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Happy editing! Cheers, Theroadislong (talk) 17:59, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
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editCreating an article on Wikipedia is the hardest task there is here, to attempt it without spending a few months editing in other areas will likely lead to instant failure. See WP:YFA for help and I would strongly advise using the WP:AFC process or your work is likely to be speedy deleted. Theroadislong (talk) 18:06, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, Thecapedoctor. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page D'Low (South African musician), you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:
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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Schrödinger's jellyfish ✉ 16:48, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
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- @Spicy hi there, I just got blocked? can you tell me how I can go about unblocking myself? I have probably vandalized Wikipedia in the past but I'm here to contribute now Thecapedoctor (talk) 16:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- You need to request unblocking via your original account. Due to your prolific sock puppetry, you will need to request unblocking/unbanning by the community at WP:AN. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:41, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Deepfriedokra I don't event have the original account anymore and it might've been an old friend who did it for me.. I only started editing after his failed attempts of editing and creating.. so it was basically two people who were making all the different edits on all sock puppet accounts. do I just create a new topic at WP:AN ?? Thecapedoctor (talk) 17:47, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- You could use the unblock template to request unblocking and ask that the request be carried to WP:AN -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:25, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- On the other hand, you might need to wait six months to be eligible for unblocking, come to think of it. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:26, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- You could use the unblock template to request unblocking and ask that the request be carried to WP:AN -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:25, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Deepfriedokra I don't event have the original account anymore and it might've been an old friend who did it for me.. I only started editing after his failed attempts of editing and creating.. so it was basically two people who were making all the different edits on all sock puppet accounts. do I just create a new topic at WP:AN ?? Thecapedoctor (talk) 17:47, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
- You need to request unblocking via your original account. Due to your prolific sock puppetry, you will need to request unblocking/unbanning by the community at WP:AN. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:41, 30 March 2024 (UTC)