User talk:Seraphimblade#Non-free images in list articles

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Hello Seraphimblade, I am messaging to ask about a recent article (User:Izabelle.f/sandbox) I wrote in sandbox that was deleted on May 11, 2025. I posted it about the organization Pink Stairs under my username and in the deletion message it linked to U5 (A non-contributor's misuse of Wikipedia as a web host) and G11 (Unambiguous advertising or promotion). I was wondering if there was anything I can do to fix the article in order to make it work for wikipedia's goals? Thanks. Izabelle.f (talk) 00:08, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{u|Izabelle.f}}, to be frank, it's clear from what you wrote that you're affiliated with the organization. Wikipedia is not for promotion, including any type of "get the word out". Rather, to demonstrate notability, it is necessary to demonstrate that a substantial amount of material written by reliable and independent sources has been written about an organization. The vast majority of organizations would not pass that. In the draft you wrote, you were citing the organization's own material, primarily their own website and Instagram account. For encyclopedia articles, we're not really interested in what an organization says about itself, but rather what reliable sources unaffiliated with it say about it. If the answer to that is "not much at all", an article on the organization is not possible. If you want to "get the word out" about it, you will need to do that in a more appropriate venue, such as the organization's own website and/or social media, since that's not permitted here. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 01:44, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

::Oh I see, that's unfortunate. Thanks for clarifying I'll look elsewhere then, much appreciated :) Izabelle.f (talk) 02:28, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Just to point out that an article Bhupendra Gurung that you had speedily deleted in March is back again after being added by a WP:SPA. I noticed it owing to its use of an IMDb link of a type I regularly clean up. IMO it should be speedied again but I can't see the previous version to check if this one is any better. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:07, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{u|Michael D. Turnbull}}, thanks for the heads up. It was nearly word for word identical as the version created by the prior blocked spammer, so pretty clear block evasion/socking. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 18:23, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello, this is Mk8mlyb here. What are the buttons for thanking edits used for? Mk8mlyb (talk) 17:03, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

:Pretty much what it says on the tin. If you do a "thank" on an edit, the editor who made it will get a notification saying you thanked them for it. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 17:38, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

::OK, but what's the point of thanking edits? Is it really just to let other editors know you approve of their edits? Mk8mlyb (talk) 22:30, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

:::That's certainly how I'd use it, though I prefer to actually write someone a message rather than just using the button if I want to tell them thanks for something. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 02:02, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello Seraphimblade. I am once again requesting the removal of a partial block put on my account in January. Another one of the articles I have written on articles for creation has been published. Additionally, articles that I had previously published on mainspace have been reviewed by other administrators with no issues being pointed out. I hope this can serve as evidence of my commitment in contributing to Wikipedia. Kindly consider. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cece GFI (talk • contribs)

:Replied on editor's talk page. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 20:48, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

File:Information.svgHello, Seraphimblade, I saw that you made a draft for a new article at User:Seraphimblade/Dayton, Colorado. Short term hosting of potentially valid articles and other reasonable content under development or in active use is usually acceptable. But in this case, you haven't edited your draft for a long time. If you wish to improve the draft yourself, please do. Otherwise, you may consider donating it to WikiProject Abandoned Drafts (a participant can help). Thank you. Legend of 14 (talk) 15:09, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

:Probably get back to this at some point, now that DPL has reopened its Western History section. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 16:27, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi Seraphimblade. I came across :File:Chatham Waterfront Aerial Hollaway Studio.webp while looking at :Special:NewFiles. It's newly uploaded and has a non-free use rationale, but it's missing a non-free license as required by :WP:F4. I could add a license or at least ask the uploader to add one, but it might not matter since the file seems to fail :WP:FREER and :WP:F7. How would you assess this file's non-free use? Does it meet :WP:NFCC#1 in your opinion? -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:20, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{u|Marchjuly}}, I think it fails it by a mile, specifically NFCC #1. The area is still in existence, from what I can find, so freely licensed photos of that area are most certainly possible (and may already exist). The fact that a photo provides a certain perspective on something does not make it "non-replaceable"; since every photo has some distinct perspective, that would in practice mean no photo is ever "replaceable", and that's obviously a silly outcome. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 06:52, 28 May 2025 (UTC)