User talk:Pogo Stump

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Speedy deletion nomination of Mr. Meltzer

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Unblock request

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

Request reason:

I live in China. I use a VPN so that I can use the internet freely. I need full access to the internet to do research to improve articles. Pogo Stump (talk) 07:59, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Since you've just copied your previous unblock request, let me copy too: Given the article you attempted to create, I'm not convinced you are here to build an encyclopedia. Users in China and other countries with Internet restriction are advised to check out this project: Wikipedia:WikiProject_on_closed_proxies Max Semenik (talk) 18:35, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Unblock Reqest

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Request reason:

Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. I live in China. I use a VPN so that I can use the internet freely. I need full access to the internet to do research to improve articles. Pogo Stump (talk) 09:56, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Given the article you attempted to create, I'm not convinced you are here to build an encyclopedia. Users in China and other countries with Internet restriction are advised to check out this project: Wikipedia:WikiProject_on_closed_proxies OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 14:41, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Lesson learned

I understand your denial of my unblock request. When my block expires I will not use a VPN while on wikipedia. It will inconvenience me, but for the sake of my account and the sake of the Wikipedia community, I will do it. I intend as well to be more serious about editing and creating articles.

If you are in Beijing... are you interested in taking pictures to use on Wikipedia? WhisperToMe (talk) 03:05, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Generally it's company offices and/or international schools. I listed many of them by district at Commons:Picture_requests/Requests/Asia#Beijing.2F.E5.8C.97.E4.BA.AC. Most of them will be in Chaoyang and Shunyi districts.

A few things of note:

While I have the side view of the Air China headquarters in Beijing (see File:AirChinaBuildingShunyi1.JPG) it may be good to get the frontal/long view of the building? (you'll understand when you see it)
- Address: No. 30, Tianzhu Road, Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone, Beijing, China - 北京市顺义区天竺空港经济开发区天柱路30号 (Metro: China International Exhibition Center)

Schools:

For schools please photograph each main gate/building exterior with the school name). The purpose of course is that one sees the "face" of the school when he/she opens the article. I had taken equivalents of schools in Shanghai (for example Japanese School of Shanghai, American School of Shanghai, Lycee Francais de Shanghai, etc) so these articles may give an idea of what I'm interested in.
The school buildings that are most of interest to me are the "top three" English speaking schools in Beijing (British School Sanlitun, British School Shunyi, WSB, and ISB) and the French, German, Korean and Japanese schools - Dulwich and Harrow would be nice too! The idea is to encourage expats and Chinese alike to contribute to Wikipedia
If there are any security concerns regarding any of these campuses (it's possible the schools on Liangmaqiao/in Sanlitun may be around foreign embassies) it may be good to ask guards if you just take an image with the school's name or in some angle they prefer. If that doesn't work one could e-mail the school and ask them to supply a free image.

Once images are uploaded I recommend adding descriptions in both English and Chinese. If you have trouble with Chinese I can help out a little bit!

Thanks! WhisperToMe (talk) 02:26, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]