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Speedy deletion nomination of Chris Cole – Broadcaster

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Nomination of Chris Cole (broadcaster) for deletion

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Hello SmartSE. Thank you for this information which is a good reminder of Wiki policies. I have been a Wikipedia contributor for over 10 years now and have never been paid for my contributions. I do this as a hobby and for lifetime learning purposes. ie.to learn how to be a better writer from fellow editors. I have been dormant for some time, but would like to get back into mastering a different writing style to journalism / PR. Once I have confidence I may start accepting paid work and will of course adhere to the policies you have outlined.

April 2023

Hello MediaWatch. 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 compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. 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 very 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 extremely 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:MediaWatch. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=MediaWatch|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. SmartSE (talk) 14:52, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello SmartSE. Thank you for this information which is a good reminder of Wiki policies. I have been a Wikipedia contributor for over 10 years now and have never been paid for my contributions. I do this as a hobby and for lifetime learning purposes. ie.to learn how to be a better writer from fellow editors. I have been dormant for some time, but would like to get back into mastering a different writing style to journalism / PR. Once I have confidence I may start accepting paid work and will of course adhere to the policies you have outlined. MediaWatch 15:39, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It’s doubtful that an account creates two promotional articles out of the blue after more than two years of inactivity. You created the article Rune Sovndahl with an edit summary that reads “I created this page as I was fascinated by the success of this London entrepreneur and the amount of publicity he was receiving in the media”, which is unlikely as none of the sources and media coverages are recent. Fancy Refrigerator ^(talk) 16:32, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I created the second one because the first one was flagged as being an orphan MediaWatch 22:15, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You are suspected of sockpuppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, then, if you wish to do so, respond to the evidence at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fantastic Services. Thank you. Fancy Refrigerator ^(talk) 16:04, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I only have one Wikipedia account and have had it for over 10 years. MediaWatch 22:15, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Fantastic Services for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of Rune Sovndahl

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A tag has been placed on Rune Sovndahl requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rune Sovndahl (entrepreneur). When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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April 2023

Your account has been blocked indefinitely for advertising or promotion and violating the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. This is because you have been making promotional edits to topics in which you have a financial stake, yet you have failed to adhere to the mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a form of conflict of interest (COI) editing which involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is strictly prohibited. Using this site for advertising or promotion is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.

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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).

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Request reason:

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to request my account to be unblocked. I have been a Wikipedia contributor for about 12 years using this one and only account. I have never been paid for any of my writing/ editing here so I was shocked to be blocked indefinitely some weeks ago. However I fully understand the reasons and concerns as to why this happened. I have also learnt so much from this process and the research that it has initiated. Of course I now realise I have a lot to learn when it comes to writing articles that summarise accepted knowledge and neutrality. I completely get the need for reliable sources and thought I did my best to cite good sources, however I see now interview articles even from a reputable State broadcaster are not always acceptable. I confirm I have read and understand the Terms of Use and Paid Editing Disclosure requirements. I realise now that it looks very much like there is a COI here and I should have followed the right steps to avoid this. ie I attempted to resurrect articles that had already been deleted which was stupid. Instead of just going ahead and publishing them I should have followed Wikipedia's collaborative procedures and presented them as 'Articles for Creation'. I promise to do that in future. My motivation is to be a better writer that doesn't write material that comes across as promotional or advertising in any way. Please give me another chance to learn. Once I have developed these skills I could possibly explore becoming a paid editor in future although that is unlikely now. I need to reestablish my confidence as a voluntary contributor primarily. Should I have the opportunity to do any paid for writing in future, I would fully acknowledge any potential employer on my Talk Page as per the Wiki protocol to safeguard public confidence. I would also only propose changes on talk pages so they can be peer reviewed first. And I would not review any article personally where I have stated paid advocacy. In future, now that I have a better understanding I intend to make a positive contribution in keeping with the framework of encyclopaedic content Wikipedia upholds. My apologies for my lack of experience and sincere promise that I will work within the rules, should I be unblocked.

Decline reason:

I'm sorry, but after reviewing your recent contributions, then to be frank, I do not believe what you are saying here. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 09:21, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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