User talk:Richardcheese2

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Unblocked

Identity confirmed per OTRS:1874922. You are now unblocked. John Reaves 19:30, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Writing about yourself

Hi Richard,

I see that you've been trying to update the Wikipedia article about yourself. This is a very difficult path to follow safely, and it's generally strongly recommended not to do that. See Wikipedia:Autobiography for more information on this matter.

I've redirected the article back to Richard Cheese, because it seems to me that you are most well-known under that pseudonym. As a new user who is trying to make sense of how to interact with Wikipedia, you might find the Teahouse a good place to find information, so I'll send you an invitation. --Slashme (talk) 10:00, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am signing off for a few days, please don't make too many drastic changes, I'll be back online this weekend.! :) Richardcheese2 (talk) 12:48, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Johnny Aloha

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A tag has been placed on Johnny Aloha, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Updated the Johnny Aloha page. Richardcheese2 (talk) 12:45, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello - Not sure why you had the Johnny Aloha page deleted. Can you please send me the deleted code from the page? The Johnny Aloha CD was released in 2010, it is distributed by an established record label, it is available on iTunes and other online music stores, and includes a duet with famous singer Corey Taylor of the band Slipknot. That seems like reason enough to keep it on Wikipedia. I'd appreciate your consideration in this matter. Thank you. Richardcheese2 (talk) 09:18, 19 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an administrator, so I can't access the text of deleted pages. You can ask User:Bbb23, who deleted the page, but if your intention is to re-create the page, you're going to have a bad time, because it's been deleted twice in one month. You might consider going through WP:AFC, but your reasons why Johnny Aloha is notable aren't convincing: maybe the CD itself is notable, although that's also debatable, but that certainly doesn't make Aloha as a character independently notable.

Another point: you're still persisting in writing about yourself on Wikipedia, and that's a serious concern. I haven't had the time or the energy lately to address the articles that you're working on, but you're certainly too close to the topic to realise just how promotional they look to uninvolved editors. --Slashme (talk) 08:48, 20 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mos Eisley Cantina

As others have pointed out, it is problematic that you're editing articles about yourself and things you're directly involved with - this is generally not recommended due to conflict of interest. I just redirected The Star Wars Cantina to Mos Eisley Cantina but I just noticed your edit summaries on the first page where you said you were providing "correct information." Again, as others have recommended, it would be better to suggest edits on the talk pages of the relevant articles, to let unconnected third party editors assess them and edit as appropriate. It is also better to have The Star Wars Cantina be a redirect to the main article that deals with the song, rather than having more than one article on the same subject, especially as I see a lot of the information is duplicated between the articles. Hope that makes sense.... Mabalu (talk) 01:10, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Johnny Aloha

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A tag has been placed on Johnny Aloha requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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February 2017

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Kendall-K1 (talk) 02:05, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Copy edit of Mark Jonathan Davis article

Hello! I've completed a copyedit of the Mark Jonathan Davis article. (If this is you, I'd mention that I do remember listening to "Rock Me Jerry Lewis" on Dr. Demento.) I found the article to be in pretty good shape and most of my changes were Manual of Style minutia. If you have any questions about that, feel free to ask (but please {{ping}} me for attention).

While I was at it, I checked the edit histories and didn't find the article to be promotional. I'm going to note this by placing {{Connected contributor}} on the article talk page, and will remove the maintenance templates.

I'm not very good at sourcing material, but I found a couple references and added them to the article. It could use quite a bit of additional citation work.

All the best. – Reidgreg (talk) 01:40, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome for the thanks sent. Just a couple notes on your edits to the article on 31 August.

Wikipedia's Manual of Style recommends hyphenating compound modifiers for clarity. I'll specifically mention "morning show writer". If this article was appearing on an entertainment blog, that'd probably be fine. But for a general and international readership, I'm not sure everyone would know what a "morning show" is or how the three words relate to each other. (This is a particular issue when considering machine translation.) A hyphen will associate two of the three words closer together and make it a bit clearer. Consider:

morning show-writer – where "morning" modifies "show-writer". How is uncertain. This could be a person who writes shows in the mornings or a person who writes shows about mornings.
morning-show writer - where "morning-show" modifies "writer". So this is a person who writes for morning shows.

It's a very small point. It's generally good to be consistent in an article, and as morning-show producer is hyphenated, morning show writer should probably also get a hyphen.

received extensive airplay on radio stations and is a popular request on The Dr. Demento Show. Generally, since Wikipedia summarizes information that has appeared in reliable sources, most information should be given in the past tense. I feel present tense is more likely to be challenged, and would require constant updating of sources. It can be problematic given Wikipedia's basic principles.

In general, the article could use more sourcing. If you happen to have a scrapbook of newspaper articles mentioning your work, that'd be a great place to start.

All the best. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:28, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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August 2020

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing certain pages (Richard Cheese) for your conflict of interest. Conflict of interest editors should not directly edit the articles they create, and instead need to use edit requests on the talk page..

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 06:35, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I see that no one has been keeping track of your conflict of interest. Since I see you haven't been told recently: do not directly edit articles you have a conflict of interest with!! Instead, please make edit requests on the talk pages of the articles affected. This includes any article that Richard Cheese or his band could be affiliated with, including adding him to lineups. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 06:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

July 2021

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. HighInBC ^{Need help? Just ask.} 00:30, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have extended your block from just the article about you to the whole site. This is because you have evaded your block by either engaging in sock puppetry or meat puppetry. You have used your twitter to ask others to make edits for you in an area where you are blocked and this is considered proxy editing which is also block evasion.

Please know that we are used to people of various levels of fame sending their fans to push their preferred version of an article. We have the tools to deal with that and it never works. HighInBC ^{Need help? Just ask.} 00:33, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]