02:11, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * You do have a conflict of interest, and it is obvious from your words, so go ahead and declare it properly. Whether the edits are good or bad or whatever is completely immaterial, and whether you get paid or not is also immaterial. Read the policy, and follow the guidelines, please. If you don't, I will have to block you. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 02:14, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I took the time to read the COI policy and guidelines again, and I am still confused as to how my revision violated COI ― the only violation I can think of is by changing the image at his request, but wouldn't that fall under bullet point two (adding an independent reliable source) of making an uncontroversial edit? If my revision did violate COI, then I will fully declare it, but I would be appreciative if you could tell me why.VonWhiskersTheThird (talk) 02:38, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * There is nothing complicated about this. You have a relationship with the subject of an article. That is all there is to it. It's right there in the first paragraph. It's not a judgment on your edit or on your behavior. Drmies (talk) 03:57, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright, I have disclosed the conflict of interest on both my user page and on the article page. Is there anything else I should do?  Thank you for your help. VonWhiskersTheThird (talk) 15:33, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Eric Reprid


A tag has been placed on Eric Reprid, 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. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:56, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Justlettersandnumbers, may I ask why the page has been tagged for speedy deletion? The subject appears to be notable enough, having received a Juno Nomination. VonWhiskersTheThird (talk) 22:44, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, of course – see above, "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". Speedy was declined by, btw. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:02, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright, thank you. After taking a step back and looking things over, I think the best option is for me to cease editing the page as to prevent further controversy. Since the article does meet notability, though, I'm going to make one last edit by taking down the notability banner on the page (if that violates guidelines, though, I'll reinstate it). Thank you again for your help, you've been one of the few reasonable people on this site. VonWhiskersTheThird (talk) 20:03, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

AI Institute for Advances in Optimization moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, AI Institute for Advances in Optimization, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more in-depth coverage about the subject itself, with citations from reliable, independent sources in order to show it meets WP:GNG. (?) 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. Onel 5969  TT me 10:23, 5 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi, just trying to understand how I can best improve the article - for length, I'm not sure what else I should add. The institute is barely a year old and certainly notable (see the $20 million NSF grant, with 75+ professors collaborating on the project), but given that it's still finding footing, I'm not sure it merits more than a stub for now.  What are your thoughts?
 * As for reliable and independent sources, I'm hesitant to cite the NSF grant or general Georgia Tech news articles, as they may be too technical and closely tied to the university respectively for readers. Would news articles, despite being written by those unfamiliar with the lab, be better?
 * Thank you so much for your help! VonWhiskersTheThird (talk) 18:26, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:AI Institute for Advances in Optimization
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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 11:02, 7 March 2023 (UTC)