User talk:LbnSchoolResearcher

Hello LbnSchoolResearcher. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:LbnSchoolResearcher. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=LbnSchoolResearcher|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. 331dot (talk) 09:30, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:LbnSchoolResearcher, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=LbnSchoolResearcher|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. bonadea contributions talk 07:07, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

You still have not adequately responded or taken action to the inquiry regarding your appearance as an undisclosed paid editor. If you make any additional edits without complying, you may be blocked from editing. bonadea contributions talk 07:46, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Response to Paid Editing Concern

Hello, thank you for your message. I confirm that I am **not receiving any financial compensation** for my contributions to this article or my involvement with Stars College. My edits are made in a personal capacity and are based on publicly available, verifiable sources. I respect Wikipedia’s neutrality policies and have no intention of violating its guidelines. Please let me know if any further clarification is needed. LbnSchoolResearcher (talk) 08:00, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Using the reply button breaks header and other formatting; I've fixed this. What is your association with the College? "Personal capacity" is very vague. Are you employed by the College? A student? 331dot (talk) 08:40, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

I am a school researcher based in Lebanon and have a general interest in documenting educational institutions in the region. I came across Stars College through public sources and news coverage, and noticed that it holds recognized accreditations. I do not have any paid or professional affiliation with the school, nor am I acting on their behalf. My intention is simply to contribute verifiable, neutral, and encyclopedic content to Wikipedia based on publicly available information. LbnSchoolResearcher (talk) 08:44, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

We usually interpret "associated with" to mean that a person is employed by or has a connection to the subject(paid or unpaid). If you just came across this college, you aren't connected to it.

While it doesn't seem like you are associated with the college, if you are editing as part of your job duties as a researcher, you are a paid editor. It does not require specific payment for contributions. 331dot (talk) 08:48, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Okay now i understand, so am i allowed to post this article or no? LbnSchoolResearcher (talk) 08:53, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

This is a separate issue from whether or not the draft will be accepted. Wikipedia is not a place to just tell about an organization and its offerings, you need to summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage choose on their own to say about it. You may continue to work on the draft if you have sources that provide significant coverage of the school, and once you have change your disclosure to reflect your job as a researcher. 331dot (talk) 09:04, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. I now better understand that editing in the context of my research work qualifies as paid editing under Wikipedia’s terms, even if not commissioned by the subject. I will update my user page to reflect this accordingly.

Regarding the article, I appreciate your guidance on the standards for notability and sourcing. I will continue working on the draft and ensure that any content is based solely on significant, independent, and reliable secondary sources. My aim is to contribute neutrally and in full alignment with Wikipedia’s policies.

If there's anything further I should adjust in my disclosure or the draft format, I’d be grateful for your advice. LbnSchoolResearcher (talk) 09:19, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello, LbnSchoolResearcher, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. Your editing pattern indicates that you may be using multiple accounts or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia, such as LbnScl (talk · contribs). Our policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow this, and users who misuse multiple accounts may be blocked from editing. If you operate multiple accounts directly or with the help of another person, please disclose these connections. Thank you. bonadea contributions talk 15:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

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

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.

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 brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
• reliable
• secondary
• strictly independent of the subject
  

Make sure you add references that meet all four of 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.

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 User:LbnSchoolResearcher/sandbox 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.

bonadea contributions talk 07:12, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Please do not remove or edit previous AfC reviews. Thank you. --bonadea contributions talk 07:46, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Bonadea While they can't remove reviews from the draft itself, I believe they can remove them from this page, as with most other content. 331dot (talk) 08:41, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

@331dot: Yes, I meant from the draft page. --bonadea contributions talk 08:46, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Ah, I see what you mean! I must have edit conflicted – I didn't mean to revert their removal of the posts from here. --bonadea contributions talk 08:47, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Stars College, from its old location at User:LbnSchoolResearcher/sandbox. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 16:54, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello, what are the next steps i should follow? and how the draft will be published and people can view it?

if there's any step i missed please let me know. Thank you for your time LbnSchoolResearcher (talk) 05:35, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

It is waiting for review. You are free to work on it in the meantime, but please use only one account to edit. Thanks! --bonadea contributions talk 06:01, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

and if i want to add the arabic version of it, can i add it here or on wikipedia ar? LbnSchoolResearcher (talk) 06:03, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

At ar.wiki. --bonadea contributions talk 06:05, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello, LbnSchoolResearcher. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Stars College, a page you created, has not been edited in at least five 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) 13:07, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, LbnSchoolResearcher. This message concerns the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Stars College".

Drafts that go unedited for six months are eligible for deletion, in accordance with our draftspace policy, and this one has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission, and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you read this, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the draft so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! DreamRimmer bot II (talk) 10:24, 29 January 2026 (UTC)