User talk:Bukolarr

January 2018
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Your submission at Articles for creation: MAYOWA OLUYEBA (January 3)
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Gbawden (talk) 12:19, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Please read WP:ILC - for a Biography of a Living person you need to have the citations inline. You might find this guide useful as well WP:REFB Gbawden (talk) 06:43, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: MAYOWA OLUYEBA (January 6)
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st 170  e  16:00, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Mayowa Oluyeba has a new comment
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Mayowa Oluyeba (January 10)
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–  1997 kB  15:23, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Welcome!
Welcome to Wikipedia, Bukolarr! Thank you for your contributions. I am Mahveotm and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Questions or type at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Mahveotm (talk) 12:27, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks Mahveotm for the warm welcome, and knowledge sharing. I enjoyed the cookies. Please accept this ice cream as my way of saying 'You are my friend'

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AfC notification: Draft:Mayowa Oluyeba has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Mayowa Oluyeba. Thanks! Mahveotm (talk) 15:03, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Mayowa Oluyeba has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Mayowa Oluyeba. Thanks! Mahveotm (talk) 17:49, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Mayowa Oluyeba has been accepted
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Ifeanyi Akogo (November 6)
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Mahveotm (talk) 23:48, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

May 2020
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose. 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:. MER-C 14:47, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

I request the blocking administrator, MER-C, to comment on the unblock request. Thank you. Newyorkbrad (talk) 04:05, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

The appeal is entirely without merit because Special:Undelete/Courteville Business Solutions Plc. is block-worthy spam. It also doesn't explain how File:Mayowa Oluyeba.jpg, File:Adebola Ismail Akindele.jpg and File:Ifeanyi Akogo.jpg are this user's own work. MER-C 08:11, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Newyorkbrad (talk), MER-C (talk) Thank you for your comments.

Ever since joining Wikipedia in 2018, the deleted article was my 2nd attempt to create an article, and if didn't meet the specification, then it should be deleted. However, I have edited various pages on Nigerian; Food, Culture & Traditions, Cities, Tourism, Women and more in the last 3 years. And they have been in no way advertorial or promotional.

Regarding the images, I'm a News Editor. I have been in the local news industry for over 15 years now. My digital photo database contains over 4,000 images (It's sort of a thing around here). And I was only contributing the images to the articles because I have them. It was not my intention to harm or spam Wikipedia, If they aren't acceptable, I can retrieve them, if possible.

Howbeit, I'll like to say again that I am sorry for my errors, I understand all my shortcomings as stated, I promise to respect all the regulations, and I appeal to be unblocked. Thank you. Bukolarr 09:00, 10 May 2020 (WAT).

UTRS help me

Hello, I have been blocked, and I have appealed to be unblocked but my plea has been ignored without response. What is the way forward? Thanks. Bukolarr.

Hello MER-C (talk), I am appealing to you to please unblock me. I know that I have erred, and after reading Five pillars, I know now that the article that I tried to create was spammy. But that was never my intention. I confess that I used phrases from news articles (free media) without editing them to be neutral and encyclopedic. Please give me a chance to improve and do better. I promise to seek help from experienced editors and to desist from creating articles without going through the proper channels. Please unblock me. Thanks. Bukolarr 04:24, 03 June 2020 (WAT).

August 2020
I would like to ask what makes this, this and this "spam" or "advertising", and by extension what makes this a "Spam / advertising-only (emphasis mine) account". Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  14:24, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * UPE accounts often make edits like this to pad their edit count and look innocent. In these cases their edits may not be 100% spam but the intentions were always 100% spam. I was somewhat more sloppy in distinguishing between the two earlier. It's the deleted contributions and the images which led to the block and there is still no satisfactory explanation as to why they are this specific editor's own work (the news editor stuff explains how he has access to the images, but does not explain how they are the copyright holder). MER-C 16:36, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Ritchie333 (talk), MER-C Thank you for your comments.

Firstly, I am a She, not a He. Regarding the images, as I explained 4 months ago, I do not only have access to these images, I own them. I have been in the local news industry for over 15 years now and my digital photo database contains over 4,000 images. It's an industry norm around here.

Why? Well, during the military era in Nigeria, media houses were mobile because of incessant military raids which led to the incarceration of journalists. Photographers and and other journalists often had to carry conspicuous cameras at that time, which left them vulnerable to random searches by the military, and so it was safer for them not to carry any hard copies that could further implicate them. Hence, News Editors carried the bulk and were hired based on their ability to support publications with materials (which were mostly hard copies at that time).

Years later, we still do it. We are no longer under military dictatorship but, we legally buy bulk images from freelance photographers, and archives. It's a collection that we can bequeath or trade at retirement. (My database has images from the Colonial Era and the Civil War, to current events, concerts, portrait images, farms, tourist sites, cheiftaincies etc.) Owning these images helps your work, and your organisation can access it whilst you work for them, without the worry of copyright infringements.

Thank you again, and I sincerely hope that my explanation is satisfactory.

Bukolarr 01:32, 8 September 2020 (WAT)

November 2020
This block request is mostly you complaining about the editor who blocked you and why you'd like to be unblocked. That isn't very productive. However, you do seem to be willing to be a good editor, so I think you have a shot at being unblocked. But you will need to do following first: CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 04:56, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) Explain what you'd like to edit if unblocked
 * 2) Show an in-depth understanding of our paid and conflict of interest policies
 * 3) Declare any prior paid or COI relationships. Your past edits look exactly like paid for advertising spam.

May 2021

 * Hi, you refer to "your errors", "your carelessness" and "disrespect to Wikipedia"; that's relatively unspecific. Please summarize, concisely, what exactly your errors were, and how exactly you have changed. In the previous unblock request, you have mentioned a "promotional tone"; the block reason says "likely covert advertising". Did you do covert advertising, and how, and why? And if you did so, for whom? If there has been a violation of WP:PAID, please provide the missing disclosure notice(s). ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:21, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi ~ ToBeFree (talk),

Thank you for your comment.

My errors were that I created a page and published it without taking it through AFC. And yes, the page had a promotional tone because I copied it from a site, and did not edit, or reformat it to be encyclopedic, and so it appeared to be advertorial or to be "likely covert advertising".

As at the time of my being blocked, I admit that I had not read most of the the policies or guidelines for Editors, and I did not have much experience creating or editing articles, and so my creating an article with an advertorial/promotional tone was careless, and not taking it through AFC was disrespectful.

However, I have never engaged in covert advertising or paid editing on Wikipedia. Since I have been blocked, I have read WP:PAID, and WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE, and I understand that if I were being paid to edit, all I have to do is disclose it, to avoid any conflict of interest.

Since my being blocked, I have read Five pillars, WP:PG and WP:EP, and these have helped me understand the impact of Wikipedia as Encyclopedia, and an Open Education Resource, and why articles that violates its policies, harm the reputation and value of Wikipedia. And I am sorry that my actions portrayed this.

I have agonized over my being blocked for a year now, and I have not been able to actively partake in Trainings, Seminars or Edit-a-thons that are provided. From henceforth; I will focus more on learning, and all my edits will be in neutral tone. I will never create any article without taking it through AFC. And when in doubt, I'll ask experienced Editors for help.

Thank You. User:Bukolarr 11:22, 17 May, 2021 (WAT)
 * , I intend to unblock this editor unless you object. Your feedback would be appreciated. Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328  Let's discuss it  18:54, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * No objections, but if they spam again it's game over. MER-C 19:02, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello Let's discuss it , Hello MER-C,

I just want to say, Thank you. User:Bukolarr 17:23, 24 May, 2021 (WAT).
 * Bukolarr, you are now unblocked. Welcome back. <b style="color:#070">Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328  Let's discuss it  17:43, 24 May 2021 (UTC)