Welcome!

edit
Hello TheEpistle! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking   or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! XLinkBot (talk) 03:51, 13 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
Getting Started
Getting Help
Policies and Guidelines

The Community
Things to do
Miscellaneous

Thank you. I'm happy to be here. TheEpistle (talk) 03:57, 13 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

April 2020

edit

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page List of churches in Nigeria has been reverted.
Your edit here to List of churches in Nigeria was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links in references which are discouraged per our reliable sources guideline. The reference(s) you added or changed (https://believersportal.com/history-of-assemblies-of-god-church-nigeria/) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 03:51, 13 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

  Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Dennis Burton, from its old location at User:TheEpistle/sandbox/Dennis Burton. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. Sulfurboy (talk) 06:19, 15 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dennis Burton has been accepted

edit
 
Dennis Burton, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Sulfurboy (talk) 06:38, 15 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Help me!

edit

Please help me with... Help me review the article Bishnu Adhikari TheEpistle (talk) 10:18, 19 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Help me!

edit

Please help me with... My new article on a Tollywood star from a movie I watched needs review and constructive criticism. Thank you. TheEpistle (talk) 10:21, 19 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

This does not specifically require an administrator, so I have deactivated that and your duplicate help tag above. 331dot (talk) 12:59, 19 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
And as you asked for help on the draft itself, I am closing this request; please only use one method of seeking assistance, in order to not waste other editors' time. Thanks 331dot (talk) 13:02, 19 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Aaron D. Lewis moved to draftspace

edit

An article you recently created, Aaron D. Lewis, does not have enough sources and citations 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. Praxidicae (talk) 14:40, 19 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

April 2020

edit
 

Hello TheEpistle. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:TheEpistle. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=TheEpistle|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. Praxidicae (talk) 14:41, 19 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Dear User: Praxidacae, Praxidicae Thank you very much, I love criticism, because it brings out the best in us, so this is what I am looking for. Firstly, I have no association with Dennis Burton, Aaron D. Lewis or Bishnu Adhikar. These creation were simply made randomly. Dennis is a scientist who I found out while going through the Wikipedia:Requested Article pagee. Aaron is a Humanitarian who's work is important to Africans and Blacks. Bishnu is an actor whose movie I recently watched - I saw he didn't have a page and decided to create one. Instead of deletion, suggest you tell me where and what to remove and add to the article and I will be much willing to do that. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheEpistle (talkcontribs) 15:37, 19 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Bishnu Adhikari

edit
 

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Bishnu Adhikari, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Praxidicae (talk) 14:42, 19 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Chidi Okoroafor

edit
 

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created, Draft:Chidi Okoroafor, was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. ——SN54129 16:06, 19 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Dennis Burton.jpeg

edit
 

A tag has been placed on File:Dennis Burton.jpeg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the file appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use it — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. creffett (talk) 18:04, 19 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hey

edit

This edit seems to explain some of the problems I'm seeing on this page. Would you like to come to Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians to discuss what you're trying to do and how we can help you? Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:58, 19 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

AfC notification: Draft:Aaron D. Lewis has a new comment

edit
 
I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Aaron D. Lewis. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 04:14, 20 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, correction noted and implemented. TheEpistle (talk) 13:17, 20 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

FYI

edit

Notability and neutrality are separate, largely unconnected issues. It is possible for a subject to be notable, but their article to be promotional in tone. Contrariwise, it's possible for an article to be neutrally-written but unable to prove notability. —A little blue Bori v^_^v Onward to 2020 21:29, 20 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you User:Jéské Couriano A little blue Bori for the thoughtful note. Which of them do you think I may have faulted.

It's mainly with this edit summary. I looked over the article and removed some puffery and did some light copyediting after. —A little blue Bori v^_^v Onward to 2020 22:21, 20 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Wow! User:Jéské Couriano A little blue Bori, many thanks! I acknowledge the puffery, may be unknowingly, nevertheless, true. Thanks for the lesson. TheEpistle (talk) 22:34, 20 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

edit

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Adrian Young, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page John Spence (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:00, 21 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Aaron D. Lewis (April 22)

edit
 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by DGG was:  The comment the reviewer left was: 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 when they have been resolved.
DGG ( talk ) 23:52, 22 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Aaron D. Lewis (April 23)

edit
 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was: 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 when they have been resolved.
Theroadislong (talk) 13:57, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, TheEpistle! Having an article 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! Theroadislong (talk) 13:57, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

AfC notification: Draft:Aaron D. Lewis has a new comment

edit
 
I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Aaron D. Lewis. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 15:27, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

I am not a reviewer. I dabble at answering questions at Teahouse. David notMD (talk) 18:36, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Alright, thank you .David notMD (talk) TheEpistle (talk) 18:49, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

You have resubmitted, so in time a reviewer will act. Could be days, or weeks, or even months. There are more than 1,500 drafts waiting for a reviewer. David notMD (talk) 18:08, 25 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

AfC notification: Draft:Aaron D. Lewis has a new comment

edit
 
I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Aaron D. Lewis. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 07:01, 26 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your thread has been archived

edit
 

Hi TheEpistle! The thread you created at the Wikipedia:Teahouse, Continuous Article Decline Inquiry, has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days. You can still find the archived discussion here. If you have any additional questions that weren't answered then, please feel free to create a new thread.


The archival was done by Lowercase sigmabot III, and this notification was delivered by Muninnbot, both automated accounts. You can opt out of future notifications by placing {{bots|deny=Muninnbot}} here on your user talk page. Muninnbot (talk) 19:03, 26 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Quintessa Swindell (May 1)

edit
 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Sulfurboy were: 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 when they have been resolved.
Sulfurboy (talk) 10:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Archistar (Artificial Intelligence) (May 1)

edit
 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sulfurboy was: 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 when they have been resolved.
Sulfurboy (talk) 10:50, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Bonnie Carroll (May 3)

edit
 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by MurielMary was: 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 when they have been resolved.
MurielMary (talk) 12:26, 3 May 2020 (UTC)Reply


Mirrors

edit

  Thanks for contributing to the article Don Moen. However, one of Wikipedia's core policies is that material must be verifiable and attributed to reliable sources. You have recently used citations which copied, or mirrored, material from Wikipedia. This leads to a circular reference and is not acceptable. Most mirrors are clearly labeled as such, but some are in violation of our license and do not provide the correct attribution. Please help by adding alternate sources to the article you edited! If you need any help or clarification, you can look at Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia or ask at Wikipedia:New contributors' help page, or just ask me. Thank you. Kuru (talk) 20:58, 4 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Kuru Alright, thank you for the thoughtful note, will make amendments accordingly. TheEpistle (talk) 21:50, 4 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

You seem to have just done the exact same thing here. Please consider this a warning that using references you know to be fake is highly disruptive. Kuru (talk) 05:09, 9 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

My sincere apologies please, Kuru (talk). It was honestly an oversight, I was still editing, I have just now finished and gone back to correct the issue. I would probably blacklist people pill from my browser, to prevent a re-occurrence. No disruptive editing was intended, sincere apologies. Thank you! TheEpistle (talk) 06:25, 9 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Bonnie Carroll has been accepted

edit
 
Bonnie Carroll, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Sulfurboy (talk) 00:24, 5 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ikorodu Bois has been accepted

edit
 
Ikorodu Bois, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions. The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits, you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Sulfurboy (talk) 22:27, 8 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: United States School Garden Army has been accepted

edit
 
United States School Garden Army, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions. The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits, you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Sulfurboy (talk) 23:24, 8 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your thread has been archived

edit
 

Hi TheEpistle! The thread you created at the Wikipedia:Teahouse, Clarity, has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days. You can still find the archived discussion here. If you have any additional questions that weren't answered then, please feel free to create a new thread.


The archival was done by Lowercase sigmabot III, and this notification was delivered by Muninnbot, both automated accounts. You can opt out of future notifications by placing {{bots|deny=Muninnbot}} here on your user talk page. Muninnbot (talk) 19:05, 9 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Aaron D. Lewis (May 11)

edit
 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Hellknowz was:  The comment the reviewer left was: 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 when they have been resolved.
—  HELLKNOWZ   ▎TALK 10:10, 11 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Quintessa Swindell (May 11)

edit
 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Hellknowz was:  The comment the reviewer left was: 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 when they have been resolved.
—  HELLKNOWZ   ▎TALK 10:26, 11 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

May 2020

edit

  Hello, I'm CrazyBoy826. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse. Thanks. CrazyBoy826 (talk | contribs) 02:42, 12 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you CrazyBoy826, the edit was indeed non-constructive as I uniwittingly did blank the page, apologies. Here was my intention I created a draft for Draft: Geoffrey Kwok, so I wanted to move this draft to article page, so it could be reviwed and go into mainspace, however, I noticed there was a redirect to Geoffrey's father, Walter Kwok's page. If you understand my intentions, you may proceed to help me out, that would be appreciated. Many thanks! TheEpistle (talk) 19:20, 12 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

I've tagged the article for speedy deletion. It should be deleted soon. CrazyBoy826 (talk | contribs) 19:22, 12 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you. CrazyBoy826 TheEpistle (talk) 20:13, 12 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Blocked

edit
 
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for engaging in undisclosed paid editing in violation of Wikipedia's Terms of Use.
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 ~~~~}}.  Yunshui  10:39, 13 May 2020 (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).

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


Request reason:

Hello, Yunshui. I do understand that this article was supposed to be a draft, my apologies. However, this is not a case of WP: COI, I have used this method of creating articles and this article was still been incubated, rather than reviewed. It was only created a few hours ago and I am not done, nor have I requested a review (after my last AfC submission, I was told I could write articles this way, before a New Page Reviewer comes along. You may go through my edits history to be sure that I have no history of paid editing, nor will I engage in such, this was simply a delivery service I felt I should write about, but I do acknowledge that I shouldn't have edited this in mainspace, my sincere apologies. Thank you. TheEpistle (talk) 14:51, 13 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

What relationship do you have with Mr Aaron Lewis? You've clearly met him. I agree, your edits resemble paid editing on the face of it. MER-C 19:26, 13 May 2020 (UTC)Reply


If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Thank you, MER-C. I have never met Mr. Lewis nor do I have a personal relationship with him, do I admire him, yes, do I know him personally, no, have I been paid by him, no. I created the article Bonnie Carroll for a similar woman whom I admire and who is a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient whose story I love, but I did not do this as an UPE, nor have I ever met her personally. Same thing goes for Draft: Quintessa Swindell, I followed the series Twinkets on Netflix and I was a fan of the kpletomaniac role played by Swindell, hence the attempt to create a page. Mr Lewis, was involved in a sexting incident which I followed, hence the motive for the draft, not money. I don't know where this is coming from, but if it's about my recent copyrights issue, may be I should clear the air. I attempted to upload three pictures which have all been deleted, as I was still new to copyrights on Wikipedia, as I was not familiar with these things at the time (Mr Lewis picture was part of them). Now, according to a policy, I contacted the Family Church, where Mr. Lewis pastors to use a picture from their website or a picture they could give me rights to, they responded positively, and I uploaded the other picture. Now, it was noted herethat regardless of this process I followed, they still had to contact Wikipedia by mail, I saw this as "too stressful" so i dropped the picture and left it on my commons. Now I acknowledge that the church tried to reply my mail, but I was not in it, as the gesture was about to be misunderstood and I did not want to thread the UPE path. You may confirm that I also gave up on the draft here, shortly before this block.

I think that I have attempted articles on notable subjects from my personal life (like movies, stories, etc), but my contributions has not been limited to that I have created two RAs, but I do not have any personal relationship with any subject of any article, nor will I be a party to UPE now or laterr. I will be willing to provide further information that would aid this investigation if needed. Thank you, TheEpistle (talk) 21:24, 13 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Feel free to make another appeal. MER-C 17:37, 15 May 2020 (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).

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


Request reason:

A kind second review at my request, would be appreciated, I still retain my initial reason from the first appeal that I have not at any point been a UPE, nor do I intend being one and all my edits thus far have been in good faith. Thank you. TheEpistle (talk) 20:12, 15 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

Your explanation does not seem plausible. Yamla (talk) 14:15, 3 June 2020 (UTC)Reply


If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Perhaps you'd like to explain why Aaron D.. Lewis himself says that you created the draft at his behest (linking to his Upwork advert here would involve possible outing, but I am happy to email it to a reviewing administrator on request); you may also want to address that fact that you also appear to have created Bishnu_Adhikari, another subject who has also recently been advertising for someone to create an article here. Yunshui  23:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
One can be written off as an unlikely, but possible coincidence. But having two of the dozen or so articles the user wrote about be about subjects who were recently shopping for paid articles is just way beyond even the craziest considerations of coincidence. Sulfurboy (talk) 04:26, 20 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you,Yunshui. I am absolutely sure that Lewis (whom I have never met), will not say such, I clearly would not direct any comments to him on here, but I can send you a screenshot of the said mail (where I contacted an email on his church website), what ensued here was my only reason for contacting his church, which I am clearly regretting, and like I said, I ensured no further contact as this was not UPE, this in all honesty is the closest I am come to him or anyone associated to him, . If Lewis outrightly claims he 'requested' me to do so, that is absolutely false. You may email the Upwork advert to a reviewing admin and if Lewis claims in the advert that he requested me to create the page, you may request him /his church to show prior contact with me before the article was created, it's really difficult trying not to contact the church during this investigation, but the request for copyright is simply the only contact I have had with them, nothing more. As for Bishnu_Adhikari, I do not have any contact with him, by the way, an editor once contacted me previously about the article (I think at the Teahouse, I cannot seem to find the Archive for that discussion) as regards the picture I used, there was a copyvio which I was not familiar with at the time, and Adhikari never sent any picture to me nor did he contact me. I was not a party to the supposed Adhikari advert, of any other advert, and I maintain my earlier stance that "I think that I have attempted articles on notable subjects from my personal life (like movies, stories, etc)". Similar to the case of Swindell (my favorite Trinkets TV series character), which I created the article after watching a movie, where I loved the choreography, the same thing happened also happened when I saw the Professor's (from Money Heist) remarks on Ikorodu bois, the same pattern has been the case, not UPE, and I think that 50% or so of my edits have been around Actors/Musicians. Also, as much I can remember, I have not even visited nor edited the said page since it was nominated for deletion, my AfC was not a response to any request nor any advert. If it appears there was an advert at the time of creating the article, I have not responded nor been a party to them. Thank you. TheEpistle (talk) 01:44, 16 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hello, User:Yunshui, please kindly review my block as I have explained the case. Thank you. TheEpistle (talk) 03:39, 20 May 2020 (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).

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


Request reason:

Please may someone review my block. Thank you. TheEpistle (talk) 06:08, 15 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

I am declining your unblock request because it does not address the reason for your block, or because it is inadequate for other reasons. To be unblocked, you must convince the reviewing administrator(s) that

  • the block is not necessary to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, or
  • the block is no longer necessary because you
    1. understand what you have been blocked for,
    2. will not continue to cause damage or disruption, and
    3. will make useful contributions instead.

Please read the guide to appealing blocks for more information. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:13, 15 July 2020 (UTC)Reply


If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Thank you

Deepfriedokra


 
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).

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


Request reason:

This is to state that I understand why I have been blocked: (UPE), with regards to articles about living persons. As earlier stated, I only contacted Aaron Church as regards to the image copyright issue. I acknowledge my fault in this, as I shouldn't have. I also maintain that even though I had contacted his church, I have NOT been paid for any of the articles, the same gos for the Dennis Burton, Bishnu Adhikari, Geoffrey Kwok, and Bonnie Caroll pages. I hereby request that the block be lifted. No further contacts will be made with article owners for image rights or anything else. Thank you. TheEpistle (talk) TheEpistle (talk) 6:03 pm, 18 July 2020, Saturday (30 days ago) (UTC−4)

Decline reason:

All evidence, including the conversations above and the general editing patterns of this account, points to undisclosed paid editing. only (talk) 13:00, 17 August 2020 (UTC)Reply


If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Yunshui Can you email me the evidence, as you offered to do above? JBW (talk) 23:03, 7 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Archistar (Artificial Intelligence) (May 13)

edit
 
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by DGG were: 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 when they have been resolved.
DGG ( talk ) 23:54, 13 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

RedWarn - Quick Survey

edit

Hello TheEpistle! Thank you so much for testing RedWarn so far. I kindly ask that you fill in a short survey regarding the future of RedWarn and to help me visualise general user opinion surrounding certain features.

To access the survey, visit: https://devices.edxt.net/redwarnSurvey

Thank you again for your continued feedback and support, it is greatly appreciated. Ed6767 talk! 22:15, 8 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

If you'd like to opt-out of receiving messages regarding RedWarn, or have any questions, please let me know on my talk page.

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

edit
 

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap fillers - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

Ýou can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

edit
 

Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap filler - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

You can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list

Your draft article, Draft:Ahmed Haleem Khan

edit
 

Hello, TheEpistle. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Ahmed Haleem Khan".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 02:51, 25 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Aaron D. Lewis

edit
 

Hello, TheEpistle. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Aaron D. Lewis".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 22:02, 25 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:The Beverage Cart

edit
 

Hello, TheEpistle. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "The Beverage Cart".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 20:40, 27 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Archistar Property

edit
 

Hello, TheEpistle. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Archistar Property".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 19:51, 1 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Bishnu Adhikari

edit

  Hello, TheEpistle. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Bishnu Adhikari, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion under CSD G13. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available here.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 21:05, 18 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Shauna Springer

edit

  Hello, TheEpistle. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Shauna Springer, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion under CSD G13. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available here.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 16:29, 24 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Bishnu Adhikari

edit
 

Hello, TheEpistle. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Bishnu Adhikari".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 21:23, 16 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Shauna Springer

edit
 

Hello, TheEpistle. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Shauna Springer".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 02:58, 21 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

edit
 

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap fillers - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

Ýou can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

edit
 

Greetings,

It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.

Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap filler - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

You can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list