User talk:ZenSunflower

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

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

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Tol (talk | contribs) @ 23:20, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, ZenSunflower! Having an article draft 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! Tol (talk | contribs) @ 23:20, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

User:Orangemike deleted my article at: User:ZenSunflower/sandbox1 stating the reason as promotional content. I would like to re-edit and fix until the article meets wiki standards.

1. I need help retrieving the contents of my article because I did not back it up.

2. I also need help understanding what parts of my article make it look promotional.

Please help!!! ZenSunflower (talk) 03:10, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines for sports persons and athletes). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

See WP:COI.

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 after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Thích Diệu Thiện and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Greenman (talk) 11:42, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on The Power of awake, 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, group, product, service, person, or point of view 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. PRAXIDICAE🌈 17:41, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Draft:Thích Diệu Thiện, 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, group, product, service, person, or point of view 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. PRAXIDICAE🌈 17:41, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Draft:Thich Dieu Thien, 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, group, product, service, person, or point of view 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. PRAXIDICAE🌈 17:41, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Universal door meditation center, 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, group, product, service, person, or point of view 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. PRAXIDICAE🌈 17:42, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello ZenSunflower. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:ZenSunflower. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=ZenSunflower|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. PRAXIDICAE🌈 17:43, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Praxidicae,

I am not being directly or indirectly compensated for my edits. I voluntarily submit this only for informational purposes. I can submit further proof of my employment, if needed. What should be corrected to make it fit within the Wiki guidelines? Please help me. ZenSunflower (talk) 18:06, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not delete my articles... I am happy to rewrite and resubmit once you clear my case. ZenSunflower (talk) 18:08, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What is your connection to Thich Dieu Thien? PRAXIDICAE🌈 18:11, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have attended a few talks by Thich Dieu Thien, and have sat in some of her Awake meditation classes in the past; due to time constraints, I just volunteer sometimes now. I know the benefits of Awake meditation and how practical it is, and can help people of all backgrounds. I would like for the information to be available for people that want to find about this form of meditation and the teacher who offers it.

I am not a writer... I started to write this to provide information that may be useful to others. If you can help me recreate or rewrite in an appropriate way for WIKI to accept, I am happy to abide your advice. Appreciate your kind help in advance. ZenSunflower (talk) 18:30, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I can email you copies of the deleted work. They were deleted because they look like promotion of the subject. This can apply even if you are no paid by the subject. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 15:12, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, CambridgeBayWeather, for your honest feedback. No, I don't need copies of the deleted work. However, I have a couple of questions:

1. If I rewrote more factually, are you able to review my write up and give feedback?

2. I found a lot of supporting materials online, about the subject, in Vietnamese. Is it okay to present materials from another language as references?

Thanks. ZenSunflower (talk) 00:01, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at User:ZenSunflower/sandbox1, you may be blocked from editing. --Orange Mike | Talk 02:12, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Orange Mike,

Thank you for your feedback. If there is anything that looks promotional, it is not intentional. Can you please help me understand what parts make it look promotional so I can edit/fix the article? The reason I created it in my sandbox is also because I was not sure if I'm doing this the right way. Please kindly help and I am willing to cooperate and redit until this article looks fit enough for wikipedia.

I also didn't back up what I wrote. Can you please help me retrieve the contents so I can re-edit? Thank you in advance for your kind help and support. ZenSunflower (talk) 02:34, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:10, 6 July 2024 (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).

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

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Request reason:

Hi Jimfbleak,

You blocked my account earlier today because my article had references to promotional content.

I am fairly new to wiki and am still trying to understand my way around. Two years ago, this same article was rejected for puffery. So, this time around, I took care to remove all the puffery terms.

And I truly thought that as long as the referenced articles were written by a third party, they would qualify. I finally know now, after poring over the wiki guidelines, what NPOV means. Wish I had spent the time understanding all of this before this consequence! Since I was still trying to understand how wiki writing works, I wrote the article in my sandbox (not creating a draft), which I assumed was like a scratchpad to test out things and asked for feedback from the community.

I clearly understand that there is not enough press coverage on the subject to qualify for a wiki at this time. The subject also needs to have more profiles or articles in the mainstream press. Local mags and briefs don't count.

I apologize for my lack of clarity and understanding, I know how and what a real encyclopedia should look like.

If you give me a chance by unblocking my account, I will abide by the wiki guidelines and make this a meaningful experience for myself and others. Just like how I value my time and energy, I believe in giving the same benefit to others. So, I will not be writing stuff that is biased or promotional.

I would appreciate it if you could consider unblocking my account. Let me know if you need any other information about me or have concerns.

Thanks! ZenSunflower (talk) 02:23, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

As an independent admin, I see no cause here to remove the block. You don't describe the constructive contributions you want to make instead of your prior ones. 331dot (talk) 09:47, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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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.

Unblock requests are to ask for a third party to review the block. If you wish to negotiate with Jimfbleak, you don't need to make an unblock request. 331dot (talk) 07:43, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

331dot, thanks. ZenSunflower, Thanks for email. Your text relied heavily on one source of, to say the least, dubious neutrality, was highly promotional in tone and full of your and her opinions and claims rather than objectively verifiable facts. I see you have posted an appeal above, but if you appeal again, you need to say what topics you will write about if you are unblocked, it's unlikely that you will be unblocked to write about anything associated with Thích Diệu Thiện Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:57, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

in response to your further email, I think that 331dot isn't saying you can't talk to me, rather that you need to decide whether to do that or to post a request for an independent admin to review, but please decide one way or another, don't do both. As I've said above, no one will unblock you anyway until you say what topics you will write about if you are unblocked Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:54, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]