User talk:GerardBarba

Published page for Gerard Barba
Hello, This message is for the volunteer editor (thanks) to Gerard Barba's page that was published a while back. We are wondering how much time will it take for the review process and the page to be live/available on Wikipedia. Also, is there anything we need to do to help speed up the process. Thank you very much!

Aline Grunwald (for Gerard Barba) --GerardBarba (talk) 19:05, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Gerard Barba


A tag has been placed on Gerard Barba requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a real person or group of people that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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. creffett (talk) 02:01, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello - In response to the message below, I want to verify that I am not being compensated for any publishing of articles or edits. Thank you. GerardBarba (talk) 02:56, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

September 2019
Hello GerardBarba. 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:GerardBarba. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. 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. creffett (talk) 02:02, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Contest this speedy deletion, which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you. - Frood (talk!) 03:51, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Gerard Barba for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Gerard Barba is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Gerard Barba until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Masum Reza 📞 11:18, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Account access
At the page Articles for deletion/Gerard Barba, you stated "Hello, we strongly disagree." Does more than one person have access to this account? --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 04:59, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
 * , given that under the "Published Page for Gerard Barba" heading there's a different person signing their name, I'm going to go with "probably yes." That's also why I gave a paid editing warning, since I was suspicious that either it was a shared account or someone was being paid to run the account. creffpublic  a creffett franchise (talk to the boss) 12:28, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
 * They still have not disclosed their conflict of interest and/or employer. If they don't, they will be blocked for violating terms of use. Masum Reza 📞 12:33, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

September 2019
This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, GerardBarba, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:24, 9 September 2019 (UTC)