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Your submission at Articles for creation

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Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. The submission has not been accepted because it included copyrighted information, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.


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Your submission at Articles for creation

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Your submission at Articles for creation

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Kiki Omeili, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Daniel K Daniel has been accepted

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Article review

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Hello Pastorflex, Kindly help review this article and make possible recommendations on how to avoid deletion. Expecting a prompt and positive response.

Thank you. Tobi19 (talk) 10:37, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Nomination of Rotimikeys for deletion

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Nomination of ǼLEX for deletion

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Nomination of Nikki Laoye for deletion

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November 2017

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Information icon Hello, I'm Celestina007. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to ǼLEX have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Celestina007 (talk) 01:54, 19 November 2017 (UTC) Noted the firm is however a notable Law Firm in Nigeria, I will work to improve the article and remove any information that may seem promotional. I well aware of Wikipedia guidelines, thank you Celestina007.Pastorflex (talk) 18:52, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Voting for Coordinator for WikiProject Nigeria

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Please join Wikiproject Nigeria

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Hello Pastor. I was recently appointed the lead coordinator of Wikipedia:WikiProject Nigeria. My first task is to ensure long-standing editors like yourself identify with the WikiProject more frequently. Please add yourself to the the section for participants here. On a softer note, thanks for uploading an image for Chioma Akpotha, I have been trying to get images on her for some time now so I can use on the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role article. Please if you can get images for Clarion Chukwura, kindly upload so that all Nigerian actresses that have won AMAA will have photos in the page. Regards. More importantly, please remember to join the participants list. HandsomeBoy (talk) 23:00, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article ǼLEX has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Despite the claims of importance, this is not a notable outfit per NCORP; these mentions by Chambers and some Who's Who don't add up to much.

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Nomination of ǼLEX for deletion

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Your new article Lisa Omorodion

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Hi Pastorflex, I saw your new article on Lisa Omorodion. In the description for the image you added to the article, you stated in the source that "Part of a Photoshoot i did of Lisa". Please can you shed more light on this? Were you employed by her to take the shoot? While I think she passes WP:NACTOR based on the films she has starred in, I think it might be necessary to declare any possible link you have with her in the talkpage for reference purposes. Great job you are doing working on expanding articles central to WikiProject Nigeria. Regards. HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:35, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. Thanks for the reply, I appreciate. Understand better now, continue your good job sir! HandsomeBoy (talk) 17:18, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Just want to state that according to references, you were right about her age, I was carried away by some other factors. HandsomeBoy (talk) 06:35, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Overlinking and wrong date formats

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Hi, UK-related articles: day–month–year.

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A page you started (Olufemi Oguntamu) has been reviewed!

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  • Thank you for your review, will work on upgrading the article as time goes on. thank you Chris troutman.

Pastorflex (talk) 13:51, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve What Just Happened (film)

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Nomination of Stephen Damian for deletion

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Managing a conflict of interest

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Information icon Hello, Pastorflex. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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There is no conflict of interest, as I do not have any connection with the subject, neither am I being paid. I figured he was a notable enough actor in Nigeria and decided to create a page for him. Pastorflex (talk) 18:45, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Managing a conflict of interest

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Information icon Hello, Pastorflex. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Omowumi Dada, 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Pastorflex Can you please explain how nearly every article you've created or contributed to significantly contains a photo you claim as your own work, mostly professional photoshoots and yet in the many years you've been editing, you've not made one single COI declaration? Praxidicae (talk) 17:06, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]


  • :Praxidicae hello, I work in the news/entertainment industry in Nigeria. Occasionally I have the opportunity to meet notable personalities and as a Wikipedia enthusiast, I seek to improve their articles and so I take pictures and search for reportage to improve their pages. I also do professional shoots or if I am involved in their photoshoot, I ask if I can take a picture for my projects at no cost. I do not believe that this is a conflict of interest as I am not paid for the edits and why would I not disclose that information on the first place? Pastorflex (talk) 08:26, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Olufemi Oguntamu.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Olufemi Oguntamu.jpg, which you've attributed to MIDE WEY STUDIOS (see metadata); also, not photographed with a Canon as claimed. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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:Huon hello,I will ask that midey wey sends the email requested. I actually took the picture at the end of the shoot with his camera that's why it carries his metadata, and asked him to send it to me, which is why it's tagged as own work. I hope this suffices. I didn't take note of the camera make and assumed it was a Canon, which is what I tagged. Pastorflex (talk) 08:47, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
See below and Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2019 April 10#File:Omowumi in 2019.jpg. You wrote: "Photographed with my Canon 5D" - that apparently is wrong and you meant to say, "Photographed with Mide Wey's camera, whatever that was"? Taking photos with other photograpers' cameras seems to be something of a hobby of yours. And I really, really don't see how you can claim File:Chioma Wives on Strike.jpg as your own work. Huon (talk) 09:04, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Huon hello, it's not a hobby, but i some times use other people's phone cameras and digital cameras which have better resolutions than mine,its common practice where I'm from, using other people's cameras, with a view to sending the pictures later, it's a favor i have done for several people as well. The photo File:Chioma Wives on Strike.jpg is from the set of "Wives on Strike", an acquaintance Omoni Oboli's movie, who i was interviewing for a blog article. I asked to take selfies with some of the cast, as is the normal case, people would collect the phones and take selfies from different angles and i decided to update China Akpotha's page with the picture from the set. Pastorflex (talk) 11:30, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

April 2019

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File:DeyemiTheActor.jpg says the author is Ed Ace. File:Olufemi_Oguntamu.jpg says the author and copyright holder is Mide Wey (respectively his studio). You claimed to have taken File:Sobe Umeh Charles.jpg with your Canon but the metadata says it was a Samsung. File:Ken Erics on the Guitar.jpg was previously published here. It's obvious that despite your explicit claims you do not own the copyright for many, possibly all, of the images you uploaded. Huon (talk) 17:27, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Also worth noting: File:Chioma Wives on Strike.jpg is uploaded as own work, and it's a selfie of the subject in the article which it appears, File:Lisa Omorodion.jpg is uploaded as own work under the name Anny Robert, File:SamuelAjibola1.jpg is uploaded as own work, copyright holder is Deji Akinpelu and meta data author says Babasola Bamiro, File:RobertPetersonSet.jpg comes from the same series posted here.Praxidicae (talk) 18:32, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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I work in the news/entertainment industry in Nigeria. Occasionally I have the opportunity to meet notable personalities and as a Wikipedia enthusiast, I seek to improve their articles and so I take pictures and search for reportage to improve their pages. I also do professional shoots or if I am involved in their photoshoot, I take photos of them for my project with their permission and at no cost. Sometimes, I may use my device or someone else's phone or camera that I feel is more powerful than mine to get a better picture. I was not aware that I needed to get permission for such work, if so, going forward I promise to do so, as I feel this is a big misunderstanding. Pastorflex (talk) 08:57, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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This absolutely does not convince me you own the copyright for all the items you've uploaded. I strongly believe the only plausible explanation is you've been uploading other people's images. Yamla (talk) 11:50, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]


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  • Yamla it's unfortunate that you have come to that conclusion, which is unfortunately not true. I have been involved in editing on wikipedia articles for a long time and have even encouraged lots of other editors to come on board. Suffice to say, I haven't been uploading other people's images, only pictures i took personally or sanctioned a proxy to take for me or used someone else's phone or camera to take, which is common practice where i am from. Going forward, i would have to be more specific when citing sources of the images, especially when it comes to meta data. A lot of times i would not take into consideration the cameras used or the phones, etc. This on my part, i take responsibility for, but i do not belie i posted any images that i do not have the rights for.Pastorflex (talk) 13:10, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
This is simply not how copyright or metadata work. Praxidicae (talk) 13:55, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Files listed for discussion

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Some of your images or media files have been listed for discussion. Please see Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2019 April 10 if you are interested in preserving their usage.

Thank you. I've nominated not just those three, but all files you uploaded as "own work". Huon (talk) 23:18, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

File:Omowumi in 2019.jpg listed for discussion

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Speedy deletion nomination of Banke Meshida Lawal

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Hello Pastorflex,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Banke Meshida Lawal for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source, probably infringing copyright.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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Onel5969 TT me 22:18, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Adebayo Osinowo

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Orphaned non-free image File:Sunday and Lolade.jpg

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

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Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

  • Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
  • Diversity winner
  • Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for uncreated articles

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Greetings & a great weekend to you all. I believe it would be great if the (Requests for uncreated articles) section in our wiki project can be attended to & at least one article be created this weekend as some requests have been pending since 2016. I believe this would be pivotal to the encyclopedia as a whole & a means to get editors who have gone inactive to revive their Wikipedia activities. Sent by Celestina007. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:26, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Etinosa Idemudia for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Etinosa Idemudia is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap fillers - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

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Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap filler - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap fillers - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

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Greetings,

It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.

Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap filler - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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