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Welcome, Greatben001!

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Greatben001! I'm Mwwv, and I've been assigned as your mentor. All new Wikipedia accounts receive a mentor chosen randomly from a list of volunteers. It just means I'm here to help with anything you need! We need to have all kinds of people working together to create an online encyclopedia, so I'm glad you're here. Over time, you will figure out what you enjoy doing the most on Wikipedia.

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Again, welcome to Wikipedia! mwwv converse∫edits 14:16, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for the helpful links and guides. I will reach out to you anytime I need any clarification with regards to how thing works here. Greatben001 (talk) 15:03, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Hi Greatben001. Thank you for your work on Derrick Lui. Another editor, QuicoleJR, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Some parts of the article are unsourced and need to have citations added, but this article is good enough.

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|QuicoleJR}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

QuicoleJR (talk) 22:36, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Yambo Studio for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Yambo Studio 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/Yambo Studio 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.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Ternera (talk) 15:06, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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October 2025

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Your account has been blocked indefinitely for advertising or promotion and violating the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. This is because you have been making promotional edits to topics in which you have a financial stake, yet you have failed to adhere to the mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a form of conflict of interest (COI) editing which involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is strictly prohibited. Using this site for advertising or promotion is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.

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asilvering (talk) 03:33, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Administrators: if this block includes a Volunteer Response Team ticket number, this block was placed as part of the conflict of interest VRT queue and the user must not be unblocked without the express consent of a user with access to the queue.

Your submission at Articles for creation: Abdulrasaq Abubakar Toyin University (October 16)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Pythoncoder was:
Your draft shows signs of having been generated by a large language model, such as ChatGPT. Their outputs usually have multiple issues that prevent them from meeting our guidelines on writing articles. These include:
Please address these issues. The best way is usually to read reliable sources and summarize them, instead of using a large language model. See our help page on large language models.
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.
—pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 19:45, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, Greatben001! 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! —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 19:45, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please unblock my account

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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).

Greatben001 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Please pardon me if any part of this request seems out of place or humorous. I'm new to Wikipedia and I have never found myself in a situation like this. First, I have read and understand the Terms of Use and paid editing disclosure requirements of Wikipedia. I want to state clearly that I am not associated with the subject I have written about or edited their Wikipedia page. So, no conflict of interest. Over 90 percent of the pages I worked on were pages suggested on this list (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Homepage&source=personaltoolslink&namespace=3). I have no affiliation with them, and I don't know them personally. Please, you can verify that. Two or three pages were from here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:AllCatsAreGrey#c-AllCatsAreGrey-20251006014300-Greatben001-20251005185000). This can also be easily verified. My goal is to make a positive contribution to Wikipedia and increase my impact. So far, I have created four pages (two of which have been reviewed, one is pending review, and one has been deleted), as well as one draft. I wasn't paid to make any of the pages, and I didn't have any affiliation with them. To increase my impact, I devised a simple method: creating two pages from every one of my research efforts. To achieve this, I deem it fitting to create a page for an event/action/issue/organization, along with the key figure/contributor, provided they meet the Wikipedia standards. This strategy saves me time and increases my impact because, while searching for an event/issue/organization to write about, I will undoubtedly gather enough resources to develop a page for the key figure/contributor of the event. One thing that possibly led to the conclusion that I was compensated for my edits, or was affiliated with the subjects I wrote about, was the multiple edits I made on the Yambo Studio page, which was subsequently deleted. However, I was only trying to address the concerns raised by the editors, notably the editor who added a Possible Orphan Tag to the page and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:AllCatsAreGrey, who added a Promotional Tag to the page. I thought that if I could address these minor issues, I could then proceed and respond to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ternera, who nominated the page for deletion. To address the possible orphan concern, I researched it and added the page to the List of companies of Israel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Israel), Computer-generated imagery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery), and List of animation studios (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animation_studios). To address the issue raised by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:AllCatsAreGrey, I left a message on the editor's page, and he (I assume that is he) responded. I then edited the page based on his comments. After reworking the page, I sent him another message to review it and further edited it to address the issue he had raised. You can verify this here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:AllCatsAreGrey#c-AllCatsAreGrey-20251006014300-Greatben001-20251005185000). It was after I addressed the issues raised that I responded on the nomination for deletion page, but unfortunately, my efforts weren't enough. Regarding the Wikimedia ticket, I indeed uploaded those images, but I have now gained a better understanding of how Wikimedia works. I wholeheartedly tender my apology. I won't upload pictures that are not directly taken by me again. If my account is unblocked, I will desist from editing pages multiple times or responding to any nomination for deletion without consulting an experienced editor on this platform. Additionally, I will strictly adhere to all of Wikipedia's policies and comply with the paid editing disclosure policy. I respectfully request that the blocking administrator or the community consider this appeal and unblock my account. Thank you! Greatben001 (talk) 17:57, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

I have examined the OTRS ticket in question and verified you have indeed engaged in undisclosed paid editing around Derrick Lui. That alone justifies your block so I stopped looking any deeper than that. Yamla (talk) 18:04, 17 October 2025 (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).

Greatben001 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I confirm that I have read and understand the Terms of Use and the paid editing disclosure requirements. I agree to comply with all relevant policies, including those related to transparency, neutrality, and proper sourcing when contributing edits. 84 percent of the pages I worked on were pages suggested on this list (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Homepage&source=personaltoolslink&namespace=3) and here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:AllCatsAreGrey#c-AllCatsAreGrey-20251006014300-Greatben001-20251005185000). I have no affiliation with them, and I don't know them personally. Please, you can verify that. The second link can be easily verified. My goal is to make a positive contribution to Wikipedia and increase my impact. So far, I have created four pages (two of which have been reviewed, one is yet to be reviewed, and one has been deleted), as well as one draft. I was compensated monetarily by Derrick Lui (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Lui) for assisting in creating his page and converting the Oversteer (film) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oversteer_(film)) Simple Wikipedia page to the standard Wikipedia format. Since my goal is to ensure that all contributions adhere to Wikipedia’s content policies, including those related to neutrality and verifiability, I conducted an initial review of the Simple Wikipedia page and found that it meets the standard format requirements. I did the same for his page. Those are the two pages I was paid to create. To further contribute positively to Wikipedia and increase my impact, I decided to create and edit more pages. I devised a simple method: creating two pages from every one of my research efforts. To achieve this, I deem it fitting to create a page for an event/action/issue/organization, along with the key figure/contributor, provided they meet the Wikipedia standards. This strategy saves me time and increases my impact because, while searching for an event/issue/organization to write about, I will undoubtedly gather enough resources to develop a page for the key figure/contributor of the event. Regarding the Wikimedia ticket, I indeed uploaded those images, but I have now gained a better understanding of how Wikimedia works. I wholeheartedly tender my apology. In the future, I will comply with Wikipedia’s paid-editing disclosure policy. I will make suggestions on article talk pages rather than editing directly, to avoid conflicts of interest. Any proposed edits will be based on reliable, independent, and verifiable sources, and I will ensure they align with neutrality and Wikipedia’s content policies. I respectfully request that the blocking administrator or the community consider this appeal and unblock my account. Thank you! Greatben001 (talk) 2:46 pm, 19 October 2025, last Sunday (5 days ago) (UTC−4)

Decline reason:

I think that this is an excellent unblock request, but given how soon it was received after the prior one, I'm going to suggest that the standard offer of coming back in six months be the approach we take here. signed, Rosguill talk 17:29, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Greatben001 (talk) 18:46, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for admitting you attempted to deceive us in your request a couple of days ago. --Yamla (talk) 18:50, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for accepting my apology. Greatben001 (talk) 18:52, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello User:Rosguill
Thanks for reviewing my request but I was surprised that my request was decline despite the fact that I took time to draft a detailed response. Could you please explain what you mean by "but given how soon it was received after the prior one" to me?
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thanks! Greatben001 (talk) 20:43, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You were lying to us and wasting our time a mere week ago. It's great that you've turned a new leaf and are willing to work constructively, but right now you need to wait before the community can take another chance on you. You can demonstrate your commitment and honesty by being patient, and you can further make your case compelling by contributing to other Wikimedia projects like Wiktionary or Wikipedia in other languages (or Simple English Wikipedia) in the meantime. signed, Rosguill talk 20:51, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(Non-administrator comment) Hey @Greatben001, it's great that you're able to write such a good appeal (it's pretty rare to see one like this!), the problem is that you broke the trust of other editors in quite a big way. It'll take time and effort to rebuild that, something the Standard Offer is designed to do so take a few to read through the process.
I second the recommendation to build up a history of good editing on Simple English Wikipedia or another project, then you can come back in six months and present evidence that you're trustworthy and will be an asset to Wikipedia. There are some incredible editors who've been through the same thing you are now.
It won't be easy, but nothing worthwhile ever is. Good luck! Blue Sonnet (talk) 22:30, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]