User talk:Wintertanager

COI

I currently edit on behalf of Lazada Group. Because of this, in good faith I pledge the following:

I will fully disclose any COI for any future project.
instead of directly editing any existing WP articles, I will use the "edit request" function to propose content changes on the Talk page (this also provides peer review, to address bias before edits go live)
I will place any new articles I create through WP:AFC with a COI disclosure if such a disclosure is applicable.

FPC

Hi Wintertanager,

Just wanted to welcome you to Featured pictures. Please don't be discouraged if your current nom doesn't get through. FPC can be a 'tough' place, but it's good to see new contributors there. Hope you can stay, add your opinion to other noms, and nominate again when you've got something you think is up to it. Cheers, --jjron (talk) 11:28, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Blythe-Masters.jpg

Hi Wintertanager,

you have uploaded this image and credited author and source to Mrs. Blythe Masters. Besides that she may not really have shot it by herself, where/how did you get it. Did you contact her? Did she agree to the license under which you released it? Is there any email communication with her? I am asking this because I am admin on Commons, where the same image was uploaded by a different user. --Túrelio (talk) 09:45, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Blythe-Masters.jpg

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Hi!

Hi Wintertanager, hope you are doing well and everything is going good. Nice work on MT Carney, much appreciated. On the talk page there I've made a suggestion to change the article title to "M. T. Carney". Not a huge deal and with reasonable argument to made on both sides. Just a heads-up. Herostratus (talk) 03:57, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Amanda Rosenberg

No worry Wintertanager, Geo will be OK. He restores his gazillion deleted Wikipedia pages at NoStandardsPedia- Amanda Rosenberg, complete with section on her extensive views on "race relations"! Wikimandia (talk) 23:22, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And..... there it is - always an angle. What a joke and complete waste of my time and energy. Wintertanager (talk) 02:33, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work on John C. Mack

BTW, I took a look at a couple of other articles you've created and John C. Mack looks great! I thought you might appreciate the encouragement.

Kimberly Ovitz can use some work in removing adverty/puffery stuff, but I'm not going to edit it. I thought maybe you might want to have a crack at it yourself.

Cheers. The Dissident Aggressor 17:29, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Hi there Wintertanager. I'm a volunteer on conflict of interest related subjects and came across your contributions in relation to another editor. I have a simple question: are you paid for the things you write about on Wikipedia? If the answer is yes, it's not the end of the world, but there are some things you will have to do to continue editing here. You can just reply here, I'll be watching for an answer. Thanks. Brianhe (talk) 15:31, 5 August 2015 (UTC) Brianhe (talk) 02:16, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I'm not the first one to point this out: this comment on May 8 and this comment on May 9 both pointed out the same nature of your edits. — Brianhe (talk) 02:18, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks for the question - the answer is no! I am someone who believes in BLP ethics and have a great record in creating neutral, encyclopedic and well sourced encyclopedic entries. I have always supported, encouraged and participated fair edits to any page I've created. Recently (a few months ago) there was an issue that came up - I honestly thought two editors were aggressively stripping down pages I'd created to almost nothing, based on differing opinions on what is neutral and encyclopedic. It was a ton of hard work wiped out in an instant. Since then I have thanked one of those editors - better understanding his point of view. That said, I think many neutral editors would also agree with mine (some of the pages have been edited down to the point of being far worse to a reader interested in the subject than they were before - they say almost nothing). The experience also caused me to stop editing altogether for a few months due to total discouragement and, frankly, incredulity. I have always taken pride in taking the high road, am judicial, reasonable, and passionate - think I have made strong contributions to WP and would like to continue doing so. Editors write about all kinds of topics on WP and I have a right to write (no pun intended) about what interests me: if that happens to be tech, business and ecommerce and not pop culture, comic books, movies, etc. so be it. Please reach out to me further, happy to correspond. Wintertanager (talk) 17:25, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Recycling some words I wrote at WP:COIN recently, so apologies if it looks familiar. I write sometimes about authors who probably benefit from attention, and I write sometimes about rocks that don't care if they get attention (my history is also transparently documented at my userpage). But if all I wrote about was attention-seeking people, and never about rocks, it wouldn't be surprising to me if some other editor confronted me about it and at least asked the question "why"?

I did some analysis of your editing history, and your singular focus on attention-seeking subjects makes it hard to believe what you wrote above. Are you sure there isn't something, maybe a past employment relationship, that connects you to any of these subjects? Brianhe (talk) 17:40, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you. I direct your attention to WP:COIN#Rocket Internet. Brianhe (talk) 20:09, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also now WP:COIN#Wintertanager for everything else. Brianhe (talk) 20:20, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

August 2015

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Inserting in-line comments in the middle of others' comments is not appreciated, nor is refactoring their comments and/or separating statements from their signatures. Thank you. The Dissident Aggressor 00:48, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I did mean well, will reply below comments and not in-line. Wintertanager (talk) 01:25, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

COI disclosure

Hi Wintertanager - the place where we look for the COI disclosure is on your userpage: User:Wintertanager. We will be looking for you to disclose all the paid editing you have done to date, not just what is current. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 03:54, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

September 2015

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:56, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked as you need to completely disclose your WP:COI per the WP:TOU.

Also the history of edit warrning[1] and not disclosing when directly asked in the past is concerning [2]

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:57, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Hugo Barra (January 17)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:

Thank you for your submission, but the subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia. You can find it and improve it at Hugo Barra instead.

The comment the reviewer left was:

This page was an abandoned draft that has now been declined or rejected as duplicating an existing article. Any details in this draft that are not in the article may be added to the article. This draft should be allowed to be deleted six months after this date. This draft is by a blocked user, but an article exists on the subject.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:Wintertanager/Hugo Barra and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to User:Wintertanager/Hugo Barra, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
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Robert McClenon (talk) 04:37, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Wintertanager! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Robert McClenon (talk) 04:37, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, User:Wintertanager/Hugo Barra

Hello, Wintertanager. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Hugo Barra".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. CalOtter (talk) 01:43, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Zach Nelson for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Zach Nelson 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zach Nelson 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. Vahurzpu (talk) 16:17, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]