User talk:UKVandPP

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Help me!
Please help me with... I have attempted on a number of occasions now to create a page for a new political party. On each occasion my work has been rejected despite attempting to follow the guidelines. I have been told that this has occurred as it appeared the entry was marketing, yet I have followed the same procedures that other parties have. Is there any way to actually speak to Wikipedia staff?

UKVandPP (talk) 21:19, 27 September 2017 (UTC) John - UKVandPP


 * To answer your question first: Wikipedia staff does not deal with content issues but with behind-the-scenes work like server maintenance or software development. Speaking to them would not help. Giving us a link to the rejected draft would have helped, though, particularly since the question here on your talk page was the only contribution this account has ever made. It took me quite some time to find the deleted page at UK Veterans' and People's Party. Someone apparently affiliated with the party created a page that was blatantly promotional, suitable for the party's own website but not an encyclopedia. I'm pretty sure other party articles, say Labour Party (UK) or Conservative Party (UK), do not speak of the party in the first person - "we". Furthermore, the article even in its better versions was extremely short on references, and the ones it had were of rather low quality. Coupled with the total lack of electoral success, there's no indication that the party is notable.
 * Beyond all this there's a username issue; please see WP:GROUPNAME. You obviously have edited previously under another account; you may want to return to that one. Huon (talk) 22:11, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

September 2017
Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, UKVandPP, does not meet our username policy. '''Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.''' A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account. You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text on your user talk page, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Huon (talk) 22:11, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Help me!
You just commented on my talk page UKVANDPP to say that the Username Johninwales was a good name but already in use. That is correct both accounts are mine. The work that I was working on that was blocked whilst I was working on it and due to add references, etc. It was blocked because the Name was not allowed, I was informed by another admin who blocked the page to go back to my original username hence the request for the name change, as I did not want to lose the work I had started. If that makes sense? Can you advise what I should do next please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by UKVandPP (talk • contribs) 00:30, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Since you have created the alternative account that has an acceptable username then the way forward is to simply abandon this account and use Johninwales. However, if you try to recreate the article on your political party you will simply get reblocked since the article is plainly promotional (WP:PROMO). Further, your party is, at present, clearly non-notable, and therefore does not merit an article, since it fails WP:ORG. You have also failed to comply with WP:COI and possibly WP:PAID. Useful advice is given at WP:FIRST and WP:WIZARD. Just Chilling (talk) 22:59, 30 September 2017 (UTC)