The Reptilian Agenda

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AfC notification: Draft:The Reptilian Agenda has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:The Reptilian Agenda. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 02:38, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

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/wiae /tlk 02:40, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Reptilian Agenda (February 21)

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Robert McClenon (talk) 04:21, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

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Thank you. Drm310 (talk) 16:19, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing, because this account has been used only for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to Wikipedia's content policy. Also, your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, which is against Wikipedia's policy: an account is for an individual, not a group. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a free advertising service.

The editor has 3 other accounts which I blocked recently as socks. If you look at this version of the talk page for Nevets20[5] you'll see ". I then put in a change name "request" [ACC #164445]". When I blocked I knew nothing about this, and he/she still hasn't mentioned the other 2 accounts User:Nevets3 and User:Nevets4. Doug Weller talk 16:32, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: Oh, good grief. All I could see was a username hardblock. I didn't know anything about this either. Do you want to reblock or should I? Katietalk 16:37, 28 February 2016 (UTC) Never mind - I reblocked as the sock master since you tagged the others that way. Katietalk 17:09, 28 February 2016 (UTC) Thanks, but I'm still confused. If he did ask for a request and got it, there's no indication and I don't know where to look, but if that was all I'd unblock. It's the other 2 accounts. Anyway, he's deleted his appeals, etc. Doug Weller talk 17:43, 28 February 2016 (UTC) I put it in the unblock log - UTRS #15326. He claimed he was making an article about a film of the same name and that he was inexperienced, so he simply named himself after the film. I AGF'd and all that but I didn't know he was a sockmaster. Katietalk 17:52, 28 February 2016 (UTC) Ok, thanks. Doug Weller talk 18:58, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

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• I've unblocked this account (per UTRS appeal) for a username change. Follow the instructions at WP:CHU as soon as possible, or the account could be reblocked. Katie^talk 16:03, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

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My reason is because i originally made an error calling myself "The Reptilian Agenda" the same as the article i wished to create. I then attempted to appeal and request a new username and i found the process extremely difficult. I managed to get to a department that took my request for a new username and i requested to be called "Nevets20". The unblock appeal number sent to my email address was "Response to unblock appeal #15326". I still have the emails between myself and Wikipedia regarding this matter, and on the emails i ask wikipedia to unblock me and call me "Nevets20". When i originally logged in as "Nevets20" i was intitially blocked. However this block got lifted and i was able to edit. It was not me that lifted the block and allowed myself to edit there for i have not illegally used a sockpuppet, as i was allowed to do this, and the person that allowed me to do this must have known i was The Reptilian Agenda, as it is same URL, and i already told wikipedia this on the email conversation which i still have copies of. Have i done something wrong? Why is my block lifted and then added again one hour later? there seems to be so many admins that dont know the full story dealing with this that what was a very minor issues is now becoming a mountain out of a mole hill. Can we please have some clarity, go back to the start when i was Reptilian Agenda and i tried to request to be unblocked and have a new username, and i appeared to have been awarded "Nevets20". Why was my request on email to be named "Nevets20" apparently accepted if i was not allowed to use the account for editing? if i was not allowed to use the account for editing then why was i not blocked from editing? By law, i dont even think that a Court would allow a person to be called a Sock when the location the made the sock account is from the same URL as the other account. To be using a sock puppet in order to deceive, i would have to be using a different URL. Therefor i even argue that in actual fact, by legal definition, "Nevets20" was not a sockpuppet account as it is quite clear by the fact i was using same URL i was not trying to deceive. Especially given the fact ontop of that, i already held email communication with wikipedia reuesting to be called "Nevets20" and the username "Nevets20" became unblocked, cements my case that i was in no way whatsoever trying to deceive. If you require copies of email conversation of "Response to unblock appeal #15326", then i can.(Nevets7 (talk) 22:40, 28 February 2016 (UTC)).

Below in the link next to my username Nevets20 is my reason }}(Nevets7 (talk) 07:20, 29 February 2016 (UTC)). http://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7430