Mpmagliano

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Mpmagliano/sandbox/Rock Nacional (Oakland-based Band)

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A tag has been placed on User:Mpmagliano/sandbox/Rock Nacional (Oakland-based Band), 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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Your submission at Articles for creation: Rock Nacional (Oakland-based Band) (November 15)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Legacypac was:  The comment the reviewer left 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.

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Legacypac (talk) 01:42, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

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Blocked

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose.

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 ~~~~}}.

– Athaenara ✉ 04:23, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

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).

Mpmagliano (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:

my objective is not and was never to do advertising. As I noted before, I wanted to provide a factual description of my band and album, but understand I'm not popular enough to merit a standalone page. Being blocked indefinitely, however, seems a bit punitive and not merited given my intent. I am also a writer and an attorney and may have contributions to make on other parts of Wikipedia that I would not want to be prevented from offering up to the community. Ultimately, if future submissions aren't up to par, I know the review process will catch that and let me know. Thanks so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mpmagliano (talk • contribs) 18:15, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Decline reason:

This was headed in the right direction and I was close to unblocking your account until I read your comment below, which basically parses as "I won't write about my band into Wikipedia, but can I write about my band into Wikipedia?" That convinces me that, despite your claim that you "may have contributions to make on other parts of Wikipedia", your real purpose here is still to try and get publicity for your band. Yunshui ^雲_水 08:51, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

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Would you agree to not edit about your band to be unblocked? Athaenara do you have any additional concerns? 331dot (talk) 20:15, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

@331dot: This user is the typical COI SPA: a single purpose account with a conflict of interest. The claim that "my objective is not and was never to do advertising" is contradicted by the actual editing: all the edits were designed to use Wikipedia to raise the public profile of a little-known band. Blocks like these are not "punitive" but as a practical matter simply prevent further promotion. That being said, and within the conceptual model of punishment suggested by this user as opposed to our volunteer efforts to keep the encyclopedia spam-free, another admin might decide to reduce the block to time served, so to speak, or reduce it to a few days or one week upon the elapse of which this new user's editing privileges would be as before. – Athaenara ✉ 22:51, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi. I'm happy to agree not to create a page about my band. I still think there is a big difference between raising factual awareness of something, as opposed to marketing it. That said, I understand why my proposed page isn't acceptable at this time, and need not address that further. I do have a question, though. On Wikipedia's page describing the Appalachian song "In The Pines", there is a long, long list that identifies artists who've recorded versions of that standard, a lot of whom are not known bands (a lot are, I realize that). Since I too have recorded a version of that song, can that be noted there or is there a notoriety requirement for that type of list? I understand there wouldn't be a link to the site where the song can be heard or purchased, but is it possible to state the fact my band's version is part of that artistic tradition? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mpmagliano (talk • contribs) 23:37, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Oh, I see the misunderstanding. I wasn't suggesting that I come up with the content -- I was asking whether the content could be proposed and put up per Wikipedia's standards. It was only a question that I was leaving to your guidance and discretion. Again, even in a worse case scenario, I assume that the review standards will catch and reject content that's not per Wikipedia's standards, but to go the extra length to shut down a voice altogether seems like hitting an ant with a hammer. I know it's totally up to you to do what you want here, and certainly appreciate your taking the time to discuss this with me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mpmagliano (talk • contribs) 18:48, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Notability and conflict of interest

Wikipedia only accepts articles about notable subjects - those that have gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time, and are not outside the scope of Wikipedia. We consider evidence from reliable and independent sources to gauge this attention. Specific notability criteria for musicians and ensembles are described at WP:BAND.

Writing about yourself or your work is an inherent conflict of interest. You cannot be an objective judge of your own notability. It is next to impossible to write about yourself from the required neutral point of view, without hint of bias or self-serving intent; and to rely on information taken only from reliable, independent sources and not your own unpublished personal knowledge.

If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be written about according to our policies of notability, verifiablity and neutrality, someone else not connected to you will probably have enough interest to write an article. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 04:31, 15 November 2018 (UTC)