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Your submission at Articles for creation: Friends 4 Hire (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 Ingenuity was:

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just passing mentions about the subject)
reliable
secondary
independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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:Friends 4 Hire 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.

— Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 19:23, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Friends4Hire! 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! — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 19:23, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, 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. In your reasons, you must:

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

Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. Alexf^(talk) 20:20, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Friends4Hire (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

FriendforhireFAN-ACCOUNT (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I am just a fan trying to help out a local band by starting a wikipedia page for them. I have written articles about them for our local university and I want to create an official information page for them. I have not and will not receive ANY compensation for writing for them, as I am doing this because of my love for local art and helping artists. I understand that my username was misleading and I did not think it was an issue, as this is my first experience with wikipedia and I did not understand the rules fully. I want to create and maintain the page for them as well as other artists in the future after I complete my work with this page. Please unblock my account so that I can continue to spread awareness and help my local scene. Thank you. Friends4Hire (talk) 21:01, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Wikipedia has articles, not pages. This is not semantics, there is a subtle but important distinction. More specifically, Wikipedia does not have "official information pages". Wikipedia articles summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about (in this case) a band, showing how they meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable band. What you wrote was a clear advertisement. Wikipedia has no interest in helping you promote local musicians, that's what social media is for. Please read conflict of interest. You're going to need to tell us what other topics you might edit about in the short term, to demonstrate your understanding of Wikipedia content and notability guidelines, first. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 01:09, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

L and wikipedia cringe