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Happy editing! HopsonRoad (talk) 03:22, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Kari Lake. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:35, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• And please don't yell in edit summaries. Drmies (talk) 15:35, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in . Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

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This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in articles about living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

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– Muboshgu (talk) 15:37, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Bobby Cohn were:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

This submission provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please see the guide to writing better articles for information on how to better format your submission.

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Bobby Cohn (talk) 20:38, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Absent.Editor! 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! Bobby Cohn (talk) 20:38, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Absent.Editor! Your additions to Draft:Derwin John Pereira have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Diannaa (talk) 17:40, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Per your note on my talk page that you are editing at the behest of Derwin Pereira, please follow the policies and guidelines outlined below:

Hello Absent.Editor. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, 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:Absent.Editor. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Absent.Editor|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. .-- Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:20, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. I am not being paid for the edits to the Derwin John Pereira Wiki page. He's a friend who wanted an improved page and I have been trying to help. Absent.Editor (talk) 20:58, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you know the subject of the article personally, you have a conflict of interest, whether you are being paid or not. Diannaa (talk) 00:53, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Diannaa. Thank you for your thoughts. I hope you will note that I am not the original creator of the draft page. My attempts are merely to improve the quality of the original draft, which I hope I have done. The following are also true:

- I am not being coached or instructed as to how to format the page or what content to add to it.

- I have not added any unnecessary detail to overwhelm something negative--in fact I added links to a published article that was against the best interests of Derwin Pereira.

- I have taken great care to make sure the page is fact-based and I have used neutral language so that the page is not promotional.

I am not aware of any key facts that are missing.

- I have done my own factual research and the many links I have added demonstrate that task.

- No one has given me sources or instructed me in the content creation.

- To the best of my knowledge, all content is now properly sourced.

I hope this information clears concerns about COI. Absent.Editor (talk) 14:50, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]