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[[Wikipedia:Guide to deletion]] explains how to properly recommend an article be deleted. Typically, leaving a message on the talk page without following these processes will not result in deletion, and deletion rationales should not be added directly to articles (such as you did [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rudolf_Kern&diff=prev&oldid=1323464725 here]). I would recommend you familiarize yourself with Wikipedia’s [[WP:DEL|deletion policy]] before nominating articles for deletion, and you may find it useful to read ongoing [[WP:AFD|discussions]] to familiarize yourself with the process first. [[User:GorillaWarfare|GorillaWarfare]] (she/her • [[User talk:GorillaWarfare|talk]]) 22:52, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

:I’m just learning how to do this stuff. I’ve only been on here a few days. I’ve been assigned a mentor and given articles to edit. I just thought that article should be deleted because it was not reliably sourced, had COI issues, and the subject of the article was not notable. I didn’t know there was a certain way to do this. I’m just going to refrain from editing for a while, maybe forever. [[User:Carlspackler75|Carlspackler75]] ([[User talk:Carlspackler75#top|talk]]) 23:05, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Please add new career information to Steve Comisar article.

He is an American Criminal, published author, confidence trickster, actor and podcaster.

Comisar hosts and produces the Spotify true crime podcast Scam Junkie.

Comisar has had several supporting acting roles in film and television.

These inclusions are noteworthy as it’s interesting that a famous con man is also an actor and hosts a popular podcast.

Can someone with credentials to edit please assist with this small edit. Carlspackler75 (talk) 18:31, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You should post your suggestions (with reliable sources included) at Talk:Steve Comisar. Schazjmd (talk) 18:09, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I tried but Steve Comisar is blocked to newbies and only allows edits from experienced editors. Can you please:

1. Edit Steve Comisar to include podcast info;

2. Create a new Scam Junkie Podcast article. Carlspackler75 (talk) 20:26, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article is protected by pending changes but you can edit the article’s talk page.The podcast is already mentioned in the article. What independent reliable sources have given the podcast significant coverage? Those are necessary to support that the podcast is notable enough for an article. Schazjmd (talk) 20:29, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just Google: Scam Junkie podcast and see the reliable sources.

While you’re at it can you mention his acting career. Also small, his several supporting roles warrant inclusion of mention to make the article more balanced. I find it interesting that the con man also had a few legit acting roles. See GQ article for referencing.

Career: Con man, extortionist, criminal, author, actor, podcaster.

Yes, all noteworthy, reliably sourced and appropriate, interesting, and makes a well rounded article. Carlspackler75 (talk) 21:00, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you want other editors to make edits for you, you can go to the effort of locating and identifying reliable sources to support them. I will not be responding again here or on the article talk page to your requests.Also, please review the previous conversations at Talk:Steve Comisar. According to an experienced editor who dealt with this previously, “The GQ article mentions that Comisar was on talk shows, but does not mention his acting career. (Appearing on these shows does not count as acting.)” You’ll need better sources to support any addition of acting to the article. Schazjmd (talk) 21:06, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Read the GQ article again and on the last page you’ll see where the producer of Tough Luck, Josh Etting, said that Comisar was not a bad actor, when discussing Comisar having an acting role in the film. Now that you can clearly see this hopefully you can edit his acting in Steve Comisar There you go. Please and thank you. Carlspackler75 (talk) 11:00, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you. Jessicapierce (talk) 21:00, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice. This is very complicated and frustrating for me. I’ll try and get back to you if I hit a snag again Carlspackler75 (talk) 21:24, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Am I doing a little better Jessica? Carlspackler75 (talk) 11:02, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Carlspackler75. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Steve Comisar, 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:

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation‘s terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. —Orange Mike | Talk 17:17, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your message. No, I do not have any type of relationship with Steve Comisar other than I have listened to his podcast Scam Junkie on Spotify for a few years and I decided to do a Google search on him. When I saw his Wikipedia article lacked some career details I tried to edit them in to improve the article. I meant no harm by this and I certainly didn’t mean to violate any rules. I used this experience to learn how to edit articles which I always wanted to do but never tried until now. They assigned me a mentor who gave me advice and I just followed it. I’m sorry if I did anything wrong. I’m just a newbie so I’ll leave the editing to the experienced professionals. It seems that you guys don’t like Comisar and only want his article to portray him as a bad guy and any non-criminal references to him in the article, even if they are true, will be deleted. Now I know so I’ll limit myself to just reading the articles. Lesson learned. Carlspackler75 (talk) 21:41, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Guide to deletion explains how to properly recommend an article be deleted. Typically, leaving a message on the talk page without following these processes will not result in deletion, and deletion rationales should not be added directly to articles (such as you did here). I would recommend you familiarize yourself with Wikipedia’s deletion policy before nominating articles for deletion, and you may find it useful to read ongoing discussions to familiarize yourself with the process first. GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 22:52, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m just learning how to do this stuff. I’ve only been on here a few days. I’ve been assigned a mentor and given articles to edit. I just thought that article should be deleted because it was not reliably sourced, had COI issues, and the subject of the article was not notable. I didn’t know there was a certain way to do this. I’m just going to refrain from editing for a while, maybe forever. Carlspackler75 (talk) 23:05, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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