User talk:JohnGaming

October 2024

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. However, please do not use unreliable sources such as blogs, wikis, personal websites, and websites and publications with a poor reputation for checking the facts or with no editorial oversight. These sources may express views that are widely acknowledged as pushing a particular point-of-view, sometimes even extremist, being promotional in nature, or relying heavily on rumors and personal opinions. One of Wikipedia's core policies is that contributions must be verifiable through reliable sources, preferably using inline citations. If you require further assistance, please look at Help:Menu/Editing Wikipedia, or ask at the Teahouse. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 12:20, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your message, I'll of course be careful. JohnGaming (talk) 07:02, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi JohnGaming! I also like to ask you familiarise yourself with Wikipedia and its guidelines. Some of your edits have been reverted, while others are not up to standard. Take for instance this one. Chalotra isn't "presented", she will appear in a game. Video game is a common word, and is written as such. No need to make a piped link to videogame. That comma is superfluous and the period should be outside of the italics. Wikilinks should make sense in the context. Supernatural is a very broad concept, it's best to leave it out. There's the general manual of style, and since you seem to be into video games, there's also one dedicated to video game-related articles. Hope this helps. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 09:00, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SOETERMANS! Thank you for the guidance, this helps me out a lot. I am reading the guidelines (Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Video games) and trying best to familiarise myself with it, hope the quality is going to improve as well in the process. JohnGaming (talk) 10:29, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Monaco eSports Federation (December 26)

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

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just passing mentions about the subject)
reliable
secondary
independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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.

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:Monaco eSports Federation 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.

– Pbrks ^(t·c) 17:53, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, JohnGaming! 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! – Pbrks ^(t·c) 17:53, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Kantrowitz

Hello, JohnGaming. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Mark Kantrowitz, 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 COI}} template), 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);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

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. Jay8g [V•T•E] 06:09, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

More COI/Link canvassing

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Hello, JohnGaming. 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 COI}} template), 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);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

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. Please stop. If you continue to add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:05, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, as this is the third strike for guidedpeaks, your efforts have landed the site on our blacklist. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:09, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked as a sockpuppet

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Izno (talk) 16:51, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Monaco eSports Federation

Hello, JohnGaming. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Monaco eSports Federation, 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) 14:08, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]