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Hello, Kkaufman DMS!
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
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Chaotıċ Enby (
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18:58, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, Kkaufman DMS. We
welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things
you have written about on the page
Draft:Dedham Middle School, 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:
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. Jamiebuba ( talk) 18:59, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
The proper way to approach this is to continue building the draft you created at
Draft:Dedham Middle School and develop it until it meets approval to become an article in the encyclopedia. You should consult
Wikipedia:Article creation before bothering to submit it for approval, because there are a number of specific things that are required of an article. (2) Please stop overwriting the currect redirect
[1] until the article is deemed ready. (3) You also need to comply with the information given above about
conflicts of interest and how they need to be handled. (4) In general, your students should be able to edit the draft, unless certain IP addresses have been barred because of previous abuse. What makes you say they are not allowed to edit? signed,
Willondon (
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19:26, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
Should I abandon this and find a different topic?That's probably a better plan. Creating or editing articles about yourself or something you have a vested interest in is strongly discouraged. But if you want to continue with the school, you can find guidance at Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article advice. A common problem I see with conflicts of interest regarding schools or companies is a tendancy to view the article as "the school's web page on Wikipedia", leading to frustration when it becomes apparant that it is an article in an encyclopedia that will be curated by the entire Wikipedia community according to the principles and guidelines developed over the years. The conflict sometimes makes it hard to distinguish between things of interest to the school (e.g. class start times) and what is suitable for an encyclopedia. Best of luck, and know that you can always ask other editors for help, or consult the " Teahouse" to get a wider range of opinions. Cheers. signed, Willondon ( talk) 14:59, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, Kkaufman DMS!
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!
Chaotıċ Enby (
talk ·
contribs)
18:58, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, Kkaufman DMS. We
welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things
you have written about on the page
Draft:Dedham Middle School, 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:
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. Jamiebuba ( talk) 18:59, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
The proper way to approach this is to continue building the draft you created at
Draft:Dedham Middle School and develop it until it meets approval to become an article in the encyclopedia. You should consult
Wikipedia:Article creation before bothering to submit it for approval, because there are a number of specific things that are required of an article. (2) Please stop overwriting the currect redirect
[1] until the article is deemed ready. (3) You also need to comply with the information given above about
conflicts of interest and how they need to be handled. (4) In general, your students should be able to edit the draft, unless certain IP addresses have been barred because of previous abuse. What makes you say they are not allowed to edit? signed,
Willondon (
talk)
19:26, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
Should I abandon this and find a different topic?That's probably a better plan. Creating or editing articles about yourself or something you have a vested interest in is strongly discouraged. But if you want to continue with the school, you can find guidance at Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article advice. A common problem I see with conflicts of interest regarding schools or companies is a tendancy to view the article as "the school's web page on Wikipedia", leading to frustration when it becomes apparant that it is an article in an encyclopedia that will be curated by the entire Wikipedia community according to the principles and guidelines developed over the years. The conflict sometimes makes it hard to distinguish between things of interest to the school (e.g. class start times) and what is suitable for an encyclopedia. Best of luck, and know that you can always ask other editors for help, or consult the " Teahouse" to get a wider range of opinions. Cheers. signed, Willondon ( talk) 14:59, 21 March 2024 (UTC)