Unblock request Please advise on way forward. I'm neither a paid editor nor connected to subjects. 2 accounts were only for convenience purposes in case I forgot passwords and still wanted to continue with edits without having to always request new passwords.I'm not a socket and only knew what it was when my accounts were blocked. What's the way forward? Should I create a new account? Thanks in advance

Your submission at Articles for creation: Wits School of Economic and Business Sciences (December 23) edit

 
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sir Wicknell (January 2) edit

 
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Advice: what you need to do is to write a substantial article covering the subject thoroughly, and supported by references providing substantial coverage from third-party independent reliable sources, not press releases or mere announcements .. If you can't find the necessary references,the subject is not yet ready for an article. DGG ( talk ) 15:17, 4 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Sir Wicknell. Thanks! KJP1 (talk) 18:06, 4 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Tinashe chuchu (January 6) edit

 
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RJ Thomas 12:55, 13 January 2018 (UTC) I noticed you also edited CNBC Africa page. This needs a lot more work to flesh out the details of their hosts and regular shows. The challenge for me is that there's no other notable sources referring to them. Most Google News sources are themselves. Do you want to collaborate? User:ramonthomas

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Hi DPL bot i'm not sure i'm the one who added a link that affected the Against All Odds page. What I did was to add a regular CNBC AFRICA contributor Tinashe ChuchuJakelewis2 (talk) 12:36, 18 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Mugabe Family (March 3) edit

 
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Mugabe Family (May 4) edit

 
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Your draft article, Draft:Mugabe Family edit

 

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Thanks for message. It's not as simple as that. You said However, the whole point of Wikipedia is to write on a subject that is of interest to readers, but that's not right. We are an encyclopaedia and articles must meet our notability guidelines, not your opinion of what you think is popular. Furthermore, most of the article isn't actually about the topic, but is original research where you have selected a list of people and created what is essentially a gossip page about them, rather than about the phrase "Zim Celebrities"

We need independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that the topic meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the subject organisation company, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting self-made claims or interviews. Few, if any, of your sources refer to the phrase you have selected as your topic, such as when it was first used and by whom. Even if your refs are accepted as reliable sources, which some or not (my browser stopped me accessing Youth Village for security reasons) they are misused. For example, Genius Kadungure... was considered to be the most flamboyant celebrity in Zimbabwe is an anonymous opinion based on nothing; a statement like that needs to be derived from a newspaper or radio vote, not a random opinion. Pokello rose to global fame is an unsourced opinion. He is believed to be worth $288 000 000 ref doesn't exist. Many other refs are quoting a person talking about themselves, or are the writer giving personal opinions.

I think it's difficult to show why your phrase is notable in its own right, what we end up with is a Hello magazine mish-mash of celebrity gossip. the people may be notable, your phrase isn't Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:48, 21 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

 
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Request reason:

Request for unblocking account. This account has contributed good articles to Wikipedia. The second reason is that having multiple articles on Wikipedia is not illegal. It allowed me to contribute more and was convenient. However, if you feel the use of the accounts were abusive at least explain what was done wrong so that I don't repeat the mistake. I don't know your reason for doing this but I assume you noticed similar edits which is very common on Wikipedia especially were blue links are involved. If you still decide to keep this block on it would be unfair as I have fought vandalism check the article "Somzi Mhlongo" (my anti-vandalism edit) that I saved from serious vandalism. I have contributed a lot of time to Wikipedia and have not voted illegally using multiple accountsJakelewis2 (talk) 13:04, 23 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

Clear violations of WP:SOCK. There's substantial overlap in the editing of both accounts. Yamla (talk) 13:27, 23 December 2018 (UTC)Reply


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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).

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Request reason:

I understand the reason for the unblock now. I will only use one account from now on to prevent the overlap you mentioned from happening. The overlap was not done with intent to cause any vandalism. Thus the violations to Wikipedia were done unintentionally. Please kindly unblock the account and your consideration will be greatly appreciated. Thank you Jakelewis2 (talk) 06:02, 24 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

So sorry. I cannot unblock you at this time. Could you please enlighten us as to why you were editing from more than one account? Have you any connections with the subjects about which you wrote? I see some indications of WP:UPE. Have you been paid or received some other inducement for editing Wikipedia? If so, please read and heed WP:COI and WP:PAID. What other accounts have you used to edit or coordinated with off-Wiki? If this not your original account, you will need to appeal from your original account as sockpuppets are rarely if ever unblocked. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 15:59, 27 December 2018 (UTC)Reply


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