Mike1234554321

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Happy editing! Iwilsonp (talk) 04:40, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Herbert Weiss (journalist) (May 1)

Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by Sulfurboy was: This submission is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: Wikipedia has zero interest in helping publish someones press release. There is absolutely nothing neutral or formal about this. Considerable WP:NPOV and WP:NOTPRESSRELEASE issues that would require WP:TNT to fix. As such, this is rejected.

Sulfurboy (talk) 09:14, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

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Concern regarding Draft:Herbert Weiss (journalist)

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 18:01, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Herbert Weiss (journalist)

Hello, MotifPublisher. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Herbert Weiss".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:28, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

April 2024

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because your account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. Also, your username gives the impression that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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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).

Mike1234554321 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I seem to be accused of using this account for self promotion and of being paid for the wiki edits I submitted. Frankly, that's a little offensive. I'm familiar with the rules and am pretty sure I'm not breaking any of them. I'm not being paid, and the only updates I've ever made with this account are on behalf of a prolific elderly journalist who is just not good with tech. This last update that got me banned was for relocating a paragraph that was already published and updating the number of articles he's had published. While the name of the magazine where I work does appear in my user name (Motif - it's derived from my email address) and I will change usernames in the future, since this seems excessively problematic, nothing I've done is self-promotion -- I never even created a wikipedia page for the magazine, and certainly am not promoting it. Herb, the journalist whose info I updated, doesn't work here and hasn't had a submission in many years. I don't see the conflict in helping him out - he's just a nice guy who happens to hold wikipedia in high esteem. I would love some clarity/insight on why someone thinks I'm in error, and why I'm accused of being paid when I'm not. MotifPublisher (talk) 21:31, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

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Please read the guide to appealing blocks for more information. Yamla (talk) 19:01, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

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Please place new posts at the bottom; this may be easier to do by clicking "edit" and not "reply"(the reply feature is imperfect for several reasons, including making it harder to post something at the bottom). 331dot (talk) 08:59, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

We can change your username right now if you tell us what you want to change it to. I just want to make sure I understand- you say you work for Motif, but that writing about this journalist was not part of your job duties and he himself did not compensate you for doing this? 331dot (talk) 09:03, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Correct on all points. I really don't care what the user name is. MotifPublisher (talk) 09:06, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

We can't pick a name for you, you will need to tell us what you want. Even if you are not compensated by anyone, you still have a conflict of interest with regards to this journalist. We're going to want to see some edits unrelated to this conflict of interest before permitting you to further edit about him(if that's still your intention after four years).

The promotion claim comes from the content that was on your user page as well, "Motif is Rhode Island's arts and entertainment information resource, which includes Motif Magazine, a free print publication, motifri.com and a number of digital video channels and social media properties. The publisher from 2012 - present is Mike Ryan of Providence, RI." 331dot (talk) 09:33, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't understand the conflict. Are professional journalists not allowed to contribute to wikipedia? The information is accurate, I just don't understand why that would be a conflict.

Is there a way to find out what usernames are taken. I am fine with a randomly generated one, or mike1234567890987654321 or something like that. MotifPublisher (talk) 09:40, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

You may run a potential choice through Special:CentralAuth; if no results come up, the choice is available.

It's not your specific career that is the problem, since you say you aren't editing as part of your job and not editing about your employer. Articles are typically written by independent editors; they do so without permission from, or even the knowledge of, the subject in most cases. This helps to ensure a neutral point of view. You say you wrote your draft on behalf of the subject- that is a clear conflict of interest. The draft was only deleted due to inactivity and can be restored- but you will need to agree to submit the draft for a review when you feel it's ready and agree to formally disclose the conflict of interest as WP:COI instructs. If there are other topics you want to edit about, it would help to tell us those, too. 331dot (talk) 09:53, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Ah. Yes, I do know the guy, and while I wrote it, I fact checked it with him. Never occurred to me that was a conflict. Thanks for explaining, and thanks for your time.

mike1234554321 seems to be available as a user name.

I don't expect to be submitting any other specific content any time soon. MotifPublisher (talk) 10:37, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

• Renamed. HJ Mitchell I would appreciate knowing any thoughts you have on this. Thanks 331dot (talk) 10:46, 4 May 2024 (UTC)