User talk:Solimp

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September 2014[edit]

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October 2014[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Changer d'Altitude. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Meters (talk) 17:11, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Meters. Thanks for highlighting the removal of the maintenance template: this was completely not my intention as it would be great to gather alternate viewpoints on the article in order to make it more neutral. The page was subsequently marked for speedy deletion so I have no opportunity to rectify this mistake. Thank you! Solimp 10:04, 28 October 2014 (UTC+1)

Speedy deletion nomination of Changer d'Altitude[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Changer d'Altitude, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this page is not blatant advertising, . Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. You are welcome to edit the page to fix this problem, but please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. As well as removing promotional phrasing, it helps to add factual encyclopaedic information to the page, and add citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the page will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Meters (talk) 17:29, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. If you intend to edit constructively in other topic areas, you may be granted the right to continue under a change of username. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

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--Orange Mike | Talk 04:16, 28 October 2014 (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.

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

Requested username:

Solimpe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I recognise that this account has been blocked for the perception of promotion and/or publicity of an organisation, arising from the creation of an article about a recently published book. It is acknowledged and taken on board that creating an article for a book that does not yet have sufficient critical following meant that the article was not written in a neutral way, having featured mainly the blurb from the back cover. To understand the problem, I had reached out to the user that marked the article for speedy deletion, however no response was received. This account has previously been used to make useful factual update to the page Solar Impulse, amongst others. Moving forward, I would like to continue to update pages relating to solar energy and clean energy. The Solar Impulse project has no product to sell or promote, and I simply wish to provide accurate technical information about the aircraft specification and journey. Many thanks for your consideration.Solimp (talk) 08:51, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Decline reason:

The new chosen username still fails our username policy, and cannot be used on Wikipedia. In addition, whether or not the "Solar Impulse Project" sells anything, it's still promotion. the panda ₯’ 09:24, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the editor who tagged the article for deletion (see the signature on the speedy deletiuo0n notice above). You received no response from me because you never attempted to contact me. Had you actually contacted me I would have responded, but only to explain how the article about the book was so fundamentally flawed that there was no hope of saving it. I'm also the editor who put your username up for a block as a promotional username since every one of your edits has been about he Solar Impulse project and the people involved in it.

From your edit history it appears that instead [here you attempted to contact User:FreeRangeFrog, the admin who had already deleted the article as "Unambiguous advertising or promotion", but about 90 minutes after the article had been deleted. He or she responded to you here less than one hour after your post, and 13 or 14 hours before your unblock request saying that you had had no response. There's no need for me to elaborate on FreeRangeFrog's analysis of the article. Meters (talk) 18:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Changer d'Altitude book cover.jpg[edit]

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Thanks for uploading File:Changer d'Altitude book cover.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 21:06, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]