Quodprod

May 2022

Hello Quodprod. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to COVID-19 vaccine card, 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:Quodprod. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Quodprod|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. MrOllie (talk) 14:35, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

As previously advised, your edits 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:Quodprod, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Quodprod|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. MrOllie (talk) 16:07, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

You still have not adequately responded or taken action to the inquiry regarding your appearance as an undisclosed paid editor. If you make any additional edits without complying, you may be blocked from editing. MrOllie (talk) 18:29, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

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).

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

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Request reason:

Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. My IP address is 154.160.2.144. I am using an MTN internet service (former name: "Scancom"). MTN is by far the largest internet service provider in our region. If you are blocking everyone using MTN as their service provider by default then you are excluding millions of contributors to Wikipedia from Africa, which would be extremely discriminatory and completely at variance with the open and progressive values of Wikipedia. Thank you. Quodprod (talk) 16:17, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Decline reason:

I can't speak for whoever made the block on the IP, and since it involves networking expertise that I don't have I am not in a position to do it myself. But... you or anyone else so blocked can easily go to WP:IPECPROXY, follow the directions there, and request IPBE which makes these blocks irrelevant. — Daniel Case (talk) 06:35, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

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Dear MrOllie, I notice that the speedy deletion notice on PanaBIOS has not been released. This is rather unfair as this is a highly notable initiative supported and deployed by both the African Union and the UNDP. In fact, of services and platforms in that category, it is the most prominent African-focused initiative. That alone makes it extremely notable and deserving of encyclopaedic documentation and memorialisation. Nothing that I wrote about the initiative was promotional or even remotely advertorial. The information was rigorously sourced and presented in a factual and unbiased manner to educate readers about a truly important initiative with broad intergovernmental and governmental support across many major countries. I do not understand how you could just delete the article without carefully perusing the sources to establish from the source material the notability and relevance of the subject matter. Kindly review your stance on this matter and outline clearly what content in the proposed article is not sufficiently neutral or appears promotional. As a frequent traveller and an African, I consider this initiative to be the most notable one in a vast continent and one that deserves a place on Wikipedia. To the extent that it is not a commercial initiative, I cannot relate to the point about me being a "paid editor". What could have given you the impression that anyone would pay for this subject matter to be documented here? I find the suggestion conclusory and very problematic. I notice with disquiet that all the coverage about digital COVID passes on Wikipedia are centered on the Global North, especially the West. If you are hastily deleting any pages that talks about initiatives on other continents, then it doesn't surprise me that important developments on other continents around the world are simply being denied representation here. My humble view is that this is wholly in conflict with Wikipedia's universal values as championed by Jimmy and being taken forward by Maryana Quodprod (talk) 20:51, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

I notice that you didn't answer. Can you please explain specifically what connection you have to PanaBIOS, or to the governments and companies involved in its implementation? - MrOllie (talk) 20:59, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Dear MrOllie,

As I rightly said, I am an African and a frequent traveler who has got no association with PanaBIOS, the African Union or the various governments on the African Continent.

Kindly inquire more about traveling to Africa and you'll notice that all the edits I've made on Wikipedia are to help other travelers like myself travel smoothly without any issues or whatsoever.

Please review your decision and restore all deleted edits accordingly.

Thank you. Quodprod (talk) 14:28, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of PanaBIOS

A tag has been placed on PanaBIOS requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from the article namespace to a different namespace except the Category, Template, Wikipedia, Help, or Portal namespaces.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy Editing--IAmChaos 16:04, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

For the record your draft is now located at Draft:PanaBIOS instead of the userpage of the nonexistent user User:PanaBIOS. Happy Editing--IAmChaos 16:05, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Dear IAmChaos, I notice that the speedy deletion notice on PanaBIOS has not been released. This is rather unfair as this is a highly notable initiative supported and deployed by both the African Union and the UNDP. In fact, of services and platforms in that category, it is the most prominent African-focused initiative. That alone makes it extremely notable and deserving of encyclopaedic documentation and memorialisation. Nothing that I wrote about the initiative was promotional or even remotely advertorial. The information was rigorously sourced and presented in a factual and unbiased manner to educate readers about a truly important initiative with broad intergovernmental and governmental support across many major countries. I do not understand how you could just delete the article without carefully perusing the sources to establish from the source material the notability and relevance of the subject matter. Kindly review your stance on this matter and outline clearly what content in the proposed article is not sufficiently neutral or appears promotional. As a frequent traveller and an African, I consider this initiative to be the most notable one in a vast continent and one that deserves a place on Wikipedia. To the extent that it is not a commercial initiative, I cannot relate to the point about me being a "paid editor". What could have given you the impression that anyone would pay for this subject matter to be documented here? I find the suggestion conclusory and very problematic. I notice with disquiet that all the coverage about digital COVID passes on Wikipedia are centered on the Global North, especially the West. If you are hastily deleting any pages that talks about initiatives on other continents, then it doesn't surprise me that important developments on other continents around the world are simply being denied representation here. My humble view is that this is wholly in conflict with Wikipedia's universal values as championed by Jimmy and being taken forward by Maryana Quodprod (talk) 20:50, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of PanaBIOS

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A tag has been placed on PanaBIOS, 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. PRAXIDICAE💕 16:35, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Dear Praxidicae, I notice that the speedy deletion notice on PanaBIOS has not been released. This is rather unfair as this is a highly notable initiative supported and deployed by both the African Union and the UNDP. In fact, of services and platforms in that category, it is the most prominent African-focused initiative. That alone makes it extremely notable and deserving of encyclopaedic documentation and memorialisation. Nothing that I wrote about the initiative was promotional or even remotely advertorial. The information was rigorously sourced and presented in a factual and unbiased manner to educate readers about a truly important initiative with broad intergovernmental and governmental support across many major countries. I do not understand how you could just delete the article without carefully perusing the sources to establish from the source material the notability and relevance of the subject matter. Kindly review your stance on this matter and outline clearly what content in the proposed article is not sufficiently neutral or appears promotional. As a frequent traveller and an African, I consider this initiative to be the most notable one in a vast continent and one that deserves a place on Wikipedia. To the extent that it is not a commercial initiative, I cannot relate to the point about me being a "paid editor". What could have given you the impression that anyone would pay for this subject matter to be documented here? I find the suggestion conclusory and very problematic. I notice with disquiet that all the coverage about digital COVID passes on Wikipedia are centered on the Global North, especially the West. If you are hastily deleting any pages that talks about initiatives on other continents, then it doesn't surprise me that important developments on other continents around the world are simply being denied representation here. My humble view is that this is wholly in conflict with Wikipedia's universal values as championed by Jimmy and being taken forward by Maryana Quodprod (talk) 20:50, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of PanaBIOS (African Union)

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on PanaBIOS (African Union), 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. PRAXIDICAE💕 18:17, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Dear Praxidicae, I notice that the speedy deletion notice on PanaBIOS has not been released. This is rather unfair as this is a highly notable initiative supported and deployed by both the African Union and the UNDP. In fact, of services and platforms in that category, it is the most prominent African-focused initiative. That alone makes it extremely notable and deserving of encyclopaedic documentation and memorialisation. Nothing that I wrote about the initiative was promotional or even remotely advertorial. The information was rigorously sourced and presented in a factual and unbiased manner to educate readers about a truly important initiative with broad intergovernmental and governmental support across many major countries. I do not understand how you could just delete the article without carefully perusing the sources to establish from the source material the notability and relevance of the subject matter. Kindly review your stance on this matter and outline clearly what content in the proposed article is not sufficiently neutral or appears promotional. As a frequent traveller and an African, I consider this initiative to be the most notable one in a vast continent and one that deserves a place on Wikipedia. To the extent that it is not a commercial initiative, I cannot relate to the point about me being a "paid editor". What could have given you the impression that anyone would pay for this subject matter to be documented here? I find the suggestion conclusory and very problematic. I notice with disquiet that all the coverage about digital COVID passes on Wikipedia are centered on the Global North, especially the West. If you are hastily deleting any pages that talks about initiatives on other continents, then it doesn't surprise me that important developments on other continents around the world are simply being denied representation here. My humble view is that this is wholly in conflict with Wikipedia's universal values as championed by Jimmy and being taken forward by Maryana. Quodprod (talk) 16:29, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of PanaBIOS

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on PanaBIOS, 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. MrOllie (talk) 01:01, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Dear MrOllie,

Your speedy deletion nomination has been strongly disputed on the article page. This is a matter that should eventually be submitted to detailed due process. The arbitrary and capricious nature of the editorial decision-making is highly problematic, and with all due respect, suspicious. If you have specific, well grounded, concerns about the article, please let us hear them and address them. Quodprod (talk) 01:24, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

If you want to use DRV, sure. But you don't get to do that and also keep recreating the article. MrOllie (talk) 01:31, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Dear MrOllie,

You made specific allegations about the article, which I am challenging. However, it is perfectly sensible to also alert others about deeper concerns we have about this editorial practice of applying "speedy deletion" tags to articles you could not possibly have reviewed diligently (did you seriously evaluate all the references and contextual information etc) to come to a sound conclusion about "blatant promotion". Wikipedia favours certain values. Let us all endeavour to operate in the spirit of those values. Thanks. Quodprod (talk) 01:37, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

If you keep on as you have been, it is very likely that the article title will be protected so the article cannot be recreated again, and/or your account will be blocked. This isn't a threat - I will not be the one who does either of those things. Just a friendly warning from someone who has seen it all before here. MrOllie (talk) 01:40, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Your statement is laced with veiled threats, MrOllie, though you protest otherwise. In what way am I "keeping on"? You feel that my presence on Wikipedia is undeserved? That it ruins the environment somehow? Now why would that be please? Why are you feeling so threatened about someone who insists that Wikipedia coverage should be geographically balanced and has gone to the trouble to fix a clear gap so that this encyclopaedia will remain up to date and thorough? Pray, why does this antagonise you? I am only insisting that both the spirit and letter of Wikipedia's mission of compiling relevant and notable knowledge be respected. Why would that lead to my account being blocked? I ask merely for education. Quodprod (talk) 01:49, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

WP:NOSHARING

You have been using plural pronouns from this account. Please note that multiple people using an account is against policy, as linked in this section header. If you are not sharing this account please explicitly state so below. If you are sharing the account, please stop doing so immediately. Happy Editing--IAmChaos 01:20, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

"We" is a well-known grammatical device in formal writing. It is called the "royal We". Please read about it on Wikipedia: Royal we. Quodprod (talk) 01:21, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

That is not an explicit denial, but thank you for responding. Happy Editing--IAmChaos 01:22, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Dear IAmChaos, it is more than a "denial". It is an emphatic repudiation. Thanks for your prompt responses. They are much appreciated. Quodprod (talk) 01:25, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Use of draft space

The purpose of draft space is to ensure that new editors' work is reviewed by more experienced editors before being moved into the encyclopedia. Never move a draft you have created into article space until it's passed a review. Deb (talk) 02:45, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Advice well taken, Deb. Quodprod (talk) 02:55, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: PanaBIOS (June 12)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was:  The comment the reviewer left 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.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:PanaBIOS and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:PanaBIOS, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
• If you do not make any further changes to 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.

Theroadislong (talk) 08:55, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Quodprod! 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! Theroadislong (talk) 08:55, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Blocked

Since May 18, you have been repeatedly creating and re-creating the promotional article PanaBIOS under different names (User:PanaBIOS, AU-PanaBIOS, PanaBIOS (African Union), etc). I'm surprised you have not yet been blocked for these attempts to get round our rules against promotional content and advertising. Now I have blocked you indefinitely. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. I notice it took over a week and many repeated questions to get a straight reply from you about any connection you may have to PanaBIOS. Finally you denied any connection, and specifically denied being a paid editor. I don't believe you. The whole situation, including your persistent recreations and your evasiveness when asked, makes you overwhelmingly look like an undisclosed paid editor. Bishonen | tålk 16:02, 12 June 2022 (UTC).

Concern regarding Draft:PanaBIOS

Hello, Quodprod. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:PanaBIOS, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 01:01, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:PanaBIOS

Hello, Quodprod. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "PanaBIOS".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:13, 15 December 2022 (UTC)