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Your submission at Articles for creation: Bill Cobbs (March 30)

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

Honestly, this just comes across as a promo for his gubernatorial run. If he *wins* the governorship he positively gets an article, but not just for being a candidate.

I skimmed through, but there doesn't appear to be anything far beyond the usual in his career, no major claim to notoriety, and he hasn't won the governorship yet, so I'm not seeing a need to have a biography of this person.

Also, are you writing about yourself? If so, see WP:AUTOBIO for why that is generally a very bad idea.

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.

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MatthewVanitas (talk) 11:15, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Bill C. Cobbs! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation 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! MatthewVanitas (talk) 11:15, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Bill Cobbs (March 30)

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 (not just mere mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people, the golden rule and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Help:Introduction to referencing/1), 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.

The comment the reviewer left was:

This autobiography has no references. This draft has not been significantly improved since it was last declined. References are not a nice-to-have in Wikipedia; they are required. In looking at the submission comment, I see a signature that says "Steve". If you are not Bill Cobbs, you should not be using his name as your Wikipedia account.

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.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 15:17, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Bill Cobbs has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Bill Cobbs. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 15:17, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

March 2018

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but it appears you have written or added to an article about yourself, at Draft:Bill Cobbs. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 15:35, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Bill C. Cobbs", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because usernames which imply you a specific notable person (such as Draft:Bill Cobbs) should only be used if that is your real name as explained in WP:REALNAME. In some cases, verification of your identity may be requested to prevent against any damaging impersonation. If you are not Bill C. Cobbs, you should change your username to something else or your account may be indefinitely blocked from further editing. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. ‎ -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:41, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Bill C. Cobbs, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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I've added the above template based upon your choice of username. Although Wikipedia does not explicitly prohibit conflict-of-interest editing, it does highly discourage it because it can and often does lead to some serious problems. Technically, you are only working on a draft, so for the time being conitnuing to do so should be OK. You should, however, carefully read the pages linked to in the above template because they contain important information which you should be aware of and which may help you avoid problems. Some other pages you should look are Wikipedia:Ownership of content and Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. If you have any questions about any of this, feel free to ask them below or you can ask for help at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:48, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

April 2018

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, Bill C. Cobbs, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. kelapstick^(bainuu) 21:57, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock Please

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

Request reason:

I am new to Wiki and trying to figure things out, I am no bot,I am his campaign manager. Please unblock this account and change the user name

Accept reason:

Username changed, please see the note below regarding conflict of interest. kelapstick^(bainuu) 20:30, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kelapstick, I've renamed per the request above, but pinging you as they also appear to have a COI and have been doing some promotional work for Mr. Cobbs (see Draft:Bill Cobbs). Not commenting either way on the unblock, but prefer alerting the blocking admin to let them decide when there might be issues beyond the name. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:33, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- TonyBallioni, thanks. I am unblocking the account, since all the work is in draft space, it's all "according to process", although NativeSonofMichigan, you should put a notice on your talk page regarding your Conflict of Interest, and please read the associated WP:COI policy. Cheers, --kelapstick^(bainuu) 20:30, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - Kelapstick, makes sense. Just wanted to ping first. I went ahead and unblocked per your message above (the account was still blocked when I saw the ping.) TonyBallioni (talk) 20:46, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Bill Cobbs (April 8)

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

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage (not just mere mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people, the golden rule and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Help:Introduction to referencing/1), 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.

The comment the reviewer left was:

The article is still largely unsourced and self promoting

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:Bill Cobbs and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Bill Cobbs, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
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Theroadislong (talk) 07:29, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Shared accounts

Hj NativeSonofMichigan. Just curious about something you posted on the user talk page of Theroadislong. You posted here that The limited references we have because of lack of digital articles during certain sections of Mr. Cobbs life. You used the word "we" which might give others the impression that more than one person may be using your account to edit. If that's the case, please carefully read WP:NOSHARING because the general principle on Wikipedia is "one person per account". If others are "sharing" your account so to speak, then please advise them to register for their own accounts. Also, if they are also connected to Bill Cobbs in anyway, then they should also carefully read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:14, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

MfD nomination of Draft:Bill Cobbs

Draft:Bill Cobbs, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Bill Cobbs and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Draft:Bill Cobbs during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:11, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: William Cobbs has been accepted

William Cobbs, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

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Legacypac (talk) 22:57, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

April 2018

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for abusing multiple accounts. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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 ~~~~}}. kelapstick^(bainuu) 16:13, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]