Welcome edit

 
Welcome!

Hello, Joseph R Sumaili, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:

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May 2020 edit

  Hello, I'm Robby.is.on. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Hakainde Hichilema, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Robby.is.on (talk) 09:33, 19 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Cavendish University Zambia. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 23:41, 19 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia and copyright edit

  Hello Joseph R Sumaili, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Chreso University have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

  • You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
  • Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Moneytrees🌴Talk🌲Help out at CCI! 21:49, 20 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks but do i have to site everything or you just want to make me lose my editing abilities. Let's say you're Moneytrees others call you trees or Money is it wrong for some to call you neyt Yesterday i edited about Hakahinde Hichilema HH i added '''Bally''' since everyone is calling him that nowadays and it's a fact you removed you needed more sources for what? When i had even quoted one already Joseph R Sumaili (talk) 22:16, 20 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi Joseph. Yes, something like that definitely needs a citation and you didn't include one here which is why I reverted your addition. The nickname is not common knowledge like, for example, "water is wet". Kind regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 22:27, 20 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Chreso University edit

 

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A tag has been placed on Chreso University 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 company, corporation or organization that 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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Speedy deletion edit

Hi sir/madam i had wrongly accessdated some of my links i had sited on my new article Chreso University and you listed if for somespeedy depletion since now i have corrected my mistakes will it still be deleted? Joseph R Sumaili (talk) 00:23, 21 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi Joseph R Sumaili - to take your article out of the firing line while you work on it I've moved it to draft space, and it is now at Draft:Chreso University. Once you're happy that it's ready - bearing in mind the contents of Help:Your first article and Wikipedia:Notability, particularly the importance of independent references - it is easy to submit it for consideration. Ingratis (talk) 00:47, 21 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Joseph Sumaili edit

 

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September 2020 edit

  Hello, Joseph R Sumaili. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Joseph Sumaili, 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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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. --John B123 (talk) 21:59, 13 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

I understand your concerns it's now that i have known how to site "citations" on wikipedia no personal websites or social networks but Journals , Magazines , Newspaper , and Books Joseph R Sumaili (talk) 08:54, 13 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Joseph Sumaili edit

 

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A tag has been placed on Joseph Sumaili 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 real person or group of people that 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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Your draft article, Draft:Joseph Rodgers Sumaili edit

 

Hello, Joseph R Sumaili. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Joseph Rodgers Sumaili".

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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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 21:13, 13 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Joseph R Sumaili edit

 

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Joseph R Sumaili, 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, group, product, service, person, or point of view 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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Contested deletion edit

This page focus on this zambian user

In user page, it works as an introduction to you as a user. In draft space, it implies that you, as a person, are advertising your services. I've removed the deletion tag in conjunction with the move. —C.Fred (talk) 20:16, 22 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hoaxes edit

Please don't create hoaxes, like you did with Michael Lwandi Kaingu and his addition to other pages. Fram (talk) 11:18, 1 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Final warning: if you continue to add Michael Lwandi Kaingu to articles, you are likely to get blocked. Looking at your draft, this seems to be somewhat based on the real Michael Liwanga Kaingu, but with nearly all details wrong (middle name, year of birth, all positions he held, his predecessors and successors in these positions, ...). Find good sources, and then write an article that accurately reflects these sources; not this "looks-plausible-but-is-all-wrong" effort. Fram (talk) 15:50, 1 June 2021 (UTC)Reply
Repeating what Fram just said: Find good sources. The sources you have been adding to the article have invalid links: if you just got the information from them, I should likewise be able to go to the sites and verify the info. —C.Fred (talk) 18:21, 1 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Joseph R Sumaili edit

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Speedy deletion of Draft:Joseph R Sumaili edit

 

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October 2021 edit

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Concern regarding Draft:Michael Liwanga Kaingu edit

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Joseph R Sumaili/sandbox edit

 

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