User talk:StephenMM3

{{subst:Proposed COI}} This draft was submitted by or on behalf of the subject, Stephen M. Miller, who has a conflict of interest. The content was developed using publicly verifiable sources with editorial assistance from ChatGPT.

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

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.

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.

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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McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 04:05, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, StephenMM3! 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! McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 04:05, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, StephenMM3, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited appears to be an article about yourself. Writing about yourself is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians.

As this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. We require individuals to meet Wikipedia's definition of a notable person to accept articles about them. A page you created about yourself may well be deleted from the encyclopedia. If it is deleted and you wish to retrieve its contents, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

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

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.

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.

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:Stephen M. Miller 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.

McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 00:01, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that pages in your personal sandbox, such as User:StephenMM3/sandbox, are not allowed to be filed in categories alongside finished articles, per WP:USERNOCAT. As I've already had to remove the page from categories three times in three days, please do not readd it to categories again — if it continues to get readded to categories, I'll be forced to immediately delete it as disruption since user sandbox pages can't be in categories. Bearcat (talk) 20:42, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Bearcat. I'm so sorry. I'm new to this and have been relying on ChatGPT to guide through the process with some help from Jay Cubby, assigned by W to help. I'll do some research before I make another move.```` StephenMM3 (talk) 21:28, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:Accessible tone clip from bookey.app.PNG. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of non-free use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Johnj1995 (talk) 20:46, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How should you handle it when you're trying to gather documentation for an article still in the Sandbox? Thanks. ```` StephenMM3 (talk) 01:37, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:Publishers Weekly Bible A History Review.png. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information.

To add a tag to the image, select the appropriate tag from this list, click on this link, then click "Edit this page" and add the tag to the image's description. If there doesn't seem to be a suitable tag, the image is probably not appropriate for use on Wikipedia. For help in choosing the correct tag, or for any other questions, leave a message on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 23:30, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:Stephen Miller Church of England Article.jpg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information.

To add a tag to the image, select the appropriate tag from this list, click on this link, then click "Edit this page" and add the tag to the image's description. If there doesn't seem to be a suitable tag, the image is probably not appropriate for use on Wikipedia. For help in choosing the correct tag, or for any other questions, leave a message on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 23:30, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:Publishers Weekly Bible A History Review.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of non-free use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Johnj1995 (talk) 19:01, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:Stephen Miller Church of England Article.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of non-free use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Johnj1995 (talk) 19:03, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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

Fails WP:NAUTHOR

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 User:StephenMM3/sandbox 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.

🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 18:25, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Timtrent. An edit that you recently made seemed to be generated using a large language model (an "AI chatbot" or other application using such technology). Text produced by these applications can be unsuitable for an encyclopedia, and output must be carefully checked. Your edit may have been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 18:26, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Timtrent. I see 2 issues raised. The photo of me is set up by me with my camera. I own the copyright. I used ChatGPT to help me get the formatting right and to identify the subjects I needed to cover. But I wrote and rewrote the text many times over. Do you need me to write it in another style? I tried to give this the feel of an encyclopedia. StephenMM3 (talk) StephenMM3 (talk) 18:32, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures are dealt with on Wikimedia Commons. Please furnish valid proof to c:COM:VRT.Telling me is interesting and I thanl you for doing to, bt it serves no purpose. Once nomonated there for deletion others take care of it

You say: This draft was submitted by or on behalf of the subject, Stephen M. Miller, who has a conflict of interest. So are you the subject of the article and the subject of the photograph, or are you someone else? If you are not Miller, are you receiving any benefit, broadly construed, for writing this draft? If so please comply with WP:PAID in full.

The draft, while obviousy influenced by your use of AI, no lomger reeks of it. Even so you have not presented it in a way that shows Miller to pass WP:NAUTHOR.

For a living person we have a high standard of referencing. Every substantive fact you assert, especially one that is susceptible to potential challenge, requires a citation with a reference that is about them, and is independent of them, in multiple secondary sources which are WP:RS, and is significant coverage. Please also see WP:PRIMARY which details the limited permitted usage of primary sources and WP:SELFPUB which has clear limitations on self published sources. Providing sufficient references, ideally one per fact cited, that meet these tough criteria is likely to make this draft a clear acceptance (0.9 probability). Lack of them or an inability to find them is likely to mean that the person is not suitable for inclusion, certainly today.

Hello StephenMM3. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:StephenMM3. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=StephenMM3|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. You failed to answer the question so I am asking it formally 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 17:11, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit to File:Stephen Miller Church of England Article.jpg has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for information on how to contribute your work appropriately. For legal reasons, Wikipedia strictly cannot host copyrighted text or images from print media or digital platforms without an appropriate and verifiable license. Contributions infringing on copyright will be removed. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 17:19, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I was trying to get it to the editors, not to publish for the world. I'm trying to learn the system. It's not intuitive. I'm sorry for the trouble. ```` StephenMM3 (talk) 17:44, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what you mean by I was trying to get it to the editors, not to publish for the world.. You either loaded (published the file for the world) it or did not. When you publish, submit, reply, upload you you agree to our Terms of Use and agree to irrevocably release your text under the CC BY-SA 4.0 License and GFDL. We know this because it says so with great clarity each time we do it. However, you have not answered the question about Paid editing, a question I am about to repeat with more formal force. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 21:57, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:StephenMM3, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=StephenMM3|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 21:58, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You have a history of quietly ignoring direct questions. one the prior formal warning, plus this earlier question; You say: This draft was submitted by or on behalf of the subject, Stephen M. Miller, who has a conflict of interest. So are you the subject of the article and the subject of the photograph, or are you someone else? If you are not Miller, are you receiving any benefit, broadly construed, for writing this draft? If so please comply with WP:PAID in full. Please do not ignore these questions. Doing so is likely to restrict your ability to edit here. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 22:01, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your sure write a lot. Listen, clearly I have no idea how to maneuver through this jungle. But I'm trying to be upfront in everything I do. Even so, I'm pummeled from all directions by announcements of copyright fraud over my own photo. vexing, convoluted routes for answering the issue and establishing the license (for heaven's sake, make a how-to video of cc licensing for this decade). As for the disclosure, I posted what I believed was the proper disclosure of a conflict of interest. Would I profit from a posting in W. It depends on who writes what about me. If I'm writing it in encly. style, I benefit by readers who learn a bit about me, go to my sites, buy my books and maps. As for routing the snapshot of the validating page from and England newspaper, it's my understanding that there's a way to get it to fact-checkers apart from posting it on Wikimedia. I depending on AI to set the coding. So would you please stop writing to me with the boldface yelling and anger that I'm reflecting back to you right down. Calm down. I have no intention of taking this further. I can't fight off this many angry people. You in particular. Wow. I believe we're done now.```` 136.33.15.50 (talk) 22:23, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on File:Stephen Miller Church of England Article.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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