User talk:Tmcfarlandpr

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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Tmcfarlandpr. 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:14, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! Tmcfarlandpr, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:14, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Liz: Belated thanks for getting back to me. I am taking all your advice into consideration. I am new to creating a Wikipedia page. While I've tried to absorb all the guidelines and regulations, I suspect I may be a bit out of compliance on some. To that end I could use help with the following:

- I don't have all the ciatations and links I think I should.

- Have I provided too much information that isn't relevant?

- My "conflict of interest": I run a small Public Relations firm, and The National Eagle Center in Wabasha, MN is a paying client. Preston Cook donated his Eagle collection to the Center. Cook, and was the initiator of the National Bird Initiative. My content is the result of researching Mr. Cook, and this issue, which obviously involves talking to him. Can you help me on the proper way to disclose this relationship?

- Finally, while the Preston Cook entry isn't finished, do you think it's ready enough to submit for approval, with the assumption that it will be DECLINED with specific changes noted, as opposed to REJECTED with no recourse?

I look forward to your response. Thank you. Teresa McFarland. Tmcfarlandpr (talk) 15:48, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January 2025

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:15, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Liz: Thank you so much for your comments. I am obviously new to creating a Wikipedia page, so I could use all the help I can get. I want to address the observations you've made so far and come to an understanding. Are you the person I'd work with in the Teahouse? I hope so, because I'd love to work with the same person moving forward so I can avoid missteps, follow the rules, but also explain what we want to communicate. Please advise. And thank you! Tmcfarlandpr (talk) 17:53, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Liz: Again, thank you. Is there any chance you can be more specific, and point to areas I need to revise? Tmcfarlandpr (talk) 15:25, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 2025

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:National Bird Initiative, from its old location at User:Tmcfarlandpr/sandbox2. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 16:32, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for getting back to me. As a novice creator I'm slightly confused. Does this mean that it's being reviewed, but I can still provide edits? Or does it need more editing before it can be reviewed? Thank you! Tmcfarlandpr (talk) 18:40, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, the article is not currently being reviewed. I have just moved it to the draft namespace for the reviewing script to work properly. You are welcome to continue working on it as you would like. Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 19:15, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification. One last question: I'd like to submit it for review now, AND keep the option of continuing to edit. Can I just hit PUBLISH? Thank you again. Tmcfarlandpr (talk) 20:59, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you are welcome to continue editing after submission. Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 21:06, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for bugging you, but I have one more question regarding a 2nd article I wrote back in January that I thought I had successfully submitted for review back then. Here is the link: Draft:Preston Cook. I worry that I also mistakenly put this in the DRAFT format but never formally submitted (although I did ask about its progress and received a response that didn't sound generic). Did I do this one wrong as well? Can you confirm one way or the other? Please advise. And, again, thank you so much. Tmcfarlandpr (talk) 21:45, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that one is submitted correctly. The queue is a little long right now (3,200+), but it will get reviewed soon. Although I will say that since the Preston Cook one is a biography of a living person, it is held up to higher standards for sourcing, and I noticed multiple sections have no citations at all (each paragraph should have at least one in it), just to save some headache in the future. Cheers, Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 21:57, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the confirmation, and the heads-up on the citations. I will get on that. Tmcfarlandpr (talk) 22:01, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Preston Cook (June 2)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Timtrent were:

This is three articles in one. You need to decide what it is about, and to consider creating three articles because we need 'one-article-one-topic':

Preston Cook
National Bird Initiative
Preston Cook American Eagle Collection

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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.

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:Preston Cook and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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