User talk:BiologyCommsOxford

Your submission at Articles for creation: Department of Biology, University of Oxford (July 27)

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

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KylieTastic (talk) 12:04, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

I will made edits to source more, can I ask why it doesn't qualify as a wiki article? The two departments it is merging from already have their own wikipedia pages:

Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford

Department of Zoology, University of Oxford BiologyCommsOxford (talk) 16:33, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Hello, BiologyCommsOxford! 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! KylieTastic (talk) 12:04, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must:

• Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
• Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
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{{unblock-spamun|meharvey12345|because my previous username was representative of a group against the user policy}} BiologyCommsOxford (talk) 16:31, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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

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Requested username:

meharvey12345 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

because my previous username was representative of a group against the user policy

Decline reason:

Your username is only one small part of the problem here. You haven't addressed your inappropriate edits. Yamla (talk) 21:20, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Can you please explain what the inappropriate edits are? I am trying to edit in line with new information from the University of Oxford. BiologyCommsOxford (talk) 10:00, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

The inappropriate edits were seemingly promotional, unsourced content with a possible conflict of interest.

For example: "The Department's research spans all levels from molecules to ecosystems, and tackles fundamental problems in food security, plant molecular biology disease biology, evolutionary mechanisms, conservation biology, biodiversity, evolutionary developmental biology, climate change and animal behaviour. This diversity is echoed in the teaching of a broad-ranging and highly regarded undergraduate MBiol degree in biology"

These edits stray from our preferred manual of style, which includes the principle of least shock/surprise/awe and maintaining a neutral point of view. This text, contrary to that, reads like an advertisement.

Hope this helps. mooshberry->talk; 19:30, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for highlighting, I will make edits but please be aware this information was pulled verbatim from existing Wikipedia pages which are preparing to be redirected.

Department of Zoology, University of Oxford

Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford

This should have been corrected now by a friend - can you advise if their additional sources etc are enough to qualify for publishing the draft?

I will now attempt to rename the username again BiologyCommsOxford (talk) 20:29, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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

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Requested username:

meharvey12345 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Previous username not in line with rules and regulations. Response given relating to content of article. BiologyCommsOxford (talk) 20:31, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Decline reason:

You haven't adequately addressed your inappropriate edits and violation of WP:COI and possibly WP:PAID. 331dot (talk) 21:42, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

I will advise you to inform your friend that they should cease editing lest they be blocked themselves as a sockpuppet or meat puppet. 331dot (talk) 21:38, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Thank you - I will ask them to remove their profile! Can you advise if this profile can be unblocked and the page published yet? BiologyCommsOxford (talk) 07:27, 29 July 2022 (UTC)