User talk:Fletcherpoince

Help me!

Greeting wikipedians...

This page Miles Spencer is a BLP under these guidelines and has been subject to recent and re-Inserted Defamatory information. Guidance from the wiki community would be helpful before any other edit actions are taken;

Here are facts as I know them; 1) The page has previously been active and edited for more than 10 years by multiple sources; for example I began as an employee of the TV show. 2) Recently, 74.108.31.28 inserted material concerning a recent commercial dispute. 74.108.31.28 inserted a headline. The only other headlines on the page encompass 20 years cited sources, Wiki activity and editing. 3) Based on wiki logs, 74.108.31.28 attempted to link to an off-wiki page further detailing one perspective of the dispute, and inserted content in violation of copyright on that page. 4) From what I understand, 74.108.31.28 attempted to monetize the dispute by offering to sell the claim at some discount to the perceived value. 5) As far as I can see, 74.108.31.28 is a new contributor to wiki and this is the sole entry of 74.108.31.28 .

I believe, but seek guidance on whether the material should be a) removed entirely, or b) the headline subsumed into the angel investing activity under which the dispute arose, and/or c) should 74.108.31.28 should be banned from wiki, though that is difficult given the anonymity of the party.

My Research notes; a) From Wiki Guidelines; Wikipedia is not a forum provided for parties to off-wiki disputes to continue their hostilities. Experience has shown that misusing Wikipedia to perpetuate legal, political, social, literary, scholarly, or other disputes is harmful to the subjects of biographical articles, to other parties in the dispute, and to Wikipedia itself.

b) Editors must take particular care when adding information about living persons to any Wikipedia page.[a] Such material requires a high degree of sensitivity, and must adhere strictly to all applicable laws in the United States, to this policy, and to Wikipedia's three core content policies: Neutral point of view (NPOV) Verifiability (V) No original research (NOR)

c) Contentious material, .. negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.[1] Users who persistently or egregiously violate this policy may be blocked from editing.

Please advise...

Fletcherpoince (talk) 16:17, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:A Line in the Sand (book)

Hello, Fletcherpoince. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:A Line in the Sand (book), a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 20:08, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:A Line in the Sand (book)

Hello, Fletcherpoince. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "A Line in the Sand".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:58, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Miles Spencer

Hello, Fletcherpoince,

I saw your message on Explicit's talk page. I tagged this article for a proposed deletion for the reasons that are listed in the deletion tag that you quoted: I thought it was poorly sourced and promotional, more of an advertisement than an article for an encyclopedia. Wikipedia IS an encyclopedia, not LinkedIn or a personal website. Explicit can restore this article for you if you ask but I would then consider nominating it for a deletion discussion. On Wikipedia, these are called AFDs and over the course of a week, editors who want to participate analyze the article and its sources to consider whether it should be Kept or Deleted. If an article is deleted through an AFD, it is not possible to restore it. I guess I would advise you that if the article is restored, you, or someone else, makes sure to remove any promotional language in it. And, this is just my opinion, maybe a photograph that looked less like a promotional headshot could be used. You, and Mr. Spencer, should not think of a Wikipedia article as a way of getting clients or jobs but as a dry factual, referenced statement of why he is considered notable without any flowery language.

If you have questions about editing on Wikipedia or its deletion processes, I recommend bringing them to the Teahouse which is a friendly forum where experienced editors can offer you advice and a second opinion. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:57, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]