User talk:Jamesthesorcerer47

November 2019
There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In that reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block. To do so, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the text at the bottom of your talk page, replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason for thinking that the block was an error, and publish the page. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 04:29, 15 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Please put future posts at the bottom of the page, for proper flow. I have changed your username from 1HipHopHub and someone else will review your request. 331dot (talk) 09:14, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I would note that 1HipHopHub seems a very curious name to choose if it has nothing to do with the website of the same name. 331dot (talk) 09:15, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

A few comments relating to the unblock requests
 * From web searches I have found that "Hiphophub" or "hiphop hub" is quite a common expression. There are at least two web sites with that in their names, namely hiphophub.co.uk and www.hiphophub.dk, and I have also found numerous uses of the expression that don't seem to have any connection with either of those web sites. It therefore seems to me entirely plausible that someone with interests in that area might choose a user name including "HipHopHub", even if they have no connection to any web site of that name.
 * The sandbox page created by this editor was certainly promotional in character, and therefore unacceptable for Wikipedia. However, I can find no evidence that the person it was about is connected to any website called "hiphophub".
 * A Google search for the real name and the stage name of the person who was the subject of the sandbox page produced 5 hits, 4 of which were FaceBook, LinkedIn, or Flikr. Further searching revealed a page on soundcloud.com. The overall impression was of a very non-notable musician trying to publicise himself in basic freely accessible web sites. This Wikipedia sandbox looks as though it was more of the same.
 * None of the edits other than the creation of the sandbox were promotional in any way, nor were they connected to either the subject of that sandbox or any website called "hiphophub".
 * In view of everything I have seen, it seems to me more likely than not that the creator of this account has no connection with any web site called "hiphophub", and, as he or she says, 1HipHopHub was just a user name they chose.
 * The editor should not continue to post promotional material, as before. However, I see no reason why they should not be allowed to edit again subject to that. Unfortunately, this unblock request has been left languishing for a week since the editor's last edit, and in my experience in that situation very often the editor never comes back even if their account is unblocked, but that is not a reason for not giving them a chance., , do either or both of you wish to comment? JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 21:50, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm happy to defer to your good judgement on this. 331dot (talk) 21:57, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for checking into this JBW. This makes me very optimistic about the Wikipedia community. It has been over a week, but I do still wish to contribute to Wikipedia in the future and would certainly appreciate a chance. Jamesthesorcerer47 (talk) 22:06, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Under the circumstances, I'm fine with an unblock. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 23:02, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Please go ahead and do that. I'm still blocked at the moment. Jamesthesorcerer47 (talk) 23:27, 26 November 2019 (UTC)