User talk:Parade Gloss

Seth Metcalf moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Seth Metcalf. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Hmr (talk) 00:30, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Hmr, I have done my best to add citations and expand the article per your guidance. I went ahead with the second option you gave and moved it back to the mainspace for the simple reason that the subject seemed to me prima facie notable and simply required further citations. Wondering if you might take another look at it as you were the initial reviewer? Parade Gloss (talk) 16:49, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable non-free use File:Seth-metcalf opers.jpg

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Go ahead and initiate the deletion. Theoretically I could fly to Ohio or wherever he is, track this person down and take a photo with my phone and upload it to Commons, which as the policy is written apparently is as good as a free file actually existing.

The only difference is I can't upload a theoretical possibility. I also have no idea what it means for an image of a person to be replaceable by text alone. Parade Gloss (talk) 01:04, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Seth-metcalf opers.jpg

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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Parade Gloss. 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:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Gheus (talk) 18:14, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]