User talk:KaplanforHoustonMayor

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Speedy deletion of Draft:Lee Kaplan


The page Draft:Lee Kaplan has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seemed to be unambiguous advertising which only promoted a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to have been fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

Please do not recreate the material without addressing these concerns, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If you think this page should not have been deleted for this reason, or you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. 331dot (talk) 13:02, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

December 2022
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must: Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. 331dot (talk) 13:02, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * 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.


 * We don't have "pages", we have articles. You haven't proposed a new username as instructed; you appear to represent Mr. Kaplan's campaign. Please read the block notice carefully as well as the policies linked to therein.  Being a public figure in Houston is not part of the definition of a notable person nor a notable politician which requires that one have won election to public office or hold a public office). 331dot (talk) 13:18, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I've fixed your request for you(your request should replace the words "your reason here". Subsequent comments may follow below. 331dot (talk) 13:18, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

This is not a shared account, this is one person that is operating this account. I am a friend of Lee's and I've had multiple people tell me they were looking for him on Wikipedia and could not find him. Because of his partnership in a Houston based law firm, his commentary on multiple podcasts and blogs, his activity in Boy Scouts and now running for office, it seemed to fit your definition of someone that should be able to have a wikipedia page. Please let me know what we are doing incorrect so that we may correct it as soon as possible
 * Again, we do not have "wikipedia pages". We have articles. What matters is if independent reliable sources choose to write about Mr. Kaplan, as any article should only summarize such sources.  I do not see how he meets the narrow definition of a notable politician or the broader definition of a notable person.
 * Who is "we"? If you represent his campaign, you must read about conflict of interest. Even if you do not represent a formal campaign, that's what your username sounds like, so you must propose a new, individualistic username. You must also review conflict of interest. 331dot (talk) 14:25, 20 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Can my name be changed to KeishaGRA so it reflects me and not the campaign. Do I need to reference the articles etc... so that he can be listed as a notable person. I have changed the email address to reflect my personal account so there are no conflicts of interest assumed. KaplanforHoustonMayor (talk) 15:04, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * You may attach whatever email address you wish to this account, it isn't visible to other Wikipedia users(unless you reply to emails sent via Wikipedia) and plays no role in determining conflict of interest. You indeed have a conflict of interest since you are associated with his campaign and you say you are Mr. Kaplan's friend.  To make an unblock request that proposes a new username, please follow the instructions in the block notice for an uninvolved admin to review this. 331dot (talk) 16:53, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Please change my username to KeishaGRA as I have no direct affiliation with the campaign outside of being a friend of Lee Kaplan. I misunderstood how Wikipedia articles work and now want to use my name on my account. KaplanforHoustonMayor (talk) 17:11, 20 December 2022 (UTC) Please overwrite the appropriate information; replace "your proposed new username" and "your reason here" with that information. 331dot (talk) 17:18, 20 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Please also realize that this person isn't entitled to have an article just because he exists. All topics on Wikipedia must be notable to merit inclusion. In the case of a person, they must meet Wikipedia's notability criteria for people; and the article of a person who is currently alive must meet the strict policy on biographies of living persons.
 * There are further refined notability criteria for politicians; an unelected candidate for political office does not meet these criteria. If Mr. Kaplan is notable for other things outside of politics, then he might merit inclusion. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:50, 21 December 2022 (UTC)