User talk:Clare Langan

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Clare Langan, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited was Draft:Clare Langan, which appears to be an article about yourself. Writing about yourself is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians.

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Hello,

My name is Chloe and I am Clare Langan's assistant. It was me who created this page! Should I change the user name to avoid it being deleted? This is the second time I have tried to create a wikipedia page as the first time it was declined. Clare Langan (talk) 12:27, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Clare Langan (August 23)[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 Jamiebuba was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Completely unsourced autobiography. See WP:COI and WP:YFA.

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:Clare Langan and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Jamiebuba (talk) 14:03, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Clare Langan! 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! Jamiebuba (talk) 14:03, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest, undeclared paid editor[edit]

Hello, Clare Langan. 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 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, clients, or competitors;
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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, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. --Yamla (talk) 16:41, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Yamla,

It is not a conflict of interest. I am a part time research assistant and have not met in real life. I have just spent hours on the Draft page correcting it and using other sources/references to see that it has now been deleted - even though I was given the option to edit it.

There is no bias, just basic information about the history of this artists work. 86.3.167.137 (talk) 16:44, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

More[edit]

You are using her name, I assume with her permission, and you claim to work for her. How is that not a conflict of interest?

You have an obvious conflict of interest and you must declare it. If you work directly or indirectly for a person or organisation, or otherwise are acting on its behalf, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. If you are paid directly or indirectly by the organisation you are writing about, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at user:Clare Langan. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Clare Langan|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message. Also read the following regarding writing an article:

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You just posted an almost totally unsourced text dump, with your/her commentary on her works, like still making provoking, urgent art about human fragility and resilience, rather than real, verified facts. Also unsourced promotional claims like Her films have received numerous awards

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 18:02, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you appear to have used her image without proof that either she or the photographer have approved its release as free-to-use for any purpose, including commercial Jimfbleak - talk to me? 18:07, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

August 2023[edit]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or self-promoting in violation of the conflict of interest and notability guidelines.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Star Mississippi 11:07, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]