Africanaz

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Thank you very much @Rasnaboy, Understood.

Africanaz (talk) 19:03, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Rasnaboy, is Draft:Ahmed Omar Mandela,written in a Wikipedia tone?. Africanaz (talk) 18:53, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

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Ahmed Omar Mandela moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Ahmed Omar Mandela, is not suitable as written to remain published. It appears there is a WP:UPE or WP:COI conflict. 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, and have addressed the UPE/COI issue, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. As per WP policy, please do not move into mainspace yourself. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:18, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

I just used information obtained from google sources, but i had not rephrased some paragraphs, However, i have now made some edits, Kindly review and see if it is now due for Submission. Or Else, other editors may continue to expand from there. Africanaz (talk) 15:37, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

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The Author/Source indicates that for education purposes and not commercial and continues to say that No attribution required, Which I failed to identify the exact tag to use, which class does it follow under? Or what exact tag can i use for this case?

Africanaz (talk) 21:31, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

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Understood, Let me go and Correct them Africanaz (talk) 08:51, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Ziza Bafana moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Ziza Bafana, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more in-depth coverage about the subject itself, with citations from reliable, independent sources in order to show it meets WP:GNG. It should have at least three, to be safe. And please remember that interviews, as primary sources, do not count towards GNG.(?) 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.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:37, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Alright, Thank you @Onel5969.

will look for non-interview reliable sources , when I'm less engaged then submit afterwards. Africanaz (talk) 14:32, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Blocked as a sockpuppet

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Girth Summit _(blether) 08:30, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Salutations @Girth Summit, I woke up to an email notification and came to find this, i have resultantly Been reading and learning more about Sock puppet account but I don't have any boss or controller, i don't have any connection nor know any tagged users. Africanaz (talk) 16:10, 18 April 2023 (UTC)}}

Please don't waste our time by denying this. We can see the IP addresses and devices you were using, with this and with the other accounts. Girth Summit _(blether) 17:06, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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).

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

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Request reason:

Without any reasonable doubt; all deleted articles and edits, additions or contributions that i have ever made fullfill the WMF purpose, my edits are very educational, very notable in different reliable sources, they are of great importance on wiki with reasonale readerhip traffic from search engines, I have not made any promotional or vandalistic edits in any way. I have always asked for guidance where unsure before editing and I have not made any conflicted edits or Any Undisclosed Paid Edits. All my edits are in total fulfillment of the WMF purpose and not in violation of the WMF terms. I took too much time studdying and learning how to edit on wiki, as well as some basic WMF terms of use before I started editing and creating articles, most of which I always start from my sandbox. Before creating any article or making any edits, i have really taken much time and sleepless nights including getting refference from related pages for better edits, to come up with my deleted works. Lastly, wiki editing has become my no.1 Hobby and I'm very proud having become part of the leading global encyclopaedia contributors' team. Very many contributions I wanted to make and found out they don't belong to wiki as they lack the required notability in reliable sources and gave up on them. I feel the block is unfair and Kindly requesting for review please. Thank you very much. Sincerely: Andy,The Tribless African. Africanaz (talk) 17:56, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Decline reason:

You are blocked for violating WP:SOCK but have not addressed this in your unblock request. Nothing else is relevant. Yamla (talk) 18:20, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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