User talk:Jimdmurphy

Welcome

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Hi, Jim. The reason you couldn't find an article on Jim Munroe, Magician, is that no one has as yet provided any evidence that he is notable. If you feel that you can find enough reliable independent references to demonstrate this, you can continue working on the article here. Deb (talk) 17:49, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's correct - see Wikipedia:Article naming conventions for further guidance. Deb (talk) 14:18, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: H. Norman Wright (September 20)

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

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

The comment the reviewer left was:

It would help add context in a NPOV way by giving the publisher of each book.

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 when they have been resolved.

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DGG ( talk ) 04:03, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Jimdmurphy! Having an article 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! DGG ( talk ) 04:03, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:H. Norman Wright

Hello, Jimdmurphy. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:H. Norman Wright, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion under CSD G13. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 05:00, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:H. Norman Wright

Hello, Jimdmurphy. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "H. Norman Wright".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:06, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

David Slater

Give me a moment on David Slater. He had two albums on Capitol Records and a top-30 country music hit, so he is almost certainly notable. I'm going to see what I find on newspapers.com and Worldradiohistory. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:33, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ETA: He also won Star Search, so he's clearly very notable per WP:NMUSIC. I found multiple news articles on newspapers.com and a couple writeups in Radio & Records. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:15, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your diligence. I agree with your assessment about Mr. Slater's notability. Jimdmurphy (talk) 04:59, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thoughts on Conflict of Interest edits

Especially when Living Person subjects attempt to edit "their" pages.

I recently wrote this to help a subject of a BLP page better understand why he shouldn't have been editing the WP page about himself:

Wikipedia is unique in that it combines 1) a web-based compendium of published "facts" about millions of subjects, and 2) it is freely editable by anyone in the world. These two qualities makes it a profoundly powerful tool to disseminate information. But, that requires a thorough set of policies and a community of committed editors (and even bots) to keep it "clean".

Any of us -- you, me, the guys on a Talk page -- are required to follow those guidelines if we hop on and make edits.

The challenge is that you, in a sense, walked into the library and started tearing out pages of history books that recorded "facts" that you didn't like -- without following the standards for making "appeals".

Another challenge is that the Wikipedia page is not your page. It, just like the news articles (with all their potential inaccuracies), is a page "about" you. The Talk page -- even though you didn't know -- was always the place for you to appeal the accuracy or appropriateness of information about you -- a living person.

Jimdmurphy (talk) 04:57, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thank you very much! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 07:56, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]