In the news

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Hey. The best place to start is here Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates doktorb wordsdeeds 09:47, 21 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Prince Ukpong Akpabio (May 18)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Qwerfjkl was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
 Qwerfjkl | 𝕋𝔸𝕃𝕂  (please use {{reply to|Qwerfjkl}} on reply) 21:17, 18 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Edyreuben! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! ― Qwerfjkl | 𝕋𝔸𝕃𝕂  (please use {{reply to|Qwerfjkl}} on reply) 21:17, 18 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Prince Ukpong Akpabio (June 4)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Greenman was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
Greenman (talk) 19:36, 4 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Prince Ukpong Udo Akpabio II

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  Hello, Edyreuben. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Prince Ukpong Udo Akpabio II, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 17:03, 11 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Prince Ukpong Akpabio

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  Hello, Edyreuben. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Prince Ukpong Akpabio, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Your draft article, Draft:Prince Ukpong Udo Akpabio II

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Hello, Edyreuben. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Prince Ukpong Udo Akpabio II".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 17:09, 11 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Prince Ukpong Akpabio

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Hello, Edyreuben. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Prince Ukpong Akpabio".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 22:43, 4 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Prince Ukpong Akpabio II moved to draftspace

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An article you recently created, Prince Ukpong Akpabio II, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) In addition, there appears to be a WP:UPE or WP:COI conflict. Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, and have addressed the UPE/COI issue, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Please do not move into mainspace yourself. Onel5969 TT me 12:33, 11 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Please unblock my account

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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).

Edyreuben (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

My account has a Global Block but I am using any VPN or proxy, please unblock user:Edyreuben IP Address: 84.254.172.128 Reuben 08:49, 13 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

You will have to stop using your P2P proxy if you wish to edit here. I have confirmed that Ip address belongs to a P2P proxy. Yamla (talk) 11:25, 13 March 2022 (UTC)Reply


If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Yamla I am using my office secure WiFi, could this be the issue? How do I resolve this please Edyreuben (talkcontribs)

Maybe. You are using a P2P proxy, see the spur.us report. --Yamla (talk) 12:48, 13 March 2022 (UTC)Reply


Hello Yamla, can you please confirm if my current network is okay for editing. I am connecting using my phone USB tethering. I was creating a new article but cannot continue because of this block. Please help out. Thank you. Edyreuben (talkcontribs)

I can confirm you are still using IP addresses flagged as P2P proxies, unfortunately. Template:Blocked p2p proxy has more information. --Yamla (talk) 11:44, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Yamla I guess I can't use my office network to edit. I'll get mobile data then. Is it possible to lift the block when I when none P2P network? Reuben 11:49, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
Once you move to a non-proxy, it may take up to 24 hours for the block to clear, or the block may clear immediately. Either way, nothing here is trying to target you. You are an editor in good standing, it's just that a lot of IP addresses in your general area are sold as P2P proxies. Once you are on a "clean" IP address, you'll be able to edit (perhaps after waiting up to 24 hours). --Yamla (talk) 12:16, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
I'll get mobile data this evening when I'm done at work. I hope all get well after then. Thank you @Yamla for the assistance Reuben 13:04, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Yamla Thank you for all the assistance. I am using a "clean" IP address now and like you said, I can edit. Your feedback has been useful 👍 Reuben 02:26, 15 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
Glad to hear. Happy editing! --Yamla (talk) 10:16, 15 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Please check for Deprecated sources for me

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Yamla (talk) Please can you check for Deprecated sources for me in this article. I am finding it hard to spot them out Reuben 10:05, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
No. I don't work in that area. Also, I moved your article back to User:Edyreuben/sandbox because it definitely didn't belong in the Wikipedia talk namespace. Be warned, you have specifically claimed you personally own the copyright to File:Partik at Geneva.png, File:Pratik in London.png, and File:Pratik signature1.png. If you are Pratik Gauri, you should not be writing about yourself and probably falsely claim copyright ownership on the two pictures of yourself, which presumably were taken by someone else. If you are not Pratik Gauri, you are probably falsely claiming copyright ownership on the signature. Either way, this places the entire project in jeopardy; please immediately clean up the ownership of these three files before editing anything else. --Yamla (talk) 11:24, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Yamla I have permission to use the pictures from the direct photographer. How do you advise that I proceed? Reuben 11:30, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
In almost all cases, that means you can't use the photographs here and certainly means you can't claim ownership. See WP:COPYRIGHT. Also, if you are in direct contact with the subject, you probably have a conflict of interest. See WP:COI. You must declare this and should generally refrain from writing about subject areas for which you have a conflict. --Yamla (talk) 11:32, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
Guide me please, should i ask the photographer to upload the image himself before I can use? I am not connected to the subject but I searched and founded a photographer that has his true pictures, that is where I got the pictures with full consent to use them independently. How do I reconcile this please? Reuben 11:41, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

March 2022

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Hello Edyreuben. 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:Edyreuben. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Edyreuben|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. Celestina007 (talk) 17:06, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Celestina007 This is not a paid article. My reason for searching out for the subject's picture was because all the once I online was not allowed on Wikipedia; this is why I searched and found a contact "a photographer" who had pictures of the subject and was willing to give it out and consented for me to use it on Wikipedia. I had found the subject worthy of having a page on Wikipedia after listening to one of his TEDx talks. Reuben 17:18, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
so, how does that make the image "your own work"? ─ The Aafī (talk) 17:27, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
I'm open to correction. What should I do to get this right? I had thought since he has given consent that I could use it Reuben 17:29, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
Is that so? What consent? Never mind but I honestly do not believe your story but AGF. Please answer this, in what capacity are you acquainted with the editors named Amosflash, Deplug1, Eddysocial and St theresa01? Celestina007 (talk) 17:40, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
I don't know any of them Reuben 17:45, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
And I observed that there were some attempt to create a Wikipedia account with the same title Pratik Gauri Reuben 17:47, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Celestina007 I have observed that you are checking on the Wofia Samuel Before now, I have been always uploading image on Wikicommons using myself as owner. I thought since the image don't have a copy right disclaimer that it was possible to use them. I do not have any personal relationship with any of the subject I edit their article Reuben 18:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

I have received all reviews on my image uploads. I think I better understand what to do now. I'll have to get copyright clearance for these images

Your submission at Articles for creation: Pratik Gauri (March 17)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by RPSkokie were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
RPSkokie (talk) 18:10, 17 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

March 2022

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or self-promoting in violation of the conflict of interest and notability guidelines.
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 ~~~~}}.  MER-C 19:42, 17 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
 
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).

Edyreuben (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

My language may not have portrayed objectivity about the subject and with not sufficient references for which I accept. I am going to rework on the article and abide more by the rules. I did not in no way considered to use the article as a promotional tool for the subject. Please do consider unblocking me Reuben 20:03, 17 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:


If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Unblock account request

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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).

Edyreuben (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

I have not used my account to for commercial purpose. I only tried creating a new article but my language wasn't the best fit for which i have taken note as pointer out by RPSkokie I guarantee to abide the all policies of Wikiopedia Reuben 21:07, 17 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

There are too many questions here to consider unblocking. 331dot (talk) 09:45, 18 March 2022 (UTC)Reply


If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

  • Note: Please note that this is a WP:SLEEPER and a probable alternate account for a blocked or banned editor. They have exhibited that they are an SPA promo account possibly engaging in socking, please see their extensive history of spamming and socking here. Curb Safe Charmer & TheAafi have also shared data that this account is spurious, I wouldn’t suggest unblocking anytime soon. Celestina007 (talk) 00:42, 18 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
this is not an alternate account neither has it been intentionally used for spamming and stocking. Yes, the previous activity logs for the account have suggested otherwise but I can say without doubt that it was out of ignorance and poor guidance. While I'm not suggesting immediate unblocking but truly request that the infinite block be reviewed to a suspension period. I love Wikipedia and don't want to lose the privilege of being an editor Reuben 01:07, 18 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
It is interesting that you can use very peculiar words like “infinite” especially since you have barely 130 edits believe me when I say certain Master editors do not even know what that means in relation to a block, but okay, whatever you say & lastly I also do not appreciate this, It is borderline dog whistling. Celestina007 (talk) 16:20, 21 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
My edits was still counting before my not deliberate failure to fully complied with Wikipedia policy for which I've been blocked hence, my appeal for unblock. On borderline dog whistling, it just an attempt to explain my position while accepting my fault. Lastly, Celestina007 do consider my request for unblock. I have learned and won't attempt what I don't understand while editing should you my request meets your acceptance Reuben 22:31, 21 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Prince Ukpong Akpabio II

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  Hello, Edyreuben. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Prince Ukpong Akpabio II, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 04:05, 17 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Pratik Gauri

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Hello, Edyreuben. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Pratik Gauri".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Speedy deletion of Draft:Pratik Gauri

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The page Draft:Pratik Gauri has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seemed to be unambiguous advertising which only promoted a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to have been fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

Please do not recreate the material without addressing these concerns, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If you think this page should not have been deleted for this reason, or you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Liz Read! Talk! 06:52, 20 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Unblock account

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@MER-C can my account @edyreuben be unblocked now? I have served 2 years for erring. Reuben 08:11, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Please make a new unblock request. Time served is not grounds for unblocking. MER-C 20:08, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply