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Your submission at Articles for creation: KWV House of Brandy (November 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Bkissin was: 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.
Bkissin ( talk) 07:42, 13 November 2023 (UTC) reply
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A tag has been placed on Draft:KWV House of Brandy, 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.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: KWV House of Brandy (November 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Spiderone were: 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.
Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:59, 13 November 2023 (UTC) reply

November 2023

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because your account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. Also, your username gives the impression that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

If you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization, you may request unblock and a username change. In your reasons, you must:

  • Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement; and
  • 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; and
  • Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked; and
  • Provide a new username.

To do this, post the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked.

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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).

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Request reason:

Sorry, I was trying to set-up a page with eleborate on the history of brandy production in South Africa and the formation of KWV brandy. This information is very pertainent to understand the history of brandy and important education material. This is my first attempt to load an article onto Wikipedia and I was following an approved article from Absolute Vodka in terms of information and layout. Sorry, I was trying to set-up a page with elaborate on the history of brandy production in South Africa and the formation of KWV brandy. This information is very pertinent to understand the South African history of brandy and important education material one would expect to find in an encyclopedia. This is my first attempt to load an article onto Wikipedia and I was following an approved article from Absolute Vodka in terms of information and layout. I work for KWV brandy and am attempting to provide historical information from this 105 year old organisation. Please will you unblock my account. And I'll keep the information on the page purely for educational purposes. This is by no means a commercial or promotional exercise. KWV House of Brandy ( talk) 13:57, 13 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Decline reason:

You did not propose a new username as instructed. I did not have to get past the first line to know I was viewing some of the most promotional text I've ever seen in my years here. The fact that you say you aren't here to promote tells me that you are far too close to your company to be able to edit about it at this time. You must comply with the paid editing policy and read conflict of interest. If you are interested in editing about topics unrelated to your conflict of interest in the near term, please tell what. If not, this is the end of the road. I am declining your request. 331dot ( talk) 15:47, 13 November 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.

I merged your requests, including one that was placed in the section header; edits only need to be placed in the larger edit window, not the smaller section header window. 331dot ( talk) 15:39, 13 November 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).

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Request reason:

We have read through the reasons provided for our account being blocked and understanding our error. We now understand that the original article was self promotional and subject. It took a story telling approach rather than an informative. We have ammended the action and have drafted an article that is objective and based on facts. KWV brandy is a globally recognised brand and therefore they wanted to create a public page that has information on their brand and awards. We will stick to that notion and not include any one sided rhetoric. KWV House of Brandy ( talk) 10:56, 12 December 2023 (UTC) reply

Decline reason:

We? Our? User accounts may not be shared. Cabayi ( talk) 11:46, 12 December 2023 (UTC) reply


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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).

KWV House of Brandy ( block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser ( log))


Request reason:

I have read through the reasons provided for my account being blocked and understand my error. I now understand that the original article was self promotional and subjective. It took a storytelling approach rather than an informative one. I have amended the action and have drafted an article that is objective and based on facts. KWV brandy is a globally recognised brand and therefore I wanted to create a public page that has information on the brand and their awards. I will stick to that notion and not include any one sided rhetoric. KWV House of Brandy ( talk) 12:33, 12 December 2023 (UTC) reply

Decline reason:

No. If this is your only goal, this is the end of the line. Otherwise, you need to address your violation of WP:USERNAME and WP:COI and you need to tell us what you plan to write about instead. Yamla ( talk) 20:45, 12 December 2023 (UTC) reply


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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).

KWV House of Brandy ( block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser ( log))


Request reason:

I have read through the reasons provided for my account being blocked and understand my error. I now understand that the original article sounded promotional and subjective. It took a storytelling approach rather than an informative one. I have amended the action and have drafted an article that is objective and based on facts. I intend to use the site to add value and impart knowledge. I am an independent individual and my contributions will reflect that henceforth. KWV House of Brandy ( talk) 07:45, 13 December 2023 (UTC) reply

Decline reason:

You have not proposed a new username. You still want to write an article about the company. I am revoking talk page access, because you are wasting our time. PhilKnight ( talk) 16:31, 13 December 2023 (UTC) reply


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New posts should be placed at the bottom, please. 331dot ( talk) 09:49, 13 December 2023 (UTC) reply

Stop hand
Your ability to edit this talk page has been revoked as an administrator has identified your talk page edits as inappropriate and/or disruptive.

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  PhilKnight ( talk) 16:31, 13 December 2023 (UTC) reply