User talk:Staten Islander News

Your submission at Articles for creation: Swash Channel (October 28)
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Draft:Swash Channel concern
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Your draft article, Draft:Swash Channel


Hello, Staten Islander News. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Swash Channel".

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 01:36, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Scott LoBaido


A tag has been placed on Scott LoBaido, 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 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, person, or point of view 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/Organizations for more information.
 * It appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement of http://statenislander.org/2020/05/08/scott-lobaido-visionary-artist-and-vocal-titan-of-staten-island/. (See section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

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. Praxidicae (talk) 18:35, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

September 2020
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. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit. Please also note that you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87". 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. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. Thank you. Glen (talk) 18:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Staten Islander News Organization's Account Has Been Wrongfully Blocked; Requesting Immediate Reinstatement
The Staten Islander News Organization account has been permanently blocked by "Glen," an editor from Dubai.

We are respectfully requesting that our privileges on Wikipedia be immediately restored, as the reasons cited for violation are without any substance. If the entry on Scott LoBaido is deficient, in any way, we would prefer guidance, rather than having our ability to add content to Wikipedia suspended, completely.

It appears that this is a politically-motivated attack on our organization, rather than a simple editorial decision, and we are disappointed that the Wikipedia platform is being misused for political ends. We are a nonpartisan publisher, and banning us from Wikipedia makes little sense. While the subject of this ban is a decidedly Right-leaning artist, this article,in no way, was an attempt to promote any political viewpoint, or the artist, himself.

Firstly, this is the account of the Staten Islander news Organization. We were notified that we are not whom we say we are. This is a falsehood.

Secondly, we were not paid by Scott LoBaido, or anyone else, to write this entry.

Thirdly, the entry does not infringe on our article; we merely took quotes from the article, words spoken by Mr. LoBaido in an interview with our reporters. Everything else has been completely rewritten. Quotations of an interviewee are not subject to copyright protection.

Fourthly, this article was not intended as promotion of a local artist and celebrity.

We were not even permitted to contest the deletion of the article, as well as the suspension of our account.

This is what we attempted to leave as a message, but were unable to:  This page should not be speedily deleted because... it is the framework for the biography of a significant artist in the Staten Island art scene.

This page does not, in any manner, promote Scott LoBaido, merely stating some of his biographical information, and a brief synopsis of his inspiration for becoming an artist. His works, both paintings, and performance art, haven't even been detailed,as of yet.

The page is being written by Staten Islander News org, a nonpartisan local newspaper. This entry is being written for the sake of completeness; Wikipedia does not, as of yet, have an entry for this artist, though numerous references in other articles exist.

Staten Islander is not being paid to promote Scott LoBaido. He is an important local Italian-American artist, and exclusion of his entry should well be interpreted as anti-Italian sentiment.

Wikipedia editors should not engage in partisan politics. To deny the Italian-American community of Staten Island, and the United States, of having one of their most famous artists have a page, is discriminatory and not in the spirit of Wikipedia. Italian-Americans, whether Trump supporters or Trump haters, are proud that one of their own is recognized as a contemporary artist. Italian artists are not only from the Renaissance.
 * For starters, chill out please. I know getting blocked isn't fun, but this block is not for political reasons. Not even sure how you got that conclusion. You are blocked for a few reasons: for one, you need a new username. Accounts are single use only. Only one person may edit from them. So you'll need to request this gets renamed to something like "Terry at Staten Islander News". Next up, while you may not be getting paid by LoBaido, since you are doing this in the course of your work at Staten Islander News, you are in fact a paid editor, and will need to disclose that. Its easy to do: just say on your user page something along the lines of "I am an employee of Staten Islander News and have been paid by them to edit (x articles)". On to LoBaido's draft: it was deleted for two reasons, one of which is that it was a copyright violation. You cannot just copy your newspaper's text and paste it on Wikipedia...unless your newspaper is willing to release its text under a free license or into the public domain. And lastly, though you claim you are not promoting LoBaido, you are certainly promoting your own newspaper.
 * To get unblocked you'll need to ask for a new username, and show that you understand why you have been blocked, how your edits will improve in the future, and what you would edit if unblocked. CaptainEek  Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 21:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Username change
This is likely not an acceptable username. Per WP:ISU: Usernames that are names of posts within organizations, such as "Secretary of the XY Foundation", are not permitted, as such a post may be held by different persons at different times." --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 20:24, 16 December 2020 (UTC)