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Speedy deletion nomination of Williams Ibekwe
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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to remove portions of page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did to User:Finngall with this edit, you may be blocked from editing. ... discospinster talk 00:36, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Drake (rapper). --Finngall talk 01:48, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}
. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. ... discospinster talk 15:25, 12 May 2014 (UTC)Willybeez (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
I have learned not to commit vandalism or edit pages without permission. but what i still don't understand is how to create a credible claim for Williams Ibekwe.
Decline reason:
We don't get to write about ourselves on Wikipedia. --jpgordon::==( o ) 22:56, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
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Request reason:
Williams Ibekwe is not about me. I also want to know how to make a credible claim of significance to future pages after i have been unblocked. I have learned not to commit vandalism or edit pages without permission.
Decline reason:
Your answers and explanations ring hollow to me, and now you're socking. Your unblock request is declined. Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 22:21, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
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- If Williams Ibekwe is not about you, then you are inappropriately using someone else's name, since that now-deleted article says refers to Williams Chidozie Ibekwe, (born January 18, 1998), better known by his nickname Willybeez. Which is it? --jpgordon::==( o ) 17:50, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
- I've just blocked User:ProgmanOS as a sock of this user. Peridon (talk) 18:42, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
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Request reason:
I was asked to used this account to appeal to be unblocked. I used User:ProgmanOS as a sock puppet of this account and I also used it for advertisement purposes. I appealed on User:ProgmanOS but I was told to use my original account to appeal, which is User:Willybeez Please, I was blocked more than a year ago. I now understand Wikipedia's policies. I know now that we dont get to write about ourselves and we dont sock plus we dont use Wikipedia for advertisement purposes. I have learned my lesson from being blocked for more than a year now. I plead that you unblock one of the two accounts. Thank you.
Accept reason:
Unblocked. Please do not vandalize pages in the future, though. Good luck, and feel free to ask any questions you may have on my talk page. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 06:08, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Victor Osimhen
[edit]Hello Willybeez,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Victor Osimhen for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. // Posted by larsona (Talk) // 22:26, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Problems with upload of File:Nneamaka Isolokwu.jpg
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File permission problem with File:Nneamaka Isolokwu.jpg
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Nneamaka Isolokwu
[edit]Okay so let me explain to you the situation. Please read Wikipedia:GNG. Miss Teen USA contestants are not considered notable and never have been, and if you were to create a page for Isolokwu you'd need to create one for every Miss Teen contestant ever. The same goes for Miss USA contestants. They are not notable in their own right either. Beauty pageant contestants must hold a national title (for Americans pretty much only Miss USA, Miss America, Miss World America, or Miss Teen USA) to have notability, and even with that many do not get articles. You need to familiarize yourself with Wikipedia:ONEEVENT. If you continue to recreate this page I'm going to be forced to report you for disruptive editing and not following rules. { [ ( jjj 1238 ) ] } 16:40, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Women- Monthly Contest
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Article moved to draftspace
[edit]Hello, Willybeez, I just came across your article Hannah Stocking, which appears to be a draft. I've moved it to Draft:Hannah Stocking to prevent deletion. In the future, you can use the format Draft:ARTICLE NAME to create articles that you are working on, or you can use your sandbox for the same purpose. -- Gestrid (talk) 23:53, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Maria Okanrende
[edit]Hello Willybeez,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Maria Okanrende for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Meiloorun (talk) 🍁 23:08, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of File:Maria Okanrende collage.jpg
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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Maria Okanrende and Yemi Alade.jpg
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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Maria Okanrende in 2014.jpg
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License tagging for File:LeadwayLogo.png
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Speedy deletion nomination of File:LeadwayLogo.png
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Wikipedia and copyright
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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Maria Okanrende in 2015.jpg
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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
[edit]Hello, Willybeez. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Mya K
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Let's reduce the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement!
[edit]Hi Willybeez, please allow me to get in touch because you have stated sympathy with environmental causes on your user page. I would like to invite you to check out the Environmental impact project page on Meta, where I am trying to create some momentum to reduce the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement. My first goal is to have all the Wikimedia servers run on renewable energy. Maybe you could show your support for this project as well by adding your signature here? Thank you, --Gnom (talk) 22:21, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
Welcome!
[edit]Hello, Willybeez, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits to the page Schick (magazine) have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and has been or will be removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or in other media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles. Additionally, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.
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2019 general election
[edit]Hello Willybeez. To clarify the 2019 situation, both the presidential and NA elections are on the same day, so it's a general election. The headline of the Guardian source you were using may have been confusing but I hope ones like INEC announces dates for 2019 general elections will clarify the situation. Cheers, Number 57 22:46, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
- I appreciate that you began the article about the presidential election, but we combine articles when elections where possible when they are held on the same date, for instance Burkinabé general election, 2015, Central African general election, 2015–16, Ghanaian general election, 2016, Nigerien general election, 2016, Sudanese general election, 2015, Tanzanian general election, 2015, Ugandan general election, 2016, Zambian general election, 2016 and of course Nigerian general election, 2015. Cheers, Number 57 00:02, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
- Please stop being difficult about this. Why do you refuse to accept that we continue with the system used for Nigerian general election, 2015? Number 57 00:09, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
- The reason there are separate articles for the other elections is because they were not held on the same days. Like 2007 (which you ignored) and 2015, this one is being held on the same day. Do you understand the difference? Do you not see all the articles I linked to above? Number 57 00:14, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
- Because the American election articles are too long to be in a combined article. You are welcome to split back to Nigerian presidential election, 2019 when the Nigerian general election, 2019 becomes too big. However, the precedent for Nigerian elections is very clear – Nigerian general election, 2007 and Nigerian general election, 2015. I appreciate you are unhappy about having your work edited by another editor, but you need to understand that I am trying to maintain some consistency in the Nigerian election article series, in which you can clearly see that the precedent is to have a single article where elections are on the same day. The American example is an exception to this general rule and you can see the many examples above that show that it is usual practice to have one article on general elections (here are some more examples: Guinea-Bissau general election, 2014, Kenyan general election, 2017, Liberian general election, 2017, Malagasy general election, 2013, Malawian general election, 2014, Mozambican general election, 2014, Namibian general election, 2014, Somaliland general election, 2017, Zimbabwean general election, 2013). As you can see, there are 17 examples of countries having a general election article, in addition to the two previous Nigerian ones that meet the criteria for doing so. Please reconsider your position. Thanks, Number 57 00:29, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
- Generally we have separate articles on national and sub-national articles, so you can put all the State Assembly and gubernatorial elections into separate articles. I'm also a bit confused about you mean by "type of election = presidential"? Are you referring to the infobox? This is separate to the contents of the article and is just used to display the results of part of the election; you can see this is being used in many of the examples I've cited above (e.g. Zimbabwean general election, 2013).
- If you want examples from other continents, please see Argentine general election, 2015, Bolivian general election, 2014, Bosnian general election, 2014, Brazilian general election, 2014, Chilean general election, 2017, Dominican Republic general election, 2016, Ecuadorian general election, 2017, Macedonian general election, 2014, Mexican general election, 2012, Paraguayan general election, 2013, Puerto Rican general election, 2016, Philippine general election, 2013, Uruguayan general election, 2014. Number 57 01:00, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
- Also, please stop making a mess of the 2007 and 2015 election articles. Number 57 01:01, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
- Because the American election articles are too long to be in a combined article. You are welcome to split back to Nigerian presidential election, 2019 when the Nigerian general election, 2019 becomes too big. However, the precedent for Nigerian elections is very clear – Nigerian general election, 2007 and Nigerian general election, 2015. I appreciate you are unhappy about having your work edited by another editor, but you need to understand that I am trying to maintain some consistency in the Nigerian election article series, in which you can clearly see that the precedent is to have a single article where elections are on the same day. The American example is an exception to this general rule and you can see the many examples above that show that it is usual practice to have one article on general elections (here are some more examples: Guinea-Bissau general election, 2014, Kenyan general election, 2017, Liberian general election, 2017, Malagasy general election, 2013, Malawian general election, 2014, Mozambican general election, 2014, Namibian general election, 2014, Somaliland general election, 2017, Zimbabwean general election, 2013). As you can see, there are 17 examples of countries having a general election article, in addition to the two previous Nigerian ones that meet the criteria for doing so. Please reconsider your position. Thanks, Number 57 00:29, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
- The reason there are separate articles for the other elections is because they were not held on the same days. Like 2007 (which you ignored) and 2015, this one is being held on the same day. Do you understand the difference? Do you not see all the articles I linked to above? Number 57 00:14, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
- Please stop being difficult about this. Why do you refuse to accept that we continue with the system used for Nigerian general election, 2015? Number 57 00:09, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
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March 2017
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Hello, Willybeez. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, 2016 Nigerian federal budget, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:
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Please do not try to replace a redirect with an article, when a draft article (Draft:Cree Cicchino) already exists – work on the Draft article first. Thank you. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 22:54, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
Willybeez, I restored the redirect as the article doesn't not demonstrate that the subject meets WP:ENT. The draft, however, shows much more promise. Once there is an approved draft, it can be moved to mainspace over the redirect.-- Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 23:04, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
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