User talk:SocaAmbassadour

Thanks for uploading File:FayAnnLyons-BeatBreastCancerMusicFestival2011.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account! 91844dd2d69e14db0fd5b62cc8fdfaf5

Thanks for uploading File:Fay Ann Lyons missbehave2012 single.jpg, which you've sourced to IZATRINI.com. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

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I've removed the no permission tag, because you've credibly given a good license. However, I've added a no source tag because the source you gave was directly to the URL, so there's no way of us verifying the license. Please edit the page to give a link to the description page so we can verify everything you've given. Magog the Ogre (talk) 01:05, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for uploading File:Michael Terry Weiss.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

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Thank you for uploading File:Andrea Parker.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

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16:25, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi,
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Why is my username now showing with that weird extension (~enwiki)? I'm pretty sure that is not the username I chose for myself when I signed up for this.

Your account has been renamed per the messages above this one. Usernames were changed to be the same across all the Wikimedia projects. Kb03 (talk) 18:56, 11 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:Buy Nothing Project.png. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. Even if you created the image yourself, you still need to release it so Wikipedia can use it. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time after the next seven days. If you made this image yourself, you can use copyright tags like {{PD-self}} (to release all rights), {{self|CC-by-sa-3.0|GFDL}} (to require that you be credited), or any tag here - just go to the image, click edit, and add one of those. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

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Your account has been blocked indefinitely for advertising or promotion and violating the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, as you did at Buy Nothing Project. This is because you have been making promotional edits to topics in which you have a financial stake, yet you have failed to adhere to the mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a form of conflict of interest (COI) editing which involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is strictly prohibited. Using this site for advertising or promotion is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.

If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, please read our guide to appealing blocks to understand more about unblock requests, and then add the text {{unblock|reason=your reason here ~~~~}} at the end of your user talk page. For that request to be considered, you must:

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– Joe (talk) 15:11, 5 January 2021 (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).

SocaAmbassadour (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:

I will be happy to share my bank statements to prove I have never been paid (or tried to get paid) for anything I have ever done on Wikipedia. Joe Roe, is it customary to convict a person without their knowledge or even any actual evidence? If anyone received payment under the user SocaAmbassadour, it would have to be a hacker, not me the original owner of the username. I hereby confirm that I have read and understand the Terms of Use and paid editing disclosure requirements. (You do realise the Buy Nothing Project is about not using money transactions, right? How would I actually get paid? This smacks of mischief) State clearly how you are being compensated for your edits: not being compensated, now or ever: feel free to contact the founders of the Buy Nothing Project and ask them about the admin who runs the Buy Nothing Travelers Network, who tried to make a wikipedia article to share about the BNProject. Describe how you intend to edit such topics in the future: Wikipedia has never been a place for me to do anything but exercise my passion for topics of which I think the world should know - whoever ascribed something different to my intent, that's not my fault - and I no longer have any interest in contributing to this encyclopedia beyond making minor edits on articles I previously created or edited, just to keep things factual, where necessary. MissParker (talk) 09:26, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

If you aren't being paid, then you're not in violation of our terms of use. However, you seem to be admitting that you have a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest can exist even if someone is editing in good faith. Unconscious bias often causes people to write non-neutrally and focus on details that outsiders don't care about. If you're willing to follow our best practices for editors with a conflict of interest, you stand a better chance of being unblocked. Part of this entails being straightforward about the nature of your COIs and properly disclosing them. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:04, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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You obviously work for Buy Nothing, which was confirmed by nonpublic evidence submitted in ticket:2021010410000487. The nature of your compensation is between them and you, and is completely irrelevant here: the point is that you have a material interest in promoting them that is contrary to our interest in writing a neutral encyclopaedia. You were asked to acknowledge this and follow our rules two and a half years ago, but chose to ignore it. – Joe (talk) 11:19, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]