User talk:Templestaykorea

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Your contributed article, Yongjoosa


Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Yongjoosa. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Yongjusa. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Yongjusa – you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think the article you created should remain separate, 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. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Norvoid (talk) 09:48, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

December 2015
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing, because this account has been used only for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to Wikipedia's content policy. Also, your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, which is against Wikipedia's policy: an account is for an individual, not a group. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a free advertising service.

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 this 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 this 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 by adding the text below, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Diannaa (talk) 21:41, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Here are a few key questions:
 * Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
 * Do you understand conflict of interest?
 * Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. Diannaa (talk) 02:20, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Still want an unblock?
The bit below the asterisk was also posted as an email to this user, as I don't think a six-months blocked account will see a message on their talk page, but given their username I assumed the email address they registered would still be in use, and I decided that posting it here would prevent any suspicion that I was colluding off-wiki with banned users to remove their blocks. I feel this user was unfairly blocked based solely on their username and a couple of good-faith newbie mistakes rather than a serious pattern of disruptive behaviour.

The timeline of the initial unblock request is extremely fishy: on 7 December the block was appealed with a rationale that fully addressed the reason for the block, then on 12 December Dianaaa posted a list of additional questions -- at least one of which (the notability problem) clearly had nothing to do with why the account was blocked; after over six months none of the pages they created have been deleted based on "notability" concerns -- and then on 15 December the unblock request was rejected on the grounds that the user had not addressed a series of questions that they had not been asked until almost a week after they posted the appeal.

The initial block rationale also claimed that the account had only been used for advertising, which is nonsense: the article Jeondeungsa is a poorly-written mess, but it is not advertising. Expecting the user to apologize for something that simply is not true is unfair. It is clear that the only reason they were blocked is because of their username.

I say just ask the user if they want their username changed and if so they can be unblocked.

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I can tell you how to get unblocked on English Wikipedia, if you're still interested?

Your user name implies that you created a Wikipedia account with a specific agenda for promoting a commercial or other service. I am sure this is not an accurate assessment of your agenda, but you were autoblocked based on your username giving this impression.

You will almost certainly be unblocked if you say something along the lines of "I understand that I was blocked because I appear to be a promotional account. I have read, and understand, the policies and guidelines regarding conflict of interest and notability. All of the articles I created were on independently notable topics. My edits to Yongjusa and Yongjoosa were a good-faith mistake. I will be careful when editing in topics possibly related to my conflict of interest, and will refrain from posting anything that could be taken as advertising or as compromising Wikipedia's objectivity."

Best,

Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 01:41, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

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