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Speedy deletion nomination of Kiran kodithala

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A tag has been placed on Kiran kodithala, 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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Conflict of interest

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  Hello, Filokalos1974. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Kiran kodithala, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the COI guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

  • avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
  • propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
  • disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
  • avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
  • do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must 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 WP:PAID).

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you.

Athaenara 00:46, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Kiran Kodithala

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The article Kiran Kodithala has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unnotable person; sources do not make him appear to be major, and his company does not have an article.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. AnUnnamedUser (open talk page) 04:18, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

August 2019

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  Hello, I'm AnUnnamedUser. I noticed that you recently removed content from Kiran Kodithala without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. AnUnnamedUser (open talk page) 04:31, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Blocked

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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 07:32, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

 
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).

Filokalos1974 (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

If you look at my past contributions, you'll see that I have done much more over the years than the posts I tried to create yesterday. I am not connected with Kiran Kodithala or N2N Services in any way, or being compensated by them or by anyone else. I was approached by a friend of mine who knew I had edited Wikipedia articles in the past, who asked me to be an impartial editor for an article she was writing about a friend of hers who is involved in a lot of nonprofit work, Kiran. From the feedback we got about the post about Kiran (see above), it said we needed to cite higher quality sources, and that his company needed a page as well, to prove he was notable enough. So I added an article about him in Forbes as a source, and then created a page about his company to link to him. I am sorry if I misunderstood what was allowed or what was needed - can you please advise me as to what I should do to get unblocked, and if possible, how it would be possible for me or someone else to help my friend? Thank you. Filokalos1974 (talk) 12:32, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

You clearly stated you are directly related to Kodithala and N2N Services by noting that you owned the copyright to File:Kiran-kodithala.png. So either you were lying there or you are lying here. You'll need to clarify that if you write another unblock request. Yamla (talk) 12:56, 14 August 2019 (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).

Filokalos1974 (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

Ack, I didn't realize that would cause an issue! My friend gave me that image and said it was fine to upload it into the Commons under my own name - she didn't know how to do it herself, and asked me to handle it since I had an account already and everything. I'm sorry that caused a problem. I obviously went about this whole thing in the wrong way - is there a legitimate way for me to help my friend? We read some articles about needing an impartial editor, etc., and thought we were doing it correctly, but should I tell her to go about it a different way? Should she just make her own account and declare her connection to Kiran? Or what would be the best way to handle this? Filokalos1974 (talk) 13:27, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

The best way to handle this would be to read WP:BIO and understand that the subject does not meet our notability requirements. To be unblocked, you're going to need to explicitly agree to not make further promotional edits for yourself or on anyone else's behalf. OhNoitsJamie Talk 13:47, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Reply


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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Filokalos1974 (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

OK. I agree not to make promotional edits for myself or on anyone's behalf. Sorry for being dense about how it all works! Filokalos1974 (talk) 14:25, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Accept reason:

I am unblocking you given your agreement to not make promotional edits. Welcome back. 331dot (talk) 00:12, 19 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

So what will you edit about if unblocked? 331dot (talk) 21:22, 15 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

I'll continue to edit pages about Germanic family histories, genealogies, etc. - if you look at my past contributions, you'll see that's what I've primarily done here over the years. Like I mentioned above, I was just trying to help out a friend here, didn't realize it'd cause such a problem, and I'm very sorry and definitely won't do it again.Filokalos1974 (talk) 15:57, 18 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Athaenara is there anything you need to see for an unblock here? 331dot (talk) 17:47, 18 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
@331dot: Looks ok to me. – Athaenara 00:06, 19 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

The Hirschherz moved to draftspace

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An article you recently created, The Hirschherz, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. ... discospinster talk 00:01, 16 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Hirschherz stone

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The article Hirschherz stone has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:V and WP:N. Only cited source appears to be a primary inventory source. There is not a single mention of this stone on the internet (when searching for 'Hirschherz Hahnsberg'), indicating that this is a non-notable family heirloom.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. – Thjarkur (talk) 16:02, 21 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Hahnsberg for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Hahnsberg is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hahnsberg until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Thjarkur (talk) 16:33, 21 January 2021 (UTC)Reply