User talk:Carlapendergraft

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Hello to you. Anonymous _anonymous_Have a Nice Day 18:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Added photo[edit]

I've added the photo you uploaded onto Waco Convention Center Anonymous _anonymous_Have a Nice Day 20:23, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Waco Convention Center[edit]

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Waco Convention Center, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Waco Convention Center. Jfire (talk) 00:39, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

File:Convention-center.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Convention-center.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sven Manguard Wha? 13:07, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Magnolia Market has been accepted[edit]

Magnolia Market, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Jllm06 (talk) 17:50, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Carlapendergraft. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. 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, company, organization or competitors;
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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Tornado chaser (talk) 21:50, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tornado chaser, I am very new to contributing to Wikipedia, but I totally agree with the COI rules. I am not affiliated with Magnolia Market. I receive no compensation of any sort from them. I am with the Waco Convention & Visitors Bureau, which is a government (municipal) agency - we are a department of the City of Waco. Our department provides unbiased information to visitors to the Waco area. We operate a Tourist Information Center as well. With Magnolia Market having close to 2 million visitors in 2017, it seemed a great lack to not have it mentioned in Wikipedia along with some basic background information. People are searching for solid information on it and its history. I cited everything very carefully using outside sources. Magnolia Market does report their visitor statistics to our office, so that is the one connection with them. We compile statistics on all attractions in Waco, using the figures they supply. I am hoping this meets with the COI rules. Thank you so much. Carlapendergraft (talk) 22:06, 8 January 2018 (UTC)Carla Pendergraft[reply]

This is not saying you did anything wrong, but if you have a bias toward promoting waco(as some tourism agencies would) or are editing as part of a job or are otherwise paid to edit, you should know the COI rules, feel free to ask me any questions. Tornado chaser (talk) 00:40, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Tornado chaser! No offense taken. I feel as if I did comply with COI and am trying to do a service to the Wikipedia community by making sure this particular attraction is included at least on a basic level. Not to promote it; just to provide basic information and history. So many articles have been written about Magnolia Market, and with 2 million visitors a year, it's visited by people from many countries and from throughout the United States. This article attempts to outline the history of the location, without any promotional language or intent. I hope that helps clarify. Thank you! Carlapendergraft (talk) 14:14, 9 January 2018 (UTC)Carla Pendergraft[reply]

May 2019[edit]

Hello. Your recent edit to Waco, Texas appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person, organization or product added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 01:23, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Being associated with something notable is not an indication of notability. Their names redirect to a TV show. The TV show is notable. They are not. See WP:INHERIT. Also, IMDb is never a reliable source. It is user edited and hence fails WP:RS, just as Wikipedia itself. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 01:30, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]