User talk:AlanDonald

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Speedy deletion nomination of Duff House Royal Golf Club[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Duff House Royal Golf Club, 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 encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Username[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Duff House Royal Golf Club, and I noticed that your username, "Duffhouseroyalwiki", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87".

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January 2016[edit]

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 {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} 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 {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Bishonen | talk 21:28, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that recreating the page after it had once been deleted for being promotional is especially frowned on here. Bishonen | talk 21:29, 18 January 2016 (UTC).[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

AlanDonald (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

AlanDonald (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

mis understanding in the creation of a username, tried to be too specific. I created a user under one of the topics i wanted to talk about, this is removed and altered as detailed herein. Intend to create a page on a historic golf course that was gifted to the town of Banff, aberdeenshire. The course was designed by Alister MacKenzie whom designed a number of world famous golf course. Duff House Royal is reference on his Course chronology under 1910 - Alister also went onto design one of the most famous golf course in the world, Augusta nation. home of the Masters. In December 1923 HRH The Princess Louise expressed a wish to become Patroness of the Club and desired that the Club become Duff House Royal Golf Club. One of only 64 clubs in the world to bear the title royal. The course in situated in the ground of Duff House - Duff House is a Georgian estate house in Banff. The page shall detail content simialr to one of our neighbours Royal Aberdeen Golf Club

Accept reason:

If Bishonen is happy for you to start a new account, then I'm equally happy for you to keep and rename this one. Allowing username change to requested username. ~~Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. Sorry about the two-stage process, but admins can't do the actual rename itself.~~ All done. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:23, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've formatted the user's unblock requests. Two of them is one too many, but I didn't know how else to handle it. Presumably the user wants both to change his username, and to tell us what he wants to do next. Listen, AlanDonald, the article that was deleted was much too promotional. Articles are supposed to be written from a neutral point of view, and to have references to reliable sources. Please see also WP:NOTADVERTISING. Since you are new at this, I suggest you create your article via Articles for creation; you'll get help there. OK, now we wait for an uninvolved administrator to review your unblock request. Bishonen | talk 23:49, 18 January 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Do I need to do anything else?Duffhouseroyalwiki (talk) 16:52, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No, you're good. Just check this page occasionally to see when the reviewing admin arrives. You can set it up so you get an e-mail when the page is edited, via the "Notifications" tab in your Preferences. Bishonen | talk 17:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Hi, will anyone be able to review this, this week. I have been looking at my content but I can't even check my formatting the the Sandbox as the account is completely locked down. Please help. Duffhouseroyalwiki (talk) 12:21, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to suggest you just cut through the bureaucracy and create a new account, but then I thought maybe not. I've posted a request for speedy assistance here. You'll remember about the Articles for creation, won't you? Bishonen | talk 13:17, 20 January 2016 (UTC).[reply]

I'm in the middle of reviewing, but something went wrong with and edit conflict I think - I need to revert a couple of edits.

No, all sorted and unblocked. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:23, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks all who helped. Welcome to Wikipedia, AlanDonald. Bishonen | talk 15:01, 20 January 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Hi, Thanks I have now been able to access my account and the username have been changed. However, I am unable to write my article as the page is protected and now only admin can write it. Can you please have a look and permit access, I have an article started in the Sandbox. https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Duff_House_Royal_Golf_Club Thanks Alan AlanDonald (talk) 20:55, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alan, there are definitely a few problems with your current sandbox version, and it would almost certainly be nominated for deletion in its current state. For one thing, it still contains a number of statements that read like marketing speak - if there is any suspicion that you are trying to promote the subject, Wikipedia users will be very hard on you. A Wikipedia article should be written from the position of a totally disinterested person who shows no appearance of connection with the subject. But, perhaps more importantly, your sandbox draft does not have a single reference. Ideally, every statement added to a Wikipedia article should be traceable back to a reliable source - we don't require such exactitude for a first article submission, but we really do need some sources that verify what you are writing. I encourage you to work on your current sandbox version, and perhaps consider submitting it via the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:15, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Zebedee, thanks for the input I will try and rewrite some of the words. Its not intended to be promotional, mearly a insight into an, in my opinion interesting subject. There is a lot of history on the subject and ties with the Monarchy. The information was somewhat extracted from some old newspaper articles and i thought i did start to reference those publications. I will try to improve it, but my hope is that other Wiki users will enhance this as we go live. thanks AlanDonald (talk) 12:16, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Duff House Royal Golf Club has a new comment[edit]

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Duff House Royal Golf Club. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 02:32, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Duff House Royal Golf Club (January 22)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Duff House Royal Golf Club and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Robert McClenon (talk) 02:34, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! AlanDonald, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Robert McClenon (talk) 02:34, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Robert, I have been waiting 25days to get a response? AlanDonald (talk) 20:41, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Duff House Royal Golf Club has been accepted[edit]

Duff House Royal Golf Club, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:47, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thank you for working so diligently on the article. I moved it to the mainspace, but it still needs work on the referencing. Check out this link to Google Books. I'll be more than happy to help you, but you seem to have a good grasp of what's needed at this point. Let me know if you have any questions. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:49, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Y Nice work! Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:22, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Y Thanks all. Any help that can be offered would be welcomed. Anything that improves the quality can only be seen as a good thing. Thanks Again AlanDonald (talk) 21:28, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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