Mark W. Rocha

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Your AfC draft

Hello there, thank you for creating this draft. I have seen the draft there were some minor problems with the article which I have fixed (You can see the changes here [1]) but the major problem is Notability. That means if the subject is a notable person or not. If notable then please add some verifiable references. Please see WP:GNG and WP:GP before procceding If the draft is not notable and if you cannot introduce references then there is a chance that your draft may not pass AfC review. If you need assistance please feel free to contact me on my talk page or ask a question at our teahouse. I know you can improve. Regards. Jim Cartar (talk) 02:45, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Your AfC draft (2)

Hello Mark. User:Jim Cartar has unfortunately slightly misadvised you about your AfC draft. Let's see if I can help. The issue is not so much about your notability, and I'm not going to take a view one way or another about that today. The issue is about writing an article about yourself. This can backfire, as Wikipedians take a strong view about self-promotion, and your draft does unfortunately look very much like that. It is written in the language of a resumé rather than that of an encyclopedia article. I would recommend you to remove the {{AFC submission}} template from the draft for now and to take time to consider your next step. It would then be a good idea to read Wikipedia:Autobiography and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (and surf from those, if you like) before deciding what to do. Those pages will give you a good idea of the issues that can arise.

I will keep both your talk page and your draft article on my watch list for now, so you are welcome to reply here and I will discuss with you if you wish. (Please note I'm in the UK, so my times are different from yours.) Kind regards, --Stfg (talk) 00:16, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

(copying your reply here from my talk page, to keep it threaded)

Hi, I am actually not Mark W. Rocha. I made a mistake when making the account. I used his name because he is the sole reason why I wanted to make a wikipedia page. I have already requested to have my username changed for this reason.Mark W. Rocha (talk) 00:54, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know that. I expect you've realised by now that using Rocha's name as your username makes it look as if he was writing about himself in those glowing terms. So it's important to get your name change done before you re-add the {{AFC submission}} template, when the article may find its way into mainspace. If you aren't getting a quick response to your name change request, you could try making a request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple. There's a link to click at #5 there to facilitate doing this.

Good work on the article the other day. There's still some more you need to do. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the main section still read like a promotional brochure for PCC, and would benefit from being made more neutral (in tone -- the facts themselves are fine). Also, the Personal life section needs sourcing.

One piece of advice about talk pages, if I may: when you reply on people's or articles' talk pages about a subject that hasn't been discussed there before, it's best to start a new section rather than just dropping the comment at the bottom of the page. Doing the latter makes the comment appear as part of the previous section, and may confuse people or even cause a hiccup in an ongoing discussion. You'll find a New section link at the top of any talk page, which gives you boxes for the title and text of the new section.

I probably won't pop up here again unless you have questions, but will keep this on my watch list for a while in case anything crops up. Feel free to ping me any time you like. Regards, --Stfg (talk) 11:58, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you. --Nat Gertler (talk) 07:20, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely because its username is a blatant violation of our username policy – it is obviously profane; threatens, attacks or impersonates another person; or suggests that your intention is not to contribute to the encyclopedia (see our blocking and username policies for more information).

We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia, but users are not allowed to edit with inappropriate usernames, nor is trolling or other disruptive behavior ever tolerated. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} on your user talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

Daniel Case (talk) 17:58, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

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.

Mark W. Rocha (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Requested username:

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

Request reason:

I would like to change my username because I made a huge mistake when creating it. My sole purpose to creating a wiki account was to add a page about mark rocha. When creating the account I use his name as a username not knowing that this would cause me to be mistaken as Mark W. Rocha. I assure that I as not him. I just want to put a page about him on Wikipedia as he is a notable president of a notable community college. I have created a page that is well cited and that has accurate information. However the page is consistently scrutinized by the user NatGertler which makes me feel that he is editing the page with biased intention. Please change the username so that we can clear the false rumors that I am Mark rocha. I can provide you with any information needed to confirm that I am not mark rocha. I admit that I made a mistake creating an account using his name as a username. At the time I was unaware that this violates Wikipedia guidelines. I am now fully aware and want to do my due diligence to resolve this problem. I made a request to have this name change the same day that I created the account but have not heard anything from it. Please help me get my username changed so this whole issue can be situated. Thank you Mark W. Rocha (talk) 19:55, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Sorry, that name's already taken. When you try again, use 'Preview' instead of save, and then use the availability check that's just after your new choice. When you find one that's not taken, then save. Peridon (talk) 21:00, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

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.

Mark W. Rocha (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Requested username:

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

Request reason:

I would like to change my username because I made a huge mistake when creating it. My sole purpose to creating a wiki account was to add a page about mark rocha. When creating the account I use his name as a username not knowing that this would cause me to be mistaken as Mark W. Rocha. I assure that I as not him. I just want to put a page about him on Wikipedia as he is a notable president of a notable community college. I have created a page that is well cited and that has accurate information. However the page is consistently scrutinized by the user NatGertler which makes me feel that he is editing the page with biased intention. Please change the username so that we can clear the false rumors that I am Mark rocha. I can provide you with any information needed to confirm that I am not mark rocha. I admit that I made a mistake creating an account using his name as a username. At the time I was unaware that this violates Wikipedia guidelines. I am now fully aware and want to do my due diligence to resolve this problem. I made a request to have this name change the same day that I created the account but have not heard anything from it. Please help me get my username changed so this whole issue can be situated. Thank you Mark W. Rocha (talk) 16:07, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Decline reason:

It is abundantly clear that your only purpose in editing here is to promote your own preferred view of a college and of a person associated with that college, both by posting unambiguously promotional content about them and by removing content about them that is not favourable to them. Wikipedia is not a medium to allow people and organisations to promulgate their own preferred view of themselves: that is what your college's website is for. There are also other issues, such as the use of multiple accounts to support one another in the campaign to use Wikipedia for whitewashing and promotion, with new accounts appearing as others are blocked. While you were originally told that your block was because of your username, there are other reasons why unblocking you would not be beneficial to the project. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:41, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

To the admin considering this: please be aware of this SPI and this COIN section. The edits done by NatGertler on the article Mark W. Rocha were simple cleanup of promotional COI editing. --Stfg (talk) 17:32, 3 March 2014 (UTC)