User talk:FloridaMaritimeHistorian

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Seafarercorp. 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:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the Edit Request Wizard), including links or details of reliable sources that support your suggestions;
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, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 18:42, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Seafarercorp

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A tag has been placed on User:Seafarercorp, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
It appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. (See section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion.)

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Tenshi! (Talk page) 18:47, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

July 2025

Welcome to Wikipedia. Your account has been blocked from editing because your username gives the impression that the account represents a group, team, club, organization, company, product, department, or website. Your username is the principal reason for the block. You are welcome to continue editing after you have chosen a new username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable, regardless of the username that you choose. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid or compensated in any way, you must disclose who is paying you to edit here. You may also read our FAQ for article subjects.

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Thank you. 331dot (talk) 18:53, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You edited your user page, which is not article space. New accounts cannot directly create articles and must use the Article Wizard to create and submit a draft. Changing your username as described above will be sufficient to remove the block, but you will need to read WP:COI and WP:PAID. Wikipedia articles summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about (in this case) a company, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable company. Wikipedia is not a place for a company to tell about itself. 331dot (talk) 18:55, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And now that you publicly stated that you are having trouble with creating an article, you may be approached by scammers, see WP:SCAM. 331dot (talk) 18:58, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have unblocked your account per the rename. Best, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 23:32, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of Interest Edit Request — Seafarer Exploration

Hello,

I am disclosing that I have a financial conflict of interest as a paid editor for Seafarer Exploration Corp (my employer). I have declared this on my user page using the

This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that they have been paid by {{{employer}}} for their contributions to Wikipedia.

tag.

I’ve prepared a draft article for Seafarer Exploration and saved it here: User:FloridaMaritimeHistorian/sandbox

I respectfully request that an uninvolved editor review this draft and consider moving it to the main encyclopedia, or advising on next steps.

Thank you for your time and consideration. FloridaMaritimeHistorian (talk) 04:45, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Seafarer Exploration has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Seafarer Exploration. Thanks! Hoary (talk) 06:33, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, @Hoary — that’s very helpful feedback. I understand now that most of the content needs to be supported by independent, reliable sources, not just company materials. I’ll go through the draft and revise accordingly to meet Wikipedia’s standards. Appreciate the guidance.

— FloridaMaritimeHistorian FloridaMaritimeHistorian (talk) 02:34, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]