User talk:Rhett.holaway

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:38, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Paid editing disclosure on article talk pages[edit]

Hello and welcome. I noticed that on your userpage that you have disclosed that you are professionally connected to Grant Cardone. Thank you for your transparency in this regard.

Please keep in mind that for any articles you create or edit regarding this individual, or topics related to him, you should place the {{connected contributor (paid)}} template on the article's talk page. Thank you and best of luck with your contributions. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:48, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Grant Cardone (May 9)[edit]

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

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Grant Cardone and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 17:33, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Rhett.holaway! Having an article draft 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! thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 17:33, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest editing for Cardone[edit]

You should gain some experience editing elsewhere in Wikipedia and learn some of the policies. For example, WP:SELFPUB and WP:PRIMARY are types of sources you should stay away from when editing a biography, such as the Draft:Grant Cardone article. You cannot simply add secondary sources, you need to stay away from Cardone-published content in the first place—this includes interviews, press releases and other content written on behalf of Cardone as part of his marketing machine regardless of who actually publishes it or which website it appears on.

Wikipedia editors do not WP:OWN an article, and are granted no rights to exercise control over the content in any article, including no rights to remove unflattering content you don't wish known about your employer.

You should first read WP:Conflict of interest which applies to you here, such as the line "you are strongly discouraged from editing affected articles directly" and "you may propose changes on talk pages". ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 21:23, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]