User talk:Diana Stevan

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December 2022[edit]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions; however, it appears you may have written a Wikipedia article, or a draft for a Wikipedia article, about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – please see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to or change an existing article about yourself, you are welcome to propose the changes by visiting the article's talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was the page I created deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss this with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 20:39, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Diana Stevan. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
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disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
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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. Eagleash (talk) 20:39, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Eagleash,

Thank you for your comments. Am I okay in submitting an article about myself? I'm an indie author, meaning self-published but reputable and well-established. I realize people can say whatever about themselves, but I'm backing up my biography with citattions about my work in credible sources. I entered a link to my website at the very end (external link), as I noticed other authors have done the same thing on Wikipedia.

Please let me know if this is okay. Thank you for your time and interest.

Diana Stevan Diana Stevan (talk) 22:54, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Diana Stevan (December 26)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Cabrils was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Well done on creating the draft, and it may potentially meet the relevant requirements (including WP:GNG, WP:AUTHOR) but presently does not. Wikipedia's basic requirement for entry is that the subject is notable. Essentially subjects are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject. To properly create such a draft page, please see referencing for beginners or the article Easier Referencing for Beginners. Please note that many of the references do not meet the requirement of being a reliable source. Additionally, the draft tends to read too much like a CV, which Wikipedia is not. Please familiarise yourself with these pages before amending the draft. If you feel you can meet these requirements then resubmit the page and ping me and I would be happy to reassess. As I said, I do think this draft has potential so please do persevere!

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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Cabrils (talk) 23:33, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Diana Stevan! 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! Cabrils (talk) 23:33, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Diana Stevan[edit]

Hello, Diana Stevan. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Diana Stevan, 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) 01:02, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Diana Stevan (June 2)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Greenman was:

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.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Entire sections are unsourced. Undeclared WP:AUTOBIO, WP:COI. Please read these links, the links already provided on your talk page, as well as WP:NOTHERE.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Diana Stevan and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Greenman (talk) 07:50, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your reply. I guess I'll just to leave my draft submission on Wikipedia. I wish I could have a presence on this website, but I don't know how that's possible unless I pay someone to do one. I did write one, yes, an autobiography, and everything in it is true. However, I understand wikipedia's concerns. and maybe down the line, someone will write one about me.

Thank you for your time.

Best,

Diana Stevan Diana Stevan (talk) 14:09, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]