User talk:Johnandrew1974

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August 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Vangelis Trigas has been reverted.
Your edit here to Vangelis Trigas was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vangelis-Trigas-Bouzouki-virtuoso-instrumentalist-and-master-instructor/170434166328093/) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 07:34, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Vangelis Trigas with this edit. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Cst17 (talk) 08:01, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of John Andrew (contemporary artist, born 1974)

The article John Andrew (contemporary artist, born 1974) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Apparent autobiography citing only self-published sources

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This bot DID NOT nominate any of your contributions for deletion; please refer to the history of each individual page for details. Thanks, FastilyBot (talk) 10:00, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of John Andrew (contemporary artist, born 1974)

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A tag has been placed on John Andrew (contemporary artist, born 1974), 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 Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
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March 2023

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is being used only for advertising or promotion.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Bbb23 (talk) 23:14, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Johnandrew1974 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I followed instructions by referencing my page to a page that was submitted by someone else, and then removing the "Proposed Deletion" tag. I did not publish false information or insult anyone; only tried contributing by listing all facts and references related to my profession. I only wish to comply with Wikipedia rules and will make all changes necessary--if given the opportunity. I request to be un-blocked because blocking me indefinitely is unfair for the reasons mentioned above, and having successfully contributed in the past. Thank you for your time and consideration. Johnandrew1974 (talk) (talk) 13:06, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

You have some misunderstandings about Wikipedia and its purpose. This is not a place where people obtain "listings" for themselves. This is an encyclopedia with criteria for inclusion, called "notability"- such as the definition of a notable musician or more broadly a notable person. This encyclopedia is composed of articles, typically written by independent editor wholly unconnected with the topic. While not absolutely forbidden, autobiographical articles are highly discouraged per the autobiography policy, in part because people naturally write favorably about themselves and have difficulty setting aside what they know about themselves when writing. A Wikipedia article must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about the topic, showing how it meets the relevant definition of notability. Wikipedia is not interested in what people say about themselves. You won't be unblocked to, anytime soon, edit about yourself. If you want to edit about other topics, please tell what. Furthermore, you violated copyright by copying a website to here. These are all reasons the block is valid. 331dot (talk) 13:19, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Unblocking and undeleting request

Dear Bbb2, deleting my page “John Andrew (contemporary artist, born 1974)” was inappropriate. I complied with previous recommendation for change by hiring a journalist to upload a bio on a referencing site. Your reason for “spam/and advertising purpose”, applies to every living person listed in Wikipedia. All I tried doing was contributing by listing all the facts and references related to my profession. I would appreciate if you would reconsider and revert. After all, Wikipedia is supposed to be a free resource for the community; not having to pay hundreds of dollars to other professionals for a listing. Johnandrew1974 (talk) 00:10, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you are piping your signature in an attempt to customize it, it is not being done correctly. 331dot (talk) 13:14, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed your signatures here- it should display as it does currently. 331dot (talk) 13:20, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I fear you really do have a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of Wikipedia. It is an encyclopaedia, not the Yellow Pages. It is not intended to provide free advertising to non-notable individuals who write autobiographies of themselves. The living people who have biographies have them because there are good reasons for them to be notable (i.e. there is sufficient coverage of them in non-self-published sources). An entry on a website that you have clearly written yourself or has been written for you at your request does not count. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:07, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]