User talk:Alphalul

Victor Olalusi moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Victor Olalusi, is not suitable 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 " " 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. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:26, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

September 2022
I'm not sure what you mean. By "in context of Snazzy", I meant "relating to content about Snazzy". Snazzymike and his sockpuppets have created many articles with "Snazzy" in their title, for example, "Snazzy (musician)", "Snazzy (rapper)", and "Snazzy the Optimist". I was not editing at the direction of Snazzymike. Alphalul (talk) 10:36, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. By "in context of Snazzy", I meant "relating to content about Snazzy". Snazzymike and his sockpuppets have created many articles with "Snazzy" in their title, for example, "Snazzy (musician)", "Snazzy (rapper)", and "Snazzy the Optimist". I was not editing at the direction of Snazzymike. Alphalul (talk) 10:42, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Questions
Why was I blocked? What was the evidence you had? Alphalul (talk) 08:46, 18 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello, Alphalul. I blocked this account because I suspect it to be a sockpuppet of User:Snazzymike which is being used for block evasion, or a meatpuppet indistinguishable from a sockpuppet. I perceived several behavioural similarities with earlier Snazzymike sockpuppets, and I found them hard to dismiss. Re. below – "My only edit that had any connection ... to [Snazzymike]" – I would point out that the sockmaster too wasn't dedicated solely to Snazzymike; they edited other articles as well. Further, your "Michael Alozie" -> "Snazzy the Optimist" page move, citing naming conventions policy, doesn't strike me as behaviour typical of a new editor; it shows familiarity with Wikipedia procedure. The combination of these factors leads me to suspect sockpuppetry. SuperMarioMan (Talk) 22:14, 22 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply. My point was that two accounts can be said to show significantly similar behaviour only if they show similar peculiar behaviour. Normal behaviour can't be used as evidence. Fixing a new article's name, in accordance with Wikipedia's conventions, is normal. And it was one instance. You said that you perceived several similarities, but I can't find any distinctive similarity. I can't see the deleted pages, though. Also, since you're concerned about my apparent "familiarity with Wikipedia procedure", I suggest you read the WP:BRANDNEW section of the WP:NOASSUMESOCK essay I linked to. Alphalul (talk) 08:56, 23 September 2022 (UTC)


 * All behaviours, normal or "peculiar", can and should be considered when deciding whether or not to block. As I indicated above, I did not block for proficiency alone – which is the point that WP:BRANDNEW makes – or for any other one thing. I blocked for multiple factors including, but not limited to, intersection with another suspected sockpuppet of Snazzymike, and editing in userspace and draftspace. More generally, other aspects, including your editing pattern from account registration until just after autoconfirmation, the content of the biography you created (fairly promotionally written, on a subject of questionable notability), as well as your awareness of CSD A7 and naming conventions, suggest to me that this is not your first account on Wikipedia. For me, the combined weight of these factors puts the matter beyond reasonable doubt. Others are free to disagree with my assessment. SuperMarioMan (Talk) 22:43, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
 *  Sir/ma,  I completely disagree with your assessment. What you pointed out may reasonably suggest that this account may not be my first one, but it isn't sufficient to show that I'm Snazzymike. You can find clues about Snazzymike's linguistic habits on this discussion. Take a moment to think carefully, with common sense, about whether it's possible that we're the same person. IMO, Snazzymike's linguistic habits are sufficient to show that I'm not Snazzymike. That would rule out one of the factors you considered before blocking. The "Sir/ma" was a joke, by the way. Still, that phrase is probably common in Nigeria.
 * Also, the normal similarities in behaviour between my account and Snazzymike's accounts were because I created my account to create an article.
 * Victor Olalusi is notable. He was covered by The Guardian (Nigeria), a newspaper once described as "Nigeria's most respected" by The New York Times. Many of the sources listed here mention him. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja has said about him: "We have to search the Guinness Book of Records for anybody who has achieved 5.0 in a university. ... You should be the ambassador of the Federal Scholarship Board, Ministry of Education, Nigeria and the Russian Federation. ... I look forward to the day you will stand before the President to receive your honour. We have recommendations to that effect,".
 * See:
 * Pulse Nigeria The Guardian Daily Post The Nation Nigerian Tribune Vanguard Channels TV.
 * I'd like to make it clear that this isn't what Snazzymike does; the sources he cites are paid posts, not independent, or about someone else called Kusher Snazzy.
 *  Please sir/ma unblock!! 
 * Otherwise, I'll have to consider creating a new account as per WP:IAR. I'm not the person the block is supposed to be applied to anyway. Alphalul (talk) 14:44, 26 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I think those closing remarks speak for themselves. And I strongly disagree with your assertion that Victor Olalusi is sufficiently notable for Wikipedia; the sources you cite point to WP:BLP1E. If the article you started hadn't been moved to draftspace, it probably would have been AfD'd. SuperMario<b style="color: #FF6F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 21:38, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Please explain your "decline reason". I didn't understand it. What is wrong with "editing 'in context of Snazzy'"? Alphalul (talk) 08:46, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

More unblock requests

 * Checkuser note: From a purely technical standpoint, Alphalul is editing from a different continent than the suspected master.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:05, 22 September 2022 (UTC)