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Hello Anastasiageva. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic. Paid advocacy is a category of
conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on
neutral point of view and
what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a
black hat practice.
Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, 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, 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:Anastasiageva. The template {{ Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Anastasiageva|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. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, please do not edit further until you answer this message. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:36, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jimfbleak, thanks for enquiring!
You're right in that I am employed by a media agency where Audley is a client. However, you'll see I wasn't the creator of the page and I haven't made material changes to the copy itself; my edits extend as far as uploading the images and working with a different Wikipedia editor to ensure that we had the correct licence from the image holders.
Where edits have been made, they've been impartial. I will update that document to show that I am indirectly employed and of course won't make any more edits until I hear back from you. Thanks,
Anastasiageva ( talk) 13:29, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for getting back to me. Of course, that's fine - I do want to be as transparent as possible and am definitely not looking for some exception to the rules.
Given the conflict of interest, am I technically allowed to take responsibility for the article? If not, I'm more than happy to do so, so long as it doesn't breach any further rules. Would definitely be interested in hearing if and how it could be rectified - and again, happy to take responsibility for doing so.
Thanks again,
Anastasiageva ( talk) 14:34, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
I deleted your article because
I'll restore the text here shortly Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:20, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jim, Thanks for all of the info about the page! I've added my paid disclosure to my user page and will do so on the Audley page if/when it is restored.
In the meantime, shall I/somebody else work on the copy and get it approved before publishing? Would appreciate the advice!
Thanks again for all your help!
Anastasiageva ( talk) 15:41, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jim, hope you're well! I've updated the copy on my sandbox (the top version is the new one; the bottom version is the old.) I've done my best re referencing to ensure that they are all unbiased and in the appropriate places within the copy. Where copy didn't have an appropriate factual reference, I removed it.
I'd be grateful for any further feedback - and possibly advice re how to move the information at the bottom (including the information on employee numbers, turnover, etc) into the data graph so it appears at the top of the page. Hope that makes sense - apologies I'm still very new to this! Really appreciate your help :)
Thanks
Anastasiageva ( talk) 15:58, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jim, thanks again for all of your help! I've made further edits which are on my sandbox page - I've tried to make it much less salesy, and used a similar company's Wiki page ( McCarthy & Stone) as a guideline. I've also created an infobox - thanks so much for your help - that will feature the logo once (if - I hope!) the page goes live again. Appreciate your feedback and would like to hear if this is any better now. Thanks! Anastasiageva ( talk) 17:56, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, thanks again :) That's such good news - I know it's still not guaranteed but such good news that it's improved anyway - thanks! I've updated it again on sandbox - hope that's all what you meant! It all looks so much better now, I'm quite proud of my new Wiki knowledge! Really appreciate all your ongoing help :) Ana Anastasiageva ( talk) 17:04, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Sorry - one more thing! The page is live over at Audley retirement, but the page title has a lower case R. This seems uneditable - is that the case? Apologies for my basic knowledge. Thanks! Anastasiageva ( talk) 17:14, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on Audley Retirement, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. SmartSE ( talk) 10:50, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Smartse, I've contested the page deletion on the page itself, thanks for letting me know about the notice. I've been working really hard on editing the page to make it as unbiased as possible - please see above comments! Do you have any specific feedback on what is wrong with it? If you can see the above conversation, I've worked to make it fit with Wiki guidelines as much as possible. Would really appreciate some guidance on this! Thanks. Anastasiageva ( talk) 11:28, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Audley Retirement is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Audley Retirement until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. SmartSE ( talk) 20:26, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
You can't add material to a closed AFD, so I've moved your message here, Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:13, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
![]() | This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that they have been paid by Havas Media on behalf of Audley Retirement for their contributions to Wikipedia. |
Hello Anastasiageva. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic. Paid advocacy is a category of
conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on
neutral point of view and
what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a
black hat practice.
Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, 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, 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:Anastasiageva. The template {{ Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Anastasiageva|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. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, please do not edit further until you answer this message. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:36, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jimfbleak, thanks for enquiring!
You're right in that I am employed by a media agency where Audley is a client. However, you'll see I wasn't the creator of the page and I haven't made material changes to the copy itself; my edits extend as far as uploading the images and working with a different Wikipedia editor to ensure that we had the correct licence from the image holders.
Where edits have been made, they've been impartial. I will update that document to show that I am indirectly employed and of course won't make any more edits until I hear back from you. Thanks,
Anastasiageva ( talk) 13:29, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for getting back to me. Of course, that's fine - I do want to be as transparent as possible and am definitely not looking for some exception to the rules.
Given the conflict of interest, am I technically allowed to take responsibility for the article? If not, I'm more than happy to do so, so long as it doesn't breach any further rules. Would definitely be interested in hearing if and how it could be rectified - and again, happy to take responsibility for doing so.
Thanks again,
Anastasiageva ( talk) 14:34, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
I deleted your article because
I'll restore the text here shortly Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:20, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jim, Thanks for all of the info about the page! I've added my paid disclosure to my user page and will do so on the Audley page if/when it is restored.
In the meantime, shall I/somebody else work on the copy and get it approved before publishing? Would appreciate the advice!
Thanks again for all your help!
Anastasiageva ( talk) 15:41, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jim, hope you're well! I've updated the copy on my sandbox (the top version is the new one; the bottom version is the old.) I've done my best re referencing to ensure that they are all unbiased and in the appropriate places within the copy. Where copy didn't have an appropriate factual reference, I removed it.
I'd be grateful for any further feedback - and possibly advice re how to move the information at the bottom (including the information on employee numbers, turnover, etc) into the data graph so it appears at the top of the page. Hope that makes sense - apologies I'm still very new to this! Really appreciate your help :)
Thanks
Anastasiageva ( talk) 15:58, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jim, thanks again for all of your help! I've made further edits which are on my sandbox page - I've tried to make it much less salesy, and used a similar company's Wiki page ( McCarthy & Stone) as a guideline. I've also created an infobox - thanks so much for your help - that will feature the logo once (if - I hope!) the page goes live again. Appreciate your feedback and would like to hear if this is any better now. Thanks! Anastasiageva ( talk) 17:56, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, thanks again :) That's such good news - I know it's still not guaranteed but such good news that it's improved anyway - thanks! I've updated it again on sandbox - hope that's all what you meant! It all looks so much better now, I'm quite proud of my new Wiki knowledge! Really appreciate all your ongoing help :) Ana Anastasiageva ( talk) 17:04, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Sorry - one more thing! The page is live over at Audley retirement, but the page title has a lower case R. This seems uneditable - is that the case? Apologies for my basic knowledge. Thanks! Anastasiageva ( talk) 17:14, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on Audley Retirement, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. SmartSE ( talk) 10:50, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Smartse, I've contested the page deletion on the page itself, thanks for letting me know about the notice. I've been working really hard on editing the page to make it as unbiased as possible - please see above comments! Do you have any specific feedback on what is wrong with it? If you can see the above conversation, I've worked to make it fit with Wiki guidelines as much as possible. Would really appreciate some guidance on this! Thanks. Anastasiageva ( talk) 11:28, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Audley Retirement is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Audley Retirement until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. SmartSE ( talk) 20:26, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
You can't add material to a closed AFD, so I've moved your message here, Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:13, 22 July 2016 (UTC)