User talk:Oshabe Alex
Hi, Oshabe Alex. I see you have created the article Kefas Brand (film actor) by moving the redirect Rodney Kefas Namisi to that title. As I'm sure you are aware, there used to be an article Kefas Brand, which was deleted via Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kefas Brand and then recreated several times. Because of the recreations, I creation-protected Kefas Brand. That is presumably the reason you used a different title when you created a new article about Kefas Brand. However, your title, with the parenthesis (film actor) doesn't fit Wikipedia's principles; disambiguation with a parenthesis should only be used when there are several article subjects with the same name. I don't want to prevent you from creating the article, since it's reasonably different from the article that was deleted. Therefore, I've removed the protection and moved yours to Kefas Brand. It's pretty likely to be nominated for deletion again, since the sources are rather weak, but still, now it exists again.
I also feel I should ask you if you have any connection with Kefas Brand, since there has been such pressure to get an article about him into Wikipedia (with three different titles!). If you have an external relationship with people, you have written about on Wikipedia, 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:
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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Bishonen | tålk 22:37, 6 November 2024 (UTC).
Nomination of Kefas Brand for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kefas Brand (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.--IWI (talk) 13:23, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bash Luks until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.Bishonen | tålk 20:38, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
Please answer this message before you edit further
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Hello Oshabe Alex. The nature of your edits, especially your creation of the highly promotional articles Kefas Brand and Bash Luks which are now both at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, 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:Oshabe Alex. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Oshabe Alex|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. Bishonen | tålk 20:48, 7 November 2024 (UTC).
- Hey Bishonen,
I wanted to take a moment to clarify something that seems to have come up in our discussions. It's important for me to emphasize that I’m not directly or indirectly compensated for creating Wikipedia articles. My contributions to Wikipedia are purely voluntary and stem from a passion for sharing knowledge and helping others access reliable information.
The platform thrives on the efforts of individuals who believe in its mission, and I’m one of many who choose to contribute out of interest and a desire to make information freely available to everyone. I hope this clears up any misunderstanding!
Thanks for understanding! Oshabe Alex (talk) 21:15, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
Blocked as a sockpuppet
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- I want to clarify that I am not a sockpuppet of User:Ruth Nandera. I operate independently and do not have any connection or affiliation with that specific user. My contributions and perspectives are solely my own. Oshabe Alex (talk) 21:34, 12 November 2024 (UTC)