User talk:EarthtoJack

October 2024

Hello, I'm Leonidlednev. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Mark Braud have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 22:44, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Apologies for any misunderstandings. I have attempted to add several additional citations to each claim as they are all thoroughly citable and more accurate than the original page (but all the information I added was removed before I had the chance to continue citing with additional sources that would be undoubtedly approved). Is there any way to add correct biographical information and remove incorrect biographical information without causing wikipedia problems? The original page is not reflective of the career or life of Mark Braud, and all the additional information was. It appears others have also tried to make some of these edits in the past. Thanks! EarthtoJack (talk) 22:51, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I don't know why you'd claim "misunderstanding" when you simply reverted without any explanation. No, "citable" they were not, since IMDB etc. are not reliable sources. Please see WP:COIDECLARE and follow some of those links. Drmies (talk) 23:21, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I was attempting to re-cite the information with other sources that would be approved, but that clearly appeared to be me just reverting (since my new citations were blocked before I was able to post them). I believe I'm following the guidelines at this time and avoiding all IMDb, AllMusic etc. EarthtoJack (talk) 23:29, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, EarthtoJack. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Mark Braud, 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
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 Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Again, PLEASE read the relevant editing guidelines, and properly declare your COI. Drmies (talk) 00:38, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You still have not declared your COI, and your latest edit--it sourced things to YouTube and to Flickr! Never mind that what you did was basically just list a bunch of names in the lead with some references of varying quality, but this is not LinkedIn: write up text! And if the lead is nothing but namedropping, that's not good. Drmies (talk) 17:31, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]