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Speedy deletion nomination of Chris Cole – Broadcaster


A tag has been placed on Chris Cole – Broadcaster, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Nomination of Chris Cole (broadcaster) for deletion
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Hello SmartSE. Thank you for this information which is a good reminder of Wiki policies. I have been a Wikipedia contributor for over 10 years now and have never been paid for my contributions. I do this as a hobby and for lifetime learning purposes. ie.to learn how to be a better writer from fellow editors. I have been dormant for some time, but would like to get back into mastering a different writing style to journalism / PR. Once I have confidence I may start accepting paid work and will of course adhere to the policies you have outlined.

Hello SmartSE. Thank you for this information which is a good reminder of Wiki policies. I have been a Wikipedia contributor for over 10 years now and have never been paid for my contributions. I do this as a hobby and for lifetime learning purposes. ie.to learn how to be a better writer from fellow editors. I have been dormant for some time, but would like to get back into mastering a different writing style to journalism / PR. Once I have confidence I may start accepting paid work and will of course adhere to the policies you have outlined.

April 2023
Hello MediaWatch. 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 serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

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. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged 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:MediaWatch. 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. SmartSE (talk) 14:52, 25 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello SmartSE. Thank you for this information which is a good reminder of Wiki policies. I have been a Wikipedia contributor for over 10 years now and have never been paid for my contributions. I do this as a hobby and for lifetime learning purposes. ie.to learn how to be a better writer from fellow editors. I have been dormant for some time, but would like to get back into mastering a different writing style to journalism / PR. Once I have confidence I may start accepting paid work and will of course adhere to the policies you have outlined. MediaWatch 15:39, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * It’s doubtful that an account creates two promotional articles out of the blue after more than two years of inactivity. You created the article Rune Sovndahl with an edit summary that reads “I created this page as I was fascinated by the success of this London entrepreneur and the amount of publicity he was receiving in the media”, which is unlikely as none of the sources and media coverages are recent. Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 16:32, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I created the second one because the first one was flagged as being an orphan MediaWatch 22:15, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

You are suspected of sockpuppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, then, if you wish to do so, respond to the evidence at Sockpuppet investigations/Fantastic Services. Thank you. Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 16:04, 25 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I only have one Wikipedia account and have had it for over 10 years. MediaWatch 22:15, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Fantastic Services for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Fantastic Services 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/Fantastic Services& 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 until the discussion has finished. Girth Summit  (blether) 18:15, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Rune Sovndahl


A tag has been placed on Rune Sovndahl requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Articles for deletion/Rune Sovndahl (entrepreneur). When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 18:24, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

April 2023
 Your account has been blocked indefinitely for advertising or promotion and violating the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. This is because you have been making promotional edits to topics in which you have a financial stake, yet you have failed to adhere to the mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a form of conflict of interest (COI) editing which involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is strictly prohibited. Using this site for advertising or promotion is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, please read our guide to appealing blocks to understand more about unblock requests, and then add the text  at the end of your user talk page. For that request to be considered, you must: David Gerard (talk) 21:17, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Confirm that you have read and understand the Terms of Use and paid editing disclosure requirements.
 * State clearly how you are being compensated for your edits, and describe any affiliation or conflict of interest you might have with the subjects you have written about.
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