Welcome!

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Hello, DiPGames, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

You may also want to complete the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit the Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Ian.thomson (talk) 20:33, 4 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

How to write articles that won't be deleted

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If you're going to write an article about anyone or anything that is not you or something you are connected to, here are the steps you should follow:

1) Choose a topic whose notability is attested by discussions of it in several reliable independent sources.
2) Gather as many professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources you can find. Google Books is a good resource for this. Also, while search engine resutls are tnot sources, they are where you can find sources. Just remember that they need to be professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources.
3) Focus on just the ones that are not dependent upon or affiliated with the subject, but still specifically about the subject and providing in-depth coverage (not passing mentions). If you do not have at least three such sources, the subject is not yet notable and trying to write an article at this point will only fail.
4) Summarize those sources left after step 3, adding citations at the end of them. You'll want to do this in a program with little/no formatting, like Microsoft Notepad or Notepad++, and not in something like Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer. Make sure this summary is just bare statement of facts, phrased in a way that even someone who hates the subject can agree with.
5) Combine overlapping summaries (without arriving at new statements that no individual source supports) where possible, repeating citations as needed.
6) Paraphrase the whole thing just to be extra sure you've avoided any copyright violations or plagiarism.
7) Use the Article wizard to post this draft and wait for approval.
8) Expand the article using sources you put aside in step 3 (but make sure they don't make up more than half the sources for the article, and make sure that affiliated sources don't make up more than half of that).

Doing something besides those steps typically results in the article not being approved, or even in its deletion.

If you are writing about yourself, or someone or something you are connected with (such as a friend, family member, or your business), the following steps are different:

1) If the subject really was notable, you wouldn't need to write the article. Remember that articles are owned by the Wikipedia community as a whole, not the article subject or the article author. If you do not want other people to write about you, then starting an article about yourself is a bad idea.
8a) If the article is accepted, never edit it again. Instead, make edit requests on the article's talk page.
8b) If the article is rejected, there will be a reason given. Read it carefully and closely. If there are links in the reason, open them and read those pages.

Ian.thomson (talk) 20:33, 4 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

December 2018

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text

{{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}

at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names.

 Thank you. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:37, 29 December 2018 (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).

DanielWikipediaPojda (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

Why am I blocked? My username is normal, DiP means Daniel and (i - in Polish) Patrycja (me and my sister's name) and Games because I had YT channel like that I have this username so many years on many websites, can u unblock me please? DiPGames (talk) 19:02, 29 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

If this is the name of your YouTube channel, you will need to change your username here, as usernames cannot be that of a website. Sorry. 331dot (talk) 08:57, 30 December 2018 (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.

 
This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

DanielWikipediaPojda (block logactive blocksglobal blocksautoblockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Requested username:

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The username you requested here seems to be okay to me. I'll go ahead and change your username, and then unblock your account once it's done. Stand by... :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:06, 30 December 2018 (UTC)Reply
DanielWikipediaPojda - You're all set! I've changed your username for you and unblocked your account. Please remember that you will now need to log into Wikipedia using your new username. If you try to log in with the old one, you'll receive an "invalid username/password" error since the old account no longer exists. Thanks for being understanding and for working with us to get this matter resolved. I hope you have a great day and I wish you happy editing. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:09, 30 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Katarzyna Sienkiewicz for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Katarzyna Sienkiewicz is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Katarzyna Sienkiewicz until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Celestina007 (talk) 21:08, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Kwiat Jabłoni for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Kwiat Jabłoni is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kwiat Jabłoni until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Celestina007 (talk) 21:13, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

April 2022

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Hello DanielWikipediaPojda. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Katarzyna Sienkiewicz, 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:DanielWikipediaPojda. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=DanielWikipediaPojda|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. Celestina007 (talk) 21:15, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Celestina007 Hi. I apologize if my edits are of poor quality, however I want to point out that I am not getting any money for editing Wikipedia. The articles I have created are a direct translation from Polish Wikipedia, I just translate them. DanielWikipediaPojda (talk) 05:43, 12 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

April 2022

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As previously advised, your edits, such as the edit you made to Kwiat Jabłoni, give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:DanielWikipediaPojda, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=DanielWikipediaPojda|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Celestina007 (talk) 21:17, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Celestina007 Hi! I apologize if my edits are of poor quality, however I want to point out that I am not getting any money for editing Wikipedia. The articles I have created are a direct translation from Polish Wikipedia, I just translate them. DanielWikipediaPojda (talk) 21:20, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Celestina007 Kwiat Jabłoni is a band I really like listening to, so I decided to translate the Polish article into English. DanielWikipediaPojda (talk) 21:22, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Celestina007 They have two albums that are certified platinum in Poland, is it now enough? Just wanted to ask. DanielWikipediaPojda (talk) 21:25, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution

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  Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from Taco Hemingway into Pocztówka z WWA, lato '19. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g., copied content from [[page name]]; see that page's history for attribution. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted {{copied}} template on the talk pages of the source and destination. Please provide attribution for this duplication if it has not already been supplied by another editor, and if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, you should provide attribution for that also. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 20:51, 14 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject assessment tags for talk pages

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Thank you for your recent articles, including SBM Label, which I read with interest. When you create a new article, can you add the WikiProject assessment templates to the talk of that article? See the talk page of the article I mentioned for an example of what I mean. Usually it is very simple, you just add something like {{WikiProject Keyword}} to the article's talk, with keyword replaced by the associated WikiProject (ex. if it's a biography article, you would use WikiProject Biography; if it's a United States article, you would use WikiProject United States, and so on). You can also use a friendly script for that. You do not have to rate the article if you do not want to, others will do it eventually. Those templates are very useful, as they bring the articles to a WikiProject attention, and allow them to start tracking the articles through Wikipedia:Article alerts and other tools. For example, WikiProject Poland relies on such templates to generate listings such as Article Alerts, Popular Pages, Quality and Importance Matrix and the Cleanup Listing. Thanks to them, WikiProject members are more easily able to defend your work from deletion, or simply help try to improve it further. Feel free to ask me any questions if you'd like more information about using those talk page templates. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:03, 26 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Smolasty for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Smolasty is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smolasty until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

DavidEfraim (talk) 04:18, 25 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Nomination of Franciszek Błażyca for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Franciszek Błażyca is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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