File:MaliPicS.jpg missing description details edit

Dear uploader: The media file you uploaded as File:MaliPicS.jpg is missing a description and/or other details on its image description page. If possible, please add this information. This will help other editors to make better use of the image, and it will be more informative for readers. If you have any questions please see Help:Image page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:45, 2 June 2009 (UTC)Reply


Freely licensed images edit

 

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Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:45, 2 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

June 2009 edit

  This is the only warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you insert a spam link, as you did to Fonio and other articles, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing their websites from appearing on Wikipedia. Dougweller (talk) 16:12, 3 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Your username edit

Please see WP:SPAMNAME. Note that I have deleted your userpage as obvious advertising, see WP:UP#NOT. Dougweller (talk) 16:22, 3 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Did you read the two links explaining why I took the actions I did? I'm assuming you haven't read them yet, please do. As for the other articles, although I have no reason to think they won't meet our notability criteria, you need to read WP:ORG and not create an article without making sure you don't follow that guideline. You also need to read WP:COI as you have problems there. WP:FIRST gives a lot of guidance, but note that it says "Do not create pages about yourself, your company". Bottom line I think -- read all these links, then go to our Editor Assistance requests noticeboard at WP:EAR and ask what you should do. You also need to make it clear if your account is just for one individual. I'll copy this to your talk page. The other articles are pretty bad really - I'm not saying they should not exist, just that they are not encyclopedic - articles are expected mainly to report what other reliable sources say about the subject and they don't do that at all, for a start. You wouldn't expect to find such articles in an American encyclopedia, would you? Please also note that there are clearly benefits, even if not financial, for you to have links to your website and an article. Dougweller (talk) 15:22, 4 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
 
Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia, because it appears to be mainly intended or used for promotional purposes of a company or group. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.

In addition, accounts are for individuals only, not for companies or groups or other collective editing, and your username should reflect this.

Wikipedia is not a promotion website; this kind of activity is considered spam on Wikipedia, and forbidden by policies, and usernames that appear to be promotional also violate our username policy. Editing on Wikipedia is not intended to be used to promote anyone, or anything, and its use for that purpose will result in blocking of the account involved.

If you feel that there has been a mistake, please appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below or contacting the administrator who has blocked you. Your reason should include a clear response to this issue and a new username you wish to adopt that does not violate our username policy. Please check that your new username has not already been taken here.

--Orange Mike | Talk 20:13, 8 June 2009 (UTC)Reply