User talk:Devographic

February 2023

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.

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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.

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

Requested username:

David Devo Oosthuizen (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I am a new contributor writing about South African Music and Musicians. As I am new I did not quite understand how the User Page Information works, and did not intent to write something for promotion. I am creating other articles on Music and my own page was done by mistake. Please allow me back on so I can do such contributions

Decline reason:

No. You have a clear conflict of interest in that subject area. Yamla (talk) 10:40, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please advise and guide me here how to proceed, as I have a wealth of Music Information from South Africa to share? Devographic (talk) 10:42, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If this is your goal, this is the end of the line. If you wish to write about subject areas for which you have no conflict of interest, convince us you have read, understood, and plan to comply with WP:COI and WP:PROMO and tell us what you plan to write about instead. --Yamla (talk) 10:44, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Who better to write about South African Music than someone like me who has been in the industry 20 years? I have authoritative and insightful information in wealth to share, unbiased and objectively, following your guidelines. I work with some of the artists, and some are related to the scene. So I really do not understand how to proceed here albeit I read your terms and understand them Devographic (talk) 10:53, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Who better? Someone without a conflict of interest. --Yamla (talk) 10:59, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Vaughn Prangley (February 19)

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

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Vaughn Prangley and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:55, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Devographic! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:55, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Vaughn Prangley

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Vaughn Prangley, 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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