RWMIF

February 2022

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

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must:

• Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
• Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
• Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page.

Cullen328 (talk) 16:29, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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

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Requested username:

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Request reason:

I created this username (Mo Ibrahim Foundation) without realising that it violated the guidelines. Thanks for flagging that, it's my first time attempting to edit Wikipedia. I am Robert Watkinson, the Director of Communications at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. I would like to make some factual updates to Mo Ibrahim's page and several other pages relating to the Foundation, as these are currently incorrect or out of date. Thank you, and please let me know if I can provide any further information about who I am and what I am seeking to do to ensure that these Wikipedia pages are accurate and complete.

Decline reason:

Your choice of new username would be acceptable. Please read WP:COI and WP:PAID and tell us how your future edits will be consistent with those policies, as well as any other topics you might edit about as a general contributor. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 17:50, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

@Cullen328

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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

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Requested username:

RWMIF (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I created this username (Mo Ibrahim Foundation) without realising that it violated the guidelines. Thanks for flagging that, it's my first time attempting to edit Wikipedia. I am Robert Watkinson, the Director of Communications at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. I would like to make some factual updates to Mo Ibrahim's page and several other pages relating to the Foundation, as these are currently incorrect or out of date. I have now read both WP:COI and WP:PAID. I will discose my COI, including on my user page. I will also disclose my employer (the Mo Ibrahim Foundation) and that I am making edits on its behalf. My edits will be factual and solely aimed at ensuring that Wikipedia pages relating to Mo Ibrahim, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, and its initiatives, are accurate and complete. I will not be editing any pages that are unrelated to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. I will make use of the 'request_edit' template where necessary. Thank you.

Decline reason:

Procedural decline only. This unblock request has been open for more than two weeks but has not proven sufficient for any reviewing administrator to take action. You are welcome to request a new block review if you substantially reword your request. To be unblocked, you must convince the reviewing administrator(s) that

• the block is not necessary to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, or
• the block is no longer necessary because you
  1. understand what you have been blocked for,
  2. will not continue to cause damage or disruption, and
  3. will make useful contributions instead.

Please read the guide to appealing blocks for more information. Yamla (talk) 11:17, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

user:cullen328 Hello. Would you please review my blocked status, with reference to the clarifications above? Thank you, Robert RWMIF (talk) 16:03, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Because it seems that you are here only to promote your employer, I will decline to unblock. Perhaps another administrator may feel differently. Cullen328 (talk) 17:59, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

globally renamed Mo Ibrahim Foundation to RWMIF

Unblock deferred. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:26, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

user:deepfriedokra Thank you for processing the renaming of 'Mo Ibrahim Foundation' to 'RWMIF'. Could you plesse assist me, as a new contributor to Wikipedia, to understand why my status is still 'Unblock deferred'? I believe that I have now taken all requested steps to have the initial block lifted. Thank you RWMIF (talk) 10:26, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

I don't unblock when the block is for more than just user names. The rest I defer to the unblock team. You will need to convince them you will not make promotional edits . --Deepfriedokra (talk) 12:53, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

user:deepfriedokra Thank you for your response RWMIF (talk) 15:58, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Example

Could you give me a substantive sample edit that you would request were you unblocked without limitation?

Particular focus should be made on the following:

i) The sample edit should be neutrally written, using non-promotional wording ii) The sample edit should be sourced to an independent, secondary source Nosebagbear (talk) 13:07, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your message, i appreciate this follow up.

For example, I propose to update the first three paragraphs as below, which entails (a) providing a more accurate description of the Foundation's activities, (b) removing the reference to London Business School (which no longer applies), and (c) updating the Forbes reference (which is ten years out of date as things stand).

Mohammed "Mo" Ibrahim (Arabic: محمد إبراهيم; born 3 May 1946) is a Sudanese-British billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He worked for several telecommunications companies before founding Celtel, which when sold had over 24 million mobile phone subscribers in 14 African countries. After selling Celtel in 2005 for $3.4 billion, he set up the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to support governance and leadership in Africa, including through the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, which evaluates the governance performance of all 54 African nations.

In 2006 he initiated the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, which awards $5 million to African former heads of state who deliver security, health, education and economic development to their constituents, and democratically transfer power to their successors.

According to the [Forbes billionaires list], Ibrahim is worth $1.2 billion, making him the 2,524^th richest person in the world. Ibrahim was selected for Time Magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ list in 2008 and was ranked first in the 2008 ‘Powerlist’ of influential Black Britons. Ibrahim has pledged to give at least half of his wealth to charity by joining The Giving Pledge. RWMIF (talk) 17:54, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

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• This isn't especially helpful as it doesn't provide any suitable source for a new statement that isn't merely an updated set of the same data Nosebagbear (talk) 14:52, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing. OK, so please see below for a proposed more extensive edit to the page - this time to the section on the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The source for all new information in this section is the Foundation's website (which already features as a source for this page).

In 2006 Ibrahim created the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which is headquartered in London and Dakar, to support governance and leadership in Africa. In 2007, the Foundation inaugurated the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, to recognise outstanding political leadership on the continent, with the first recipient being former president Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique. Nelson Mandela was made an Honorary Laureate. The Prize has so far been awarded a further five times, most recently in 2021 to former president Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger [https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2021/president-mahamadou-issoufou-wins-2020-ibrahim-prize-achievement-african-leadership]

The Foundation publishes the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, which ranks the governance performance of all 54 African countries. The Foundation defines governance as ‘the provision of political, social and economic public goods and services that every citizen has the right to expect from their government, and that a government has the responsibility to deliver to its citizens’. Until 2009, the Index took into account only the 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following a review between 2018 and 2020, an updated version of the Index, incorporating a revised framework and data sources, was launched in 2020. The updated version gives greater prominence to African citizens’ perspectives on governance, which are sourced through surveys conducted in partnership with Afrobarometer.

The Foundation hosts an annual Governance Weekend which brings together prominent players, from across Africa and globally, to discuss issues of importance to Africa’s progress. In 2021, the focus was COVID-19’s impact in Africa. Discussions at the Governance Weekend are informed by research produced by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

The Foundation coordinates a Now Generation Network, a coalition of young and mid-career Africans. It is a pan-African network, with members from 43 African countries and from various sectors and disciplines. Members convene through an annual Now Generation Forum and through regular webinars hosted by the Foundation, through which they contribute youth perspectives on key topics relating to Africa’s development.

The Foundation offers scholarships at University of Birmingham, SOAS, and London Business School. These scholarships are on the topics of governance and state-building at University of Birmingham, governance for development in Africa at SOAS, and an MBA at London Business School. The scholarships are initiated for African students, both master students and postgraduates. The Foundation also provides fellowships to mentor future African leaders in coordination with the International Trade Centre, African Development Bank and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. A fourth fellowship is offered at Chatham House. RWMIF (talk) 18:40, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

(Non-administrator comment) I would strongly recommend reading What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia's policies on external links and secondary sources carefully and then practice editing another article—your COI with the subject means that you should not edit the Mo Ibrahim article directly, even if you can do it perfectly. If you have no desire to edit any other article, and cannot demonstrate that you intend to do so, you won't be unblocked. Matuko (talk) 02:57, 20 March 2022 (UTC)