Shawn7474

June 2025

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Thank you. Learning this and looking forward to contributing to making some pages on law much more clear and complete. Shawn7474 (talk) 11:17, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

How long does it normally take for the UserPage to be listed? Thanks so much. Shawn7474 (talk) 11:38, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

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Got it. Thanks Shawn7474 (talk) 00:39, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: IPG Legal Law Firm (October 15)

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

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 Draft:IPG Legal Law Firm and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:32, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Shawn7474! 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! DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:32, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: IPG Legal Law Firm (October 15)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Theroadislong 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 Draft:IPG Legal Law Firm 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.
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Theroadislong (talk) 08:25, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: IPG Legal Law Firm (October 15)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Theroadislong 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 Draft:IPG Legal Law Firm 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.

Theroadislong (talk) 08:45, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

October 2025

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Draft:IPG Legal Law Firm. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 08:47, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you insert a spam link, as you did at Category:Law firms of South Korea. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Theroadislong (talk) 08:48, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

This is your only warning; if you insert a spam link into Wikipedia again, as you did at Law of South Korea, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Theroadislong (talk) 08:51, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello Shawn7474. 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:Shawn7474. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Shawn7474|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) 09:14, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

I do see that you made a disclosure on the draft itself, please disclose on your user page as well, for better visibility, as that's what most people will see before looking at your draft. 331dot (talk) 09:15, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

I would also suggest that you read WP:BOSS, and have your superiors and colleagues read it, too. What you are trying to do is unlikely to succeed. 331dot (talk) 09:27, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:IPG Legal Law Firm has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:IPG Legal Law Firm. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 08:52, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: IPG Legal Law Firm (October 15)

Your recent article submission has been rejected and cannot be resubmitted. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by Theroadislong was: This topic is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia.

Theroadislong (talk) 09:27, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

You are 100 percent wrong. If you are correct, you should also remove the other law firms in Korea. Since, they are also, then, not notable and are not cited as well as we cited our page. Shawn7474 (talk) 09:40, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Please see other stuff exists. If you want to help us remove other articles that may be inappropriate, that is an option, but will be looked upon skeptically as you would be seeking to have competitors removed. 331dot (talk) 09:43, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

You are welcome to list the other law firms here so we can look at them or take them to WP:AFD, your draft lists Linkedin.com and company profiles which are NOT reliable independent sources. Theroadislong (talk) 09:45, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

You are mentioning one source as not reliable - how about the other sources? We are listing newspaper articles on lawyers at the law firm and also law firm rankings. Shawn7474 (talk) 11:31, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Articles about the firm's lawyers might merit the lawyers as individuals articles, but not necessarily the firm itself. 331dot (talk) 11:38, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Law firms are rated by rating agencies and this law firm is rated by numerous sources (and I cited many) and many of the other law firms are listed on wiki with these ratings. I get back from a bunch of trolls all types of nonsensical argument. I get your point, but law firm notability is based on its lawyers and these ratings. Law Firms don't speak in the news - lawyers for the law firms speak in the news.

I get that other law firms paid editors to get listed and the Korean FTC is not pleased when this occured with NamuWiki. Lets see what happens. Shawn7474 (talk) 04:26, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

These are not the sort of significant coverage that we require either. See WP:NCORP for the criteria. Theroadislong (talk) 12:41, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:IPG Legal Law Firm has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:IPG Legal Law Firm. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 10:01, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Korean Law Blog (October 17)

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

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:Korean Law Blog 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.

DoubleGrazing (talk) 05:58, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

October 2025

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia.

If you believe that there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  DoubleGrazing (talk) 12:39, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Shawn7474 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log) • SI)

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Request reason:

The following request was written through the unblock wizard.

Can you explain, in your own words, why your edits were promotional?

They were not promotional. The person that blocked me is simply angry that I questioned him.

What is your relationship with the subjects you have been editing about?

I was retained by a famous law firm to post an article on their Top 100 Blog rated by the ABA and law firm that is one of the leading law firms in Asia.

If you are unblocked, what topic areas will you edit in?

Law

Shawn7474 (talk) 12:48, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Your content was unambiguously promotional, a clear violation of WP:PROMO. See also WP:YESPROMO. That you are a paid editor with a conflict of interest makes matters worse, not better. Lobbing a personal attack makes it even less likely you'll be unblocked. Regardless, I see no path forward for you to continue editing about Law, given these problems. Yamla (talk) 12:56, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

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I note that you came very close to a legal threat above("I get that other law firms paid editors to get listed and the Korean FTC is not pleased when this occured with NamuWiki. Lets see what happens."). Legal threats are not permitted. If you have evidence that other law firms paid editors to contribute about them and those editors failed to disclose that status, please see WP:REPORTPAID. 331dot (talk) 15:03, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

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