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Please respond as to whether you have a conflict of interest with Marc Lesser or have been paid to create Mark Lesser's article. Galobtter (pingó mió) 04:29, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have NOT been paid to create the article on Marc Lesser. I have no conflict of interest beyond knowing Marc Lesser personally and I gain nothing from writing in a positive or negative way. I have been studying Zen with Marc Lesser for over 10 years and never had any economic relationship with him. I am doing my best to write in a neutral, uninvolved, and factual voice. If you feel that any passage is not formulated in a neutral way, please let me know and I will correct it. Marc Lesser also has not asked me to write the article; I also researched multiple other personalities on Wikipedia before deciding to create the entry. Florian Brody (talk) 05:09, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for replying. Studying Zen with Marc Lesser for 10 years means you do have a WP:COI - see WP:EXTERNALREL, a personal relationship also means you have a COI. See also WP:COISELF: "You should generally refrain from creating articles about yourself, or anyone you know" Galobtter (pingó mió) 05:15, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So - what do you suggest as a good next step to ensure the article fulfills all requirements for Wikipedia? Thank you . Florian Brody (talk) 06:01, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Let us see what the result of the the discussion on deletion is. And for any future articles you create for which you have a COI including a personal relationship, you are strongly recommended to use the Articles for Creation process Galobtter (pingó mió) 06:07, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for advice - I will definitely do that in the future; regarding the discussion on deletion, the main concern was that the reference material is not of high enough quality and there is not enough; this will be fixed over the next days.Florian Brody (talk) 06:14, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Marc Lesser is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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In regards to your email, I'd first say that it is easier if we speak on here than on email; and that if there are indeed good sources out there, please present them at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marc Lesser. Thanks Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:46, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New materials added and quotations correctedFlorian Brody (talk) 22:05, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Please point me to help materials how to add links to videos with talks and/or interviews for a person to add to a BLP page.

The videos will no be embedded or included, they will be referenced similar to a book the BLP person wrote. Thank you Florian Brody (talk) 21:26, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

One would hope it's a reliable source; if it is, you can format it in an inline citation like described so, or put it under an "external links" section header. -- I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding ((U|I dream of horses)) to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 04:20, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The article GenieTown has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Not notable

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing ((proposed deletion/dated)) will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Mccapra (talk) 06:58, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

agreed - please delete - GenieTown did not develop as expected. Florian Brody (talk) 07:38, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Yunshui ^雲_水 00:26, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

FYI: I moved this entire section to appropriate talk page at Talk:Florian Brody#Some proposed changes. It took me a bit to understand what page you were even requesting changes at. —Uzume (talk) 21:57, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you — Florian Brody (talk) 22:36, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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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.

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Please address WP:COI. The original submitter of this article was blocked for abusing multiple accounts and undisclosed paid editing. All statements need to be sourced, for example the entire personal life section here.

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Greenman (talk) 11:00, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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