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User name policy

Your user name gives the impression that your account represents a government. Since that is not allowed by Wikipedia policy you must not continue to edit using this name. You can request a change of user name by following this link. Breaking sticks (talk) 21:57, 26 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

May 2018

There have been two problems with this account: 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 or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

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This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

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

Request reason:

Hello. Please change my username to this as Hudaria is the village I am from and Viki is my nickname (Waqar). I am not promoting or advertising anything. Just contributing to Wikipedia. Thank you. --PakGov (talk) 22:17, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Renamed. Issues addressed -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 23:54, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Non-admin comment Are you affiliated with the Pakistan Government in any way? (i.e. are you a government officer, or do you work with or for the Pakistan government in any way? Even if you are just a clerk, you still need to disclose it if you could have a conflict of interest) If so, you need to disclose it immediately, especially if you are being compensated for those edits. Also, do read up on the various Wikipedia pages relating to a conflict of interest and promotional editing. You are also strongly advised against editing anything related to the Pakistan government if you do work for them, instead, please submit an edit request if you find any glaring errors. Rob3512 _chat? ^{what I did} 12:56, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Hello Rob3512. I do not work for the Pakistan Government at all. I just formed the name PakGov initially because my edits were concerning the Local government in Pakistan. The current information on Wikipedia is wrong, since in 2015 changes were made to local government. Basically I couldn't think of any other name when creating my account to be honest. I can assure you I'm not a employee, clerk or related in anyway to any government ministry, department or political party. --PakGov (talk) 17:06, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Longhair: Which edits were so promotional as to require a block, beyond the username? I'm not seeing anything obvious, though admittedly I've only looked at the 50 most recent and even those I've only skimmed. —Cryptic 23:22, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Now you mention it, I'm not able to find the promo edits.-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 03:47, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My concerns were more along the lines of a username possibly representing the Government of Pakistan editing government related articles. I agree I perhaps should have suggested a username change in this instance and apologise for any overreaction on this occasion. I acted in good faith without checking fine detail but the initial thoughts were a gov associated person editing gov related articles. I hope this help and I wish this user well. -- Longhair\^talk 23:51, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

renamed

globally renamed PakGov to HudairaViki. Someone else will address the unblock.-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 23:08, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Edit-warring on Districts of Pakistan

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Hi Mar4d. Could you please intervene here and see the edits on Districts of Pakistan, which the user above is clearly making a mess of. Thank you. --HudairaViki (talk) 18:23, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing ping to Mar4d. – Uanfala (talk) 18:33, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please, read up WP:CANVASS, BTW, I do not mind Mar4d's intervention! Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 18:42, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You keep making changes to other pages such as Lahore District and Rawalpindi without providing any sources. Can you please stop and revert yourself until you provide a source. People here on Wikipedia do not know if your changes are right unless you provide a source. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 19:19, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The source is right here.[1] I've also provided it on the Local government in Punjab. I would suggest before hastily making reverts, that you familiarize yourself with how local government works in Pakistan...in particular in each province since each province has its own version of it. Thank you. --HudairaViki (talk) 20:01, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Add the source inside the article when you make your change to which this source applies so your changes are not considered unsourced. Although this source is primary but I will accept it, others might not be that flexible. There is no need for anyone to familiarize with the subject before editing a subject. That is the beauty of Wikipedia. We ensure through sources whether information is correct or not. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 20:20, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I was mentioned here if not mistaken. Perhaps I can be if help. What exactly seems to be the issue here. Summarize it clearly for me and i'll see what I can do to resolve this issue.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 21:26, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Ways to improve List of news channels in Pakistan

Hi, I'm Boleyn. HudairaViki, thanks for creating List of news channels in Pakistan!

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Read WP:BATTLE and avoid making this edit. My Lord (talk) 16:12, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Government works in Pakistan are protected by copyright for 50 years. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:48, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sources and communication

Hello, can you please respond to my last message? Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 14:51, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You've continued to edit, but haven't responded to my last two messages - can you pelase respond? Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 15:37, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry...I was on mobile Wiki. Must have missed your messages. I will get the sources and add it this weekend. --HudairaViki (talk) 12:30, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]