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I'm a Big Wikipedia fan... So I've added Mr. Perelman's official bio, as of this evening (5-31-09) to his Wikipedia page. This is an authorized bio, from Mr. Perelman, and from his company, MacAndrews and Forbes. The information of the Wikipedia page prior to my posting tonight contained a variety of subjective and potentially libelous claims, and apparently was written by an author who has recently published an unauthorized biography of Mr. Perelman.
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whoa.
Why are you blocking me? I am trying to update information on Wikipedia that is factually inaccurate; I've provided well over 5 sources, too. I'm the good guy here - trying to edit completely inaccurate info about Lorne Michaels, and replace that inaccurate information with actual information.
I have updated INACCURATE INFORMATION on a Wikipedia page. Not as a paid person working for anyone. I handle social media for Lorne - there is ZERO conflict of interest here. I just want inaccurate information about him being born in Israel removed from his page. I'm the good guy here!
You have repeatedly over-written my edits, all of which are well-sourced, and keep re-posting information about Lorne that simply is not true.
Now, you have blocked me? Come on. Be a little decent. Please unblock me, and let's talk about this. I have REPEATEDLY reached out and offered to discuss this matter on Wikipedia on the talk page and elsewhere. (Redacted)
Let's please discuss this. I am CEO of a social media and digital rep firm - soxcialczars.com. Mr. Michaels has paid me NOTHING on theis Wikiepdia update. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnsaavn ( talk • contribs) 17:17, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Re: Born in Toronto
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lorne-Michaels
Here is a source - brittanica - again statinf Lorne Michaels was born in Toronto.
Surely, that is a legit source?
The others w/ inaccurate info all stem from one article written in 2011 by The Hollywood Reporter.
With due respect to THR, it is not as credible as Brittanica, is it?
Re: Why did you block me?
I will stand down from making further wdits on Wikipedia and will use a request edit form.
But please unblock me. That really isn't fair, or necessary, considering no COI is in play here.
I am a reasonable and fair person who has made many valuable contributions to Wikipedia over several years; really upset that you just blocked me, despite my repeatedly offering contact info and even setting up a talk page to discuss the matter.
Would you please unblock me?
I will abide by the rules, absolutely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnsaavn ( talk • contribs) 20:36, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi!
I understand your concerns - but please, there is no #COI here, at all.
I respect WP rules - and understand why you raised a question.
But i would ask again: Please unblock me.
I only am trying to get inaccurate info off Lorne's page.
THR (The Hollywood Reporter) wrote an inaccurate article in 2011 - that's the source for all this born in Israel material. THR is a gossip magazine!
Lorne was born in Toronto - I have a Brittanica cite to that effect, among many, many others.
Lorne also received the Order of Canada - because he is a Candian citizen, born and raised in Toronto.
Asking again to please reconsider and please reinstate me.
Johnsaavn ( talk) 12:53, 19 September 2017 (UTC)johnsaavnReferences
Hi... thank you.
Trying to do this correctly - with propoer Wikipedia etiquette and more credible sources.
May I request a change to the Lorne Michaels page?
Here are citations from credible sources that again show Lorne Michaels was born in Toronto.
+ Brittanica - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lorne-Michaels
+ Time Magazine - https://globalnews.ca/news/1942326/toronto-born-snl-creator-lorne-michaels-on-time-100-most-influential-people-list/
+ CBC - http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/lorne-michaels-and-gilda-radner-talk-snl
+ National Post (one of biggest Canadian papers) - http://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/toronto-lawyer-flirted-with-career-in-comedy-thanks-to-fateful-call-from-lorne-michaels
Why are these sources valid? CBC is Canada's largest news network; National Post is among Canada's largest papers; Brittanica and Time Magazine are well-known publications.
If these are acceptable, what is proper etiquette for getting the page changed and updated to reflect that Mr. Michaels' brothplace is, in fact, Toronto?
Please advise - thank you.
Trying to do this correctly!
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Hi - apologies for causing issues here! Thank you for reaching out and offering me a chance to explain, too.
I am not being paid to post anything; I'm well aware of Wikipedia rules!
Let me be absolutely crystal clear on that: I have not been paid to post anything, by anyone, on Wikipedia.
Happy to discuss.
Happy to stand down until we sort this.
I will refrain from any further direct edits, as per your message, until this has been resolved to your satisfaction.
Sort of surprised, but I will do the necessary to resolve this with you.
Re: Lorne Michaels Page
I now have provided citations from Brittanica, CBC, TIME Magazine and the National (major Canadian paper) in an effort to get INACCURATE information off Mr. Michaels Wiki page - and have had no success getting the matter resolved.
The issue: Lorne Michaels was born in Toronto, not Israel.
The source of the "born in Israel" material is an inaccurate 2011 article by "The Hollywood Reporter," which is a far less reliable source than any of the four I have provided.
Yet my submitted changes keep getting overwritten. I am completely open to any way to resolve this that comports with Wikipedia rules. Right now, Wikipedia has terribly inaccurate information about Mr. Michaels' birthplace. I'm only trying to fix a glaring error.
What should I do? Open to guidance! Right now, what's on his page is totally inaccurate.
Re: Federica Marchionni Page
Perhaps I should have suggested a page vs publishing one; I cede that point; but the page is extremely well-sourced, and she's absolutely an important enough person to have a Wikipedia page. Again, not being compensated by her - at all. I posted a page for her because she is a well-known Italian-American business exec, and former CEO of Lands' End. I'm active in the Italian-American community; was surprised she did not have a page; so I submitted one. It's extremely well-sourced; she's been profiled in WSJ, NYT, InStyle and more; she's an extremely well-known executive in fashion world; she lectures all the time at Harvard and Stanford. Surely, she's significant enough to have a page?
I will absolutely post nothing until all matters have been resolved to your satisfaction. And thereafter, I am fine with your suggestion not to post any pages directly, and to simply suggest vs actually making edits. No problem.
Please respond and let me know what next steps are here.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Johnsaavn ( talk) 14:52, 26 September 2017 (UTC)johnsaavn
I will stand down and not submit anything until I hear back from you about how I should (or if I should) proceed going forward.
Please know I respect the effort of Wikipedia editors like you; I believe Wikipedia is a fantastic, global resource; and I did not and would not compromise WP standards.
My sincere apologies for causing any concerns here. But I really do not have a #COI.
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The photo came from the Tough Mudder website. They had a media kit for press on the site - I can't find it now (maybe they took it down)? But it was here:
https://toughmudder.com/corporate-team-packages
They have the rights to it. The description was taken - verbatim - from that site. If I did not cite it properly, I apologize. The reason why that naming convention was used is that it's the one they used on their site. If you would like me to delete the photo, I certainly can do that.
The birthday part - apologies for that needing a cite - came from here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11976447/Tough-Mudder-unveils-shorter-event-that-ditches-electric-ice-and-tear-gas-obstacles.html, an article the Telegraph hypes as "we celebrate will's birthday with 13 Chuck Norris facts."
I'm not sure if this answers the question to your satisfaction - but it IS the truth.
I can certainly understand why it raised issues. I apologize for that. That's the last thing I want/wanted!
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I've reverted a bunch of your edits because way too much of what you wrote reads of promotion, not objective reporting. PaulCHebert ( talk) 17:41, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
Meant no harm! Had citations for all of it - is the objection to my text, or to the sources used? I can certainly rewrite things if that was the issue here. 19:04, 30 October 2017 (UTC)johnsaavn
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I honestly thought this was one of my own photos from that event; I'll find another one. I had it filed that way in a photo folder. Excellent catch, and thank you for it. Johnsaavn ( talk) 00:03, 1 November 2017 (UTC)johnsaavn
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I usually finish these homilies with guidance on how to write an article, but you seem to know what you should be doing, even if you're not actually doing it Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:02, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
I very much appreciate the time you took to explain the objections above - thank you for making the issues much clearer for me. I will see if I can fix this so as to comport with WP guidelines. Looks like I have some work to do there - especially on documenting notability. Message received. On the COI part, I used the royal "we" - not sure that particular criticism is fair. The last thing I want to do is to upset WP and its editors - as this is a phenomenal resource. Stay with me. Johnsaavn ( talk) 19:09, 19 March 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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I'm referring to your edits on this page. Once I saw him described by you as a "purpose-driven leader," I felt like I was reading a CV and not an encyclopedia article, and I reverted your edits. Looking at your talk page, it's clear that this is not the first time this issue has been raised with you. Are you being paid to promote he people you write about? PaulCHebert ( talk) 06:27, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Paul - hi! Hope and trust you are well. Saw an article on Indigo and Perry in Harvard Magazine (my alma mater), checked out his WP page (which was pretty bad), and was just updating his page (and making it far better and more thorough). I do not know Perry at all, personally - but he’s a fellow grad and was trying to help his page. I do this for free - and it takes time, too! Slightly disappointed that all edits were all reverted - they were extremely well-sourced, sir (which took time). But on language seeming promotional in parts - perhaps I can do better on that. I will try again. Stay with me. I don’t mind the scrutiny - and I do applaud your vigilance - and I can probably amend some of this to make it acceptable to you. Let me try. Fair? Respectfully, Johnsaavn ( talk) 13:40, 29 March 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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Per this edit, are you seriously claiming to be the copyright holder of the image? -- Whpq ( talk) 15:40, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
Here's the issue - this is a photo from the Indigo Agriculture public web site. It's clearly a public domain and usable photo. Yet WP keeps deleting it - I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. Help would be appreciated; I'm trying to do this photo upload correctly, but seem to be making a hash of it. Johnsaavn ( talk) 17:04, 30 March 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
I am truly sorry. Something is getting lost in translation here. I will do whatever you want me to do here. As per your request, I will remove the photo - and will fix the problem. If necessary, I will get permission from the company to use the photo, in writing. I did not "lie" - I made an error. I absolutely apologize for the error. I am deleting the photo from the page now. OK - looks like you already did that. Let me sort this and get the permissions needed. Johnsaavn ( talk) 20:40, 30 March 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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No - I am not. I was adding to the page because you had flagged it as a stub. I wanted to add more to address those concerns. They are not paying me; I just like the product. I definitely do not want to run afoul of you, Paul - was adding content to address the concern you raised (the stub tag). I can stop - and will. Can also any revert edits if you feel any recent ones are objectionable -- just LMK what you want tossed, and I'll do it. Johnsaavn ( talk) 22:24, 18 April 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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Hi - SAP explicitly authorizes the use of the image...here's the detail: 1) See here: https://www.sap-tv.com/stockfootage/ "SAP Stock Footage and Press Photos This media archive contains SAP photos and videos which are ready to use for your journalistic publications and broadcasts. You can easily search in various categories and download the material directly to your own computer."
2) Here is the specific part of that stock footage relating to McDermott: General stock footage - https://www.sap-tv.com/stockfootage/ Exec Board stock - https://www.sap-tv.com/stockfootage/category/61 McDermott stock - https://www.sap-tv.com/stockfootage/medialist/62 (the photo I am trying to upload is the first of the seven McDermott photos)
Am I ok to use it? Is this sufficient? I really have tried to get express permission here - no shortcuts. Let me know, thanks!
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Well, that's a bummer. Thought we were good. I am trying (hopefully the good meaning of that word, lol). I do appreciate you keeping me out of trouble here! Johnsaavn ( talk) 15:15, 16 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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I'm going to get all the paperwork done here - /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries - as you suggested above. And then email the permissions at WP, with some inclusion of consent from SAP. Hopefully this will suffice. The headshot of McDermott now is terribly out of date; truly trying to fix that in good faith here, but totally understand why Wikipedia required the licenses on photos. I'll get these done. Johnsaavn ( talk) 22:46, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Johnsaavn
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Your reason here Johnsaavn ( talk) 16:16, 31 July 2018 (UTC)Why would you do this? I do not have any COI; I do not receive compensation for any edits we do; I go out of our way to discuss any issues that are ever raised -- and rectify them immediately. It matters to me to be in good Wikipedia standing, and my talk page illustrates just how hard we have worked to stay in good graces with Wikipedia. To say my entire purpose is advertsing is really an ad hominem attack, and is truly unfair. What can I do here? Do I have any recourse? Can I submit any future work to you before it goes live? Do I have any options at all? Is there anything I can do to get unblocked? Please advise. Johnsaavn ( talk) 16:16, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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I've had a good look over your contributions here, and I'm seeing a long record of article creations and edits that I rate as indistinguishable from promotion/SEO/reputation management - and from an admitted CEO of a digital reputation management company. Boing! said Zebedee ( talk) 19:39, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hi - my error on that, again. I was using the royal "we." I'm one person only. Is there anything I can do here? I love Wikipedia and am honored to be a contributor. I absolutely will abide (and do abide, and have abided by) by the WP rules. You are one of the Editors/Admins who has helped me to continually improve as a WP contributor - thank you for that. I'm just trying to get unblocked; what can I do? Johnsaavn ( talk) 16:44, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
We are not paid by anyone to edit or to maintain Wikipedia pages. We do contribute to some Wikipedia pages for public figures, and we also post when we see clear inaccuracies on Wikipedia pages. Again: there is no #COI issue here. I don't know why that keeps being alleged? There's nothing to "come clean" about here - your phrase - because we are not being paid to do any Wikipedia work. We're being blocked here based on an allegation that isn't accurate. Johnsaavn ( talk) 17:09, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
I absolutely would accept those terms - not a problem. I do reputation work (overwhelmingly SEO and Social Media) for clients. I do not do any Wikipedia work for active, paying clients - because Wikipedia rules expressly forbid such work. Is there a place to submit that list of current clients -- would be happy to do so. That would be a fair and just solution here. Johnsaavn ( talk) 17:42, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
I agree to edit no articles about or directly related to clients, present or past. Would that satisfy the concern raised here? Please advise - I will absolutely abide by Wikipedia rules. I'm truly not attempting to be evasive. Johnsaavn ( talk) 18:18, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
I am trying to answer the concerns above - but I'm blocked again. Carey is not a client; he's not a prospective client; he is the #1 guy at the #1 magazine company in the USA, and probably should have a Wikipedia page. That's why I was making one. Johnsaavn ( talk) 19:41, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
I was pinged above. I want to clarify that I am in no way associated with this user. Id you read my edits to the articles he has worked on, you will see that I have been trying to dial back the blatantly promotional aspects of his writing. PaulCHebert ( talk) 19:59, 31 July 2018 (UTC).
Well, John, I think we gave it our best shot. Boing's observations (which I admit are interesting) aside, I think you'll need to accept that an inability to be a Wikipedia editor is an inherent limitation given your line of work, just as bank officers have to accept that they can never be seen at the horse track, or as a fireman can never sell firewood on the side. The nature of your work means that your motives, even if pure, will always be suspect. If you'd like to try again, you'll want to submit another {{ unblock}} template to summon yet another set of administrative eyes, but I'm pessimistic that you'll be able to achieve the consensus among admins necessary to regain your editing abilities here. General Ization Talk 20:04, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
Wow.
To address the concerns raised, and hopefully, resolve this issue to your satisfaction....
Re: "Business Model"... that's totally not what I do - at all. We are primarily an SEO and social media firm. I update Wikipedia pages because it's an amazingly valuable resource, and it's an honor to be a contributor. That's it.
Re: Disclosing current clients on my personal page or talk page. Just tell me what would satisfy you, and I will do it.
Re: Icelandic. Not a client, never has been a client, never will be a client. I like the product, though.
Re: Marchionni. Page is not promotional - it's incredibly well-sourced. I update her page because we are both Italian-Americans; as the Former CEO of multi-billion Lands' End and now International CEO of China's #1 luxury retailer, Secoo, she's absolutely newsworthy. She's the first Italian-American woman to lead a Wall Street firm.
Re: Fulenwider. Again - page is tremendously well-sourced. She's EIC for Marie Claire, one of the biggest and most influential women's mags around.
Re: Carey page in progress is similar to Marchionni and Fulenwider - like Fulenwider, he is a HUGE player in magazines. He's the top man at Hearst Magazines, for heaven's sake.
Re: Conde Nast. Let me try and follow the theory. Conde (which owns several thousand properties) and Heart (which owns several thousand properties) are partnered on PobWorx (one property)... do you seriously believe Conde is somehow compensating us for work for Carey - who is not even in their company, or their employ?
Re: Sarah Morrow. Sarah was a client years ago. She is not an active client. I am in no way being compensated for working on her page.
I am willing to cooperate in any way, accept any monitoring, anything you want to be reinstated.
Please consider my humble request.
Thanking you.
Something is getting lost is translation, sadly.
I don't question your intelligence - never did, never would.
I certainly don't question your honesty, motivation, or professionalism.
It's clear I'm not going to be able to persuade you to reconsider, and to unblock me.
Thank you to all editors in this thread for at least hearing me out.
I'll abide by your wishes and cease posting.
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I understand.
I won't be a problem child.
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I'm a Big Wikipedia fan... So I've added Mr. Perelman's official bio, as of this evening (5-31-09) to his Wikipedia page. This is an authorized bio, from Mr. Perelman, and from his company, MacAndrews and Forbes. The information of the Wikipedia page prior to my posting tonight contained a variety of subjective and potentially libelous claims, and apparently was written by an author who has recently published an unauthorized biography of Mr. Perelman.
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whoa.
Why are you blocking me? I am trying to update information on Wikipedia that is factually inaccurate; I've provided well over 5 sources, too. I'm the good guy here - trying to edit completely inaccurate info about Lorne Michaels, and replace that inaccurate information with actual information.
I have updated INACCURATE INFORMATION on a Wikipedia page. Not as a paid person working for anyone. I handle social media for Lorne - there is ZERO conflict of interest here. I just want inaccurate information about him being born in Israel removed from his page. I'm the good guy here!
You have repeatedly over-written my edits, all of which are well-sourced, and keep re-posting information about Lorne that simply is not true.
Now, you have blocked me? Come on. Be a little decent. Please unblock me, and let's talk about this. I have REPEATEDLY reached out and offered to discuss this matter on Wikipedia on the talk page and elsewhere. (Redacted)
Let's please discuss this. I am CEO of a social media and digital rep firm - soxcialczars.com. Mr. Michaels has paid me NOTHING on theis Wikiepdia update. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnsaavn ( talk • contribs) 17:17, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Re: Born in Toronto
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lorne-Michaels
Here is a source - brittanica - again statinf Lorne Michaels was born in Toronto.
Surely, that is a legit source?
The others w/ inaccurate info all stem from one article written in 2011 by The Hollywood Reporter.
With due respect to THR, it is not as credible as Brittanica, is it?
Re: Why did you block me?
I will stand down from making further wdits on Wikipedia and will use a request edit form.
But please unblock me. That really isn't fair, or necessary, considering no COI is in play here.
I am a reasonable and fair person who has made many valuable contributions to Wikipedia over several years; really upset that you just blocked me, despite my repeatedly offering contact info and even setting up a talk page to discuss the matter.
Would you please unblock me?
I will abide by the rules, absolutely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnsaavn ( talk • contribs) 20:36, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi!
I understand your concerns - but please, there is no #COI here, at all.
I respect WP rules - and understand why you raised a question.
But i would ask again: Please unblock me.
I only am trying to get inaccurate info off Lorne's page.
THR (The Hollywood Reporter) wrote an inaccurate article in 2011 - that's the source for all this born in Israel material. THR is a gossip magazine!
Lorne was born in Toronto - I have a Brittanica cite to that effect, among many, many others.
Lorne also received the Order of Canada - because he is a Candian citizen, born and raised in Toronto.
Asking again to please reconsider and please reinstate me.
Johnsaavn ( talk) 12:53, 19 September 2017 (UTC)johnsaavnReferences
Hi... thank you.
Trying to do this correctly - with propoer Wikipedia etiquette and more credible sources.
May I request a change to the Lorne Michaels page?
Here are citations from credible sources that again show Lorne Michaels was born in Toronto.
+ Brittanica - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lorne-Michaels
+ Time Magazine - https://globalnews.ca/news/1942326/toronto-born-snl-creator-lorne-michaels-on-time-100-most-influential-people-list/
+ CBC - http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/lorne-michaels-and-gilda-radner-talk-snl
+ National Post (one of biggest Canadian papers) - http://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/toronto-lawyer-flirted-with-career-in-comedy-thanks-to-fateful-call-from-lorne-michaels
Why are these sources valid? CBC is Canada's largest news network; National Post is among Canada's largest papers; Brittanica and Time Magazine are well-known publications.
If these are acceptable, what is proper etiquette for getting the page changed and updated to reflect that Mr. Michaels' brothplace is, in fact, Toronto?
Please advise - thank you.
Trying to do this correctly!
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Hi - apologies for causing issues here! Thank you for reaching out and offering me a chance to explain, too.
I am not being paid to post anything; I'm well aware of Wikipedia rules!
Let me be absolutely crystal clear on that: I have not been paid to post anything, by anyone, on Wikipedia.
Happy to discuss.
Happy to stand down until we sort this.
I will refrain from any further direct edits, as per your message, until this has been resolved to your satisfaction.
Sort of surprised, but I will do the necessary to resolve this with you.
Re: Lorne Michaels Page
I now have provided citations from Brittanica, CBC, TIME Magazine and the National (major Canadian paper) in an effort to get INACCURATE information off Mr. Michaels Wiki page - and have had no success getting the matter resolved.
The issue: Lorne Michaels was born in Toronto, not Israel.
The source of the "born in Israel" material is an inaccurate 2011 article by "The Hollywood Reporter," which is a far less reliable source than any of the four I have provided.
Yet my submitted changes keep getting overwritten. I am completely open to any way to resolve this that comports with Wikipedia rules. Right now, Wikipedia has terribly inaccurate information about Mr. Michaels' birthplace. I'm only trying to fix a glaring error.
What should I do? Open to guidance! Right now, what's on his page is totally inaccurate.
Re: Federica Marchionni Page
Perhaps I should have suggested a page vs publishing one; I cede that point; but the page is extremely well-sourced, and she's absolutely an important enough person to have a Wikipedia page. Again, not being compensated by her - at all. I posted a page for her because she is a well-known Italian-American business exec, and former CEO of Lands' End. I'm active in the Italian-American community; was surprised she did not have a page; so I submitted one. It's extremely well-sourced; she's been profiled in WSJ, NYT, InStyle and more; she's an extremely well-known executive in fashion world; she lectures all the time at Harvard and Stanford. Surely, she's significant enough to have a page?
I will absolutely post nothing until all matters have been resolved to your satisfaction. And thereafter, I am fine with your suggestion not to post any pages directly, and to simply suggest vs actually making edits. No problem.
Please respond and let me know what next steps are here.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Johnsaavn ( talk) 14:52, 26 September 2017 (UTC)johnsaavn
I will stand down and not submit anything until I hear back from you about how I should (or if I should) proceed going forward.
Please know I respect the effort of Wikipedia editors like you; I believe Wikipedia is a fantastic, global resource; and I did not and would not compromise WP standards.
My sincere apologies for causing any concerns here. But I really do not have a #COI.
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The photo came from the Tough Mudder website. They had a media kit for press on the site - I can't find it now (maybe they took it down)? But it was here:
https://toughmudder.com/corporate-team-packages
They have the rights to it. The description was taken - verbatim - from that site. If I did not cite it properly, I apologize. The reason why that naming convention was used is that it's the one they used on their site. If you would like me to delete the photo, I certainly can do that.
The birthday part - apologies for that needing a cite - came from here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11976447/Tough-Mudder-unveils-shorter-event-that-ditches-electric-ice-and-tear-gas-obstacles.html, an article the Telegraph hypes as "we celebrate will's birthday with 13 Chuck Norris facts."
I'm not sure if this answers the question to your satisfaction - but it IS the truth.
I can certainly understand why it raised issues. I apologize for that. That's the last thing I want/wanted!
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Meant no harm! Had citations for all of it - is the objection to my text, or to the sources used? I can certainly rewrite things if that was the issue here. 19:04, 30 October 2017 (UTC)johnsaavn
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I honestly thought this was one of my own photos from that event; I'll find another one. I had it filed that way in a photo folder. Excellent catch, and thank you for it. Johnsaavn ( talk) 00:03, 1 November 2017 (UTC)johnsaavn
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I very much appreciate the time you took to explain the objections above - thank you for making the issues much clearer for me. I will see if I can fix this so as to comport with WP guidelines. Looks like I have some work to do there - especially on documenting notability. Message received. On the COI part, I used the royal "we" - not sure that particular criticism is fair. The last thing I want to do is to upset WP and its editors - as this is a phenomenal resource. Stay with me. Johnsaavn ( talk) 19:09, 19 March 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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I'm referring to your edits on this page. Once I saw him described by you as a "purpose-driven leader," I felt like I was reading a CV and not an encyclopedia article, and I reverted your edits. Looking at your talk page, it's clear that this is not the first time this issue has been raised with you. Are you being paid to promote he people you write about? PaulCHebert ( talk) 06:27, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Paul - hi! Hope and trust you are well. Saw an article on Indigo and Perry in Harvard Magazine (my alma mater), checked out his WP page (which was pretty bad), and was just updating his page (and making it far better and more thorough). I do not know Perry at all, personally - but he’s a fellow grad and was trying to help his page. I do this for free - and it takes time, too! Slightly disappointed that all edits were all reverted - they were extremely well-sourced, sir (which took time). But on language seeming promotional in parts - perhaps I can do better on that. I will try again. Stay with me. I don’t mind the scrutiny - and I do applaud your vigilance - and I can probably amend some of this to make it acceptable to you. Let me try. Fair? Respectfully, Johnsaavn ( talk) 13:40, 29 March 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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Per this edit, are you seriously claiming to be the copyright holder of the image? -- Whpq ( talk) 15:40, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
Here's the issue - this is a photo from the Indigo Agriculture public web site. It's clearly a public domain and usable photo. Yet WP keeps deleting it - I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. Help would be appreciated; I'm trying to do this photo upload correctly, but seem to be making a hash of it. Johnsaavn ( talk) 17:04, 30 March 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
I am truly sorry. Something is getting lost in translation here. I will do whatever you want me to do here. As per your request, I will remove the photo - and will fix the problem. If necessary, I will get permission from the company to use the photo, in writing. I did not "lie" - I made an error. I absolutely apologize for the error. I am deleting the photo from the page now. OK - looks like you already did that. Let me sort this and get the permissions needed. Johnsaavn ( talk) 20:40, 30 March 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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Quick question: Are you being paid to write ad copy/promotional material thinly disguised as an encyclopedia article by Icelandic Provisions? PaulCHebert ( talk) 19:04, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
No - I am not. I was adding to the page because you had flagged it as a stub. I wanted to add more to address those concerns. They are not paying me; I just like the product. I definitely do not want to run afoul of you, Paul - was adding content to address the concern you raised (the stub tag). I can stop - and will. Can also any revert edits if you feel any recent ones are objectionable -- just LMK what you want tossed, and I'll do it. Johnsaavn ( talk) 22:24, 18 April 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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Hi - SAP explicitly authorizes the use of the image...here's the detail: 1) See here: https://www.sap-tv.com/stockfootage/ "SAP Stock Footage and Press Photos This media archive contains SAP photos and videos which are ready to use for your journalistic publications and broadcasts. You can easily search in various categories and download the material directly to your own computer."
2) Here is the specific part of that stock footage relating to McDermott: General stock footage - https://www.sap-tv.com/stockfootage/ Exec Board stock - https://www.sap-tv.com/stockfootage/category/61 McDermott stock - https://www.sap-tv.com/stockfootage/medialist/62 (the photo I am trying to upload is the first of the seven McDermott photos)
Am I ok to use it? Is this sufficient? I really have tried to get express permission here - no shortcuts. Let me know, thanks!
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Well, that's a bummer. Thought we were good. I am trying (hopefully the good meaning of that word, lol). I do appreciate you keeping me out of trouble here! Johnsaavn ( talk) 15:15, 16 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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I'm going to get all the paperwork done here - /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries - as you suggested above. And then email the permissions at WP, with some inclusion of consent from SAP. Hopefully this will suffice. The headshot of McDermott now is terribly out of date; truly trying to fix that in good faith here, but totally understand why Wikipedia required the licenses on photos. I'll get these done. Johnsaavn ( talk) 22:46, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Johnsaavn
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Your reason here Johnsaavn ( talk) 16:16, 31 July 2018 (UTC)Why would you do this? I do not have any COI; I do not receive compensation for any edits we do; I go out of our way to discuss any issues that are ever raised -- and rectify them immediately. It matters to me to be in good Wikipedia standing, and my talk page illustrates just how hard we have worked to stay in good graces with Wikipedia. To say my entire purpose is advertsing is really an ad hominem attack, and is truly unfair. What can I do here? Do I have any recourse? Can I submit any future work to you before it goes live? Do I have any options at all? Is there anything I can do to get unblocked? Please advise. Johnsaavn ( talk) 16:16, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
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I've had a good look over your contributions here, and I'm seeing a long record of article creations and edits that I rate as indistinguishable from promotion/SEO/reputation management - and from an admitted CEO of a digital reputation management company. Boing! said Zebedee ( talk) 19:39, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hi - my error on that, again. I was using the royal "we." I'm one person only. Is there anything I can do here? I love Wikipedia and am honored to be a contributor. I absolutely will abide (and do abide, and have abided by) by the WP rules. You are one of the Editors/Admins who has helped me to continually improve as a WP contributor - thank you for that. I'm just trying to get unblocked; what can I do? Johnsaavn ( talk) 16:44, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
We are not paid by anyone to edit or to maintain Wikipedia pages. We do contribute to some Wikipedia pages for public figures, and we also post when we see clear inaccuracies on Wikipedia pages. Again: there is no #COI issue here. I don't know why that keeps being alleged? There's nothing to "come clean" about here - your phrase - because we are not being paid to do any Wikipedia work. We're being blocked here based on an allegation that isn't accurate. Johnsaavn ( talk) 17:09, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
I absolutely would accept those terms - not a problem. I do reputation work (overwhelmingly SEO and Social Media) for clients. I do not do any Wikipedia work for active, paying clients - because Wikipedia rules expressly forbid such work. Is there a place to submit that list of current clients -- would be happy to do so. That would be a fair and just solution here. Johnsaavn ( talk) 17:42, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
I agree to edit no articles about or directly related to clients, present or past. Would that satisfy the concern raised here? Please advise - I will absolutely abide by Wikipedia rules. I'm truly not attempting to be evasive. Johnsaavn ( talk) 18:18, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
I am trying to answer the concerns above - but I'm blocked again. Carey is not a client; he's not a prospective client; he is the #1 guy at the #1 magazine company in the USA, and probably should have a Wikipedia page. That's why I was making one. Johnsaavn ( talk) 19:41, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
I was pinged above. I want to clarify that I am in no way associated with this user. Id you read my edits to the articles he has worked on, you will see that I have been trying to dial back the blatantly promotional aspects of his writing. PaulCHebert ( talk) 19:59, 31 July 2018 (UTC).
Well, John, I think we gave it our best shot. Boing's observations (which I admit are interesting) aside, I think you'll need to accept that an inability to be a Wikipedia editor is an inherent limitation given your line of work, just as bank officers have to accept that they can never be seen at the horse track, or as a fireman can never sell firewood on the side. The nature of your work means that your motives, even if pure, will always be suspect. If you'd like to try again, you'll want to submit another {{ unblock}} template to summon yet another set of administrative eyes, but I'm pessimistic that you'll be able to achieve the consensus among admins necessary to regain your editing abilities here. General Ization Talk 20:04, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
Wow.
To address the concerns raised, and hopefully, resolve this issue to your satisfaction....
Re: "Business Model"... that's totally not what I do - at all. We are primarily an SEO and social media firm. I update Wikipedia pages because it's an amazingly valuable resource, and it's an honor to be a contributor. That's it.
Re: Disclosing current clients on my personal page or talk page. Just tell me what would satisfy you, and I will do it.
Re: Icelandic. Not a client, never has been a client, never will be a client. I like the product, though.
Re: Marchionni. Page is not promotional - it's incredibly well-sourced. I update her page because we are both Italian-Americans; as the Former CEO of multi-billion Lands' End and now International CEO of China's #1 luxury retailer, Secoo, she's absolutely newsworthy. She's the first Italian-American woman to lead a Wall Street firm.
Re: Fulenwider. Again - page is tremendously well-sourced. She's EIC for Marie Claire, one of the biggest and most influential women's mags around.
Re: Carey page in progress is similar to Marchionni and Fulenwider - like Fulenwider, he is a HUGE player in magazines. He's the top man at Hearst Magazines, for heaven's sake.
Re: Conde Nast. Let me try and follow the theory. Conde (which owns several thousand properties) and Heart (which owns several thousand properties) are partnered on PobWorx (one property)... do you seriously believe Conde is somehow compensating us for work for Carey - who is not even in their company, or their employ?
Re: Sarah Morrow. Sarah was a client years ago. She is not an active client. I am in no way being compensated for working on her page.
I am willing to cooperate in any way, accept any monitoring, anything you want to be reinstated.
Please consider my humble request.
Thanking you.
Something is getting lost is translation, sadly.
I don't question your intelligence - never did, never would.
I certainly don't question your honesty, motivation, or professionalism.
It's clear I'm not going to be able to persuade you to reconsider, and to unblock me.
Thank you to all editors in this thread for at least hearing me out.
I'll abide by your wishes and cease posting.
Johnsaavn ( talk) 20:38, 31 July 2018 (UTC)johnsaavn
I understand.
I won't be a problem child.
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