User talk:Omweb

Image:C_bowers.jpg listed for deletion
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Speedy deletion nomination of OmWeb Limited - Empowering Conscious Enterprise
A tag has been placed on OmWeb Limited - Empowering Conscious Enterprise, 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, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Omweb


A tag has been placed on User:Omweb, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.
 * It appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. (See section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion.)

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 removed 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 deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. for (talk)  08:16, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Your account name
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:30, 23 July 2016 (UTC)


 * i repectfully object to the actions taken against this user.

in the space of ~15 minutes this user had their userpage "speedied", & then redacted, & was BLOCKED, without any discussion or warning notices, or etc.

& the rationale for the block is "promotional username"

now, this user hasn't been very active, but the account has been around since 2007; & now the user's name is "suddenly" an issue?

& it's SUCH an important issue, that you have to immediately & permanently block them? with no warning, no notice, no discussion?

& let's consider the user's name "omweb"

here is a google-search of the term:

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Omweb&oq=Omweb&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60&client=ubuntu&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

as you can see, that's pretty generic.

IF this is the "standard" we are now using for blocking accounts for having "promotional usernames", then there are a few thousand users than need to be blocked RIGHT NOW!

because, there are a hell of a lot of wikipedia/wikimedia user's with names that are at least as "promotional" as this.

please reconsider your actions here? this certainly violates agf, & any sort of wiki love, courtesy, or kindness.

Lx 121 (talk) 09:05, 28 July 2016 (UTC)


 * for that matter, the blocking admin hasn't even provided a source-link to the claimed "copyvio" that caused them to remove most of the content of this user's page?  please could you provide the link for that, or some other kind of evidence of the copyright violation?


 * Lx 121 (talk) 09:08, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi there, Lx 121. Let me address Omweb:


 * I am sorry Omweb. I cannot find the copyvio at the moment and I do not know why. Maybe it has something to do with being in China while using Earwig's tool. Maybe not. I just don't know and am very frustrated about this. Maybe the search engine just showed me lots and lots of identical sentences because that content had generic phrases related to yoga. If you put some of the text into a search engine, you will know what I mean.


 * Anyway, I really do stand by the block. Omweb, or better Yoga Bowers, please understand that I did not mean to offend you. I softblocked the username and not you personally. This is about using that username. Please see WP:CORPNAME. It says "...A user who both adopts a promotional username and also engages in inappropriately promotional behaviors in articles about the company, group, or product, can be blocked. In such cases, administrators should examine the user's edits to decide whether or not to allow them to create a new username...." Of course, below that, it also says that I could simply talk to you about it. I tried to use common sense. And commons sense told me to softblock. It is a gentle block with a gentle message. I did that because your username is the name of your company, which you mention at your userpage along with your lengthy biography and picture of yourself. Also, a version of your talk page promotes your organization. Plus, you created OmWeb Limited - Empowering Conscious Enterprise which was pure promotion and nothing more. Really, I did not mean to offend you. I just used my best judgement. Had you been a productive editor all this time, I certainly would have discussed it with you first. But, as your contributions show, you have made eleven constructive edits in nine and a half years while making sixteen edits about you and your company. I encourage you to put in for a name chance or simply abandon this one and help to build the encyclopedia. Again, I am sorry if I have offended you by preventing you from using this username and causing you to use another. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:59, 28 July 2016 (UTC)


 * To Lx 121. It was "suddenly" an issue because someone speedy tagged his userpage, and I, as an admin, had to deal with it. It was tagged because Omweb just added that biography about himself to his userpage. I was not the one to add the speedy deletion tag. I saw it and and even declined to speedily delete it. Instead, I simply removed the offending text per WP:UPNOT. My actions were well within the bounds of what other admins do. I constantly seek the opinions of other admins to be sure I am acting appropriately. Plus, I have a long reputation of being overly kind. Given this same scenario again, I would do the same thing. In fact, I think most admins would. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:07, 28 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Lx 121, I would also like to say that I did not warn Omweb about any copyright violation. I removed content at his userpage (not an admin action page delete) with the edit summary "...rm webhosting and copyvio content..." and the first part of that was completely correct per WP:UPNOT. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:08, 28 July 2016 (UTC)