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[[User:ReaderofthePack]], I wish I had seen your note before. Gulture, I am going to block you indefinitely for your username (since that's your company) and for a serious violation of [[WP:UPE]]. You should have disclosed this. The old "I did it for a friend" that you used years ago, that does not fly, certainly not in light of what you did for [[Jane McAlevey]]. If you want to come back here, you will need to change your username and disclose '''every single conflict of interest''', and you will need to restrict yourself to the talk pages. That can be done: there are conscientious Wikipedia editors who get paid for their work but stick by the rules. And as far as your work for Jane McAlevey goes, I hope she didn't pay you a lot, since what you did at [[A Collective Bargain]] is just lousy work, which would have been cut even if a COI wasn't suspected. [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies|talk]]) 16:24, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
[[User:ReaderofthePack]], I wish I had seen your note before. Gulture, I am going to block you indefinitely for your username (since that's your company) and for a serious violation of [[WP:UPE]]. You should have disclosed this. The old "I did it for a friend" that you used years ago, that does not fly, certainly not in light of what you did for [[Jane McAlevey]]. If you want to come back here, you will need to change your username and disclose '''every single conflict of interest''', and you will need to restrict yourself to the talk pages. That can be done: there are conscientious Wikipedia editors who get paid for their work but stick by the rules. And as far as your work for Jane McAlevey goes, I hope she didn't pay you a lot, since what you did at [[A Collective Bargain]] is just lousy work, which would have been cut even if a COI wasn't suspected. [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies|talk]]) 16:24, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


<div class="user-block" style="padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; border: 1px solid #a9a9a9; background-color: #ffefd5; min-height: 40px"> [[File:Stop x nuvola.svg|40px|left|alt=|link=]]Your account has been '''[[WP:Blocking policy#Indefinite blocks|blocked indefinitely]]''' from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for [[WP:Spam|advertising or promotion]], which is [[WP:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion|contrary]] to the [[WP:Five pillars|purpose of Wikipedia]], and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the [[WP:UN|username policy]]. </p>
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I apologize for not following protocols. I have nothing but respect for what you all do and do not want to violate any terms.
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What else do you need from me to be reinstated and to repost the pages? Thank you for considering my request.
What else do you need from me to be reinstated and to repost the pages? Thank you for considering my request.


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== globally renamed Gulture to FrankieAlone ==
== globally renamed Gulture to FrankieAlone ==


globally renamed Gulture to FrankieAlone --<b>[[User:Deepfriedokra|<span style="color:black">Deep</span><span style="color:red">fried</span><span style="color:DarkOrange">okra</span>]] [[User talk:Deepfriedokra|(<span style="color:black">talk</span>)]]</b> 06:49, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
globally renamed Gulture to FrankieAlone --<b>[[User:Deepfriedokra|<span style="color:black">Deep</span><span style="color:red">fried</span><span style="color:DarkOrange">okra</span>]] [[User talk:Deepfriedokra|(<span style="color:black">talk</span>)]]</b> 06:49, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for reposting Ms McAlevey. I hope you will repost Mr. Castleman, too.

Thanks.

Latest revision as of 11:06, 12 March 2023

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File permission problem with File:Bob Bokin Playing Guitar.jpg

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Gulture (talk) 19:55, 1 April 2012 (UTC) I have done so Mach 31, 2012 I forwarded the following email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org:[reply]

From: Bob Boykin <bob@bobboykin.com> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:12:39 -0700 To: Frank Colin <fcolin@gulture.com> Subject: Permission to use my photo on Wiki

I hereby affirm that I, Bob Boykin am the sole owner of the exclusive copyright of "Bob_Boykin_Playing_Guitar.jpg"

I agree to publish the image under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-Share -Alike 3.0" (unported) and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front cover tests or back over texts.

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Sincerely,

Bob Boykin <bob@bobboykin.com> 818.231.2489 March 31, 2012

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Re: Your article "Belle Adler"

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Gulture, thank you for your submission at Articles for Creation! I have accepted the page and created it in the Article space. I appreciate the effort you took in finding better sources for the article! Cheers mate! T.I.M(Contact) 20:22, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Conflict of interest

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Bob Boykin speedy

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Hi! I just wanted to let you know that I've declined the speedy for Bob Boykin because too many other people have contributed to the article since you've created it. Once other people have contributed, the article can no longer be deleted by your request alone. If you want to go for deletion, you'll have to go through WP:AfD. The only way that you could delete it via WP:G7 is if you were the only person who really contributed to the page. Most admins wouldn't really delete the page via G7 in any case because there is a strong assertion of notability here, so AfD is really the best place to go. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 08:40, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • Also... are you being paid to create articles? I only ask because your name matches a website that looks to be a place for musicians to get things written about them on the Internet. You mostly go through AfC so you're pretty much doing article creation right, but I do want to extend a bit of caution about paid editing per WP:COI. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 08:44, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi:

Thanks for checking in.

Bob & Jimmy Z are my good friends and are clueless about posting, so I help them for free.

What website are you referring to?

Thanks Gulture (talk) 17:34, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Hi Again:

I turns out the only other person that edited the page, Woc100, is Bob himself.

What can we do to have the page deleted? He needs to have it taken down.

Gulture (talk) 03:55, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • I'm referring to this link. As far as the page removal goes, I highly suggest that you go through WP:AfD. It doesn't matter if Boykin is the other person that has edited, the fact is that someone else has edited makes it inelligible for deletion. You'd have to show how Boykin fails notability guidelines per WP:PERFORMER. If Boykin himself has asked you personally to remove the page then that might give it a bit of an oomph, but it's not a guarantee for deletion. I can help you file the AfD, but I do need to know the reasons for its deletion. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 05:41, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 13:44, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:ReaderofthePack, I wish I had seen your note before. Gulture, I am going to block you indefinitely for your username (since that's your company) and for a serious violation of WP:UPE. You should have disclosed this. The old "I did it for a friend" that you used years ago, that does not fly, certainly not in light of what you did for Jane McAlevey. If you want to come back here, you will need to change your username and disclose every single conflict of interest, and you will need to restrict yourself to the talk pages. That can be done: there are conscientious Wikipedia editors who get paid for their work but stick by the rules. And as far as your work for Jane McAlevey goes, I hope she didn't pay you a lot, since what you did at A Collective Bargain is just lousy work, which would have been cut even if a COI wasn't suspected. Drmies (talk) 16:24, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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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).

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


Request reason:

I apologize for not following protocols. I have nothing but respect for what you all do and do not want to violate any terms.

I am personal friends with Ms McAlevey and Mr Castleman. Yes, I do work in marketing and PR, but this work is/was done gratis. I am well aware of the restrictions on being compensated for posting.

- In high school in Suffern, NY, in the 1960’s, Ms McAlevey's eldest brother, now deceased, was my best friend. We also worked together after graduation in Hollywood and elsewhere. I reconnected with her a few years ago and she asked me to create a page for her and her books, so I did.

- I went to college with Mr Castleman’s younger brother and met him back in the ‘70s. We reconnected a decade or so ago and he also asked me to create a page for him, so I did.

The times I’ve posted have all been requests from friends, or friends of friends, which I did for free. Giving back a little, so to speak.

I should also disclose that since I did the postings for Ms McAlevey & Mr Castleman they did become paying clients, but I never bill them for time working on their pages. This is for website-related & PR work. I kept an eye on the pages, especially Ms McAlevey's, as she has been trolled on social media quite a bit since she is controversial.

I would continue to monitor these accounts to make sure they are not trolled as well as make appropriate additions to them. I would consider creating new pages for free, never for pay, but only for people I know.

What else do you need from me to be reinstated and to repost the pages? Thank you for considering my request.

Decline reason:

Your username has been changed, resolving the username issue. Regarding the block itself, if you have any paid relationship with the subject of your edits, you are a paid editor, you don't have to be specifically paid for your edits. We don't know when you are "on the clock" working for your clients or "off the clock" editing Wikipedia. Please also review conflict of interest. You won't be unblocked to, in the short term, edit about clients. If that is your only goal here, this is the end of the road. If you want to be a general contributor and edit about topics unrelated to your conflict of interest, please tell what those might be. If you develop a good edit history in areas unrelated to your clients, you might later be permitted to indirectly submit edits related to your COI. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 07:45, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]


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globally renamed Gulture to FrankieAlone

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globally renamed Gulture to FrankieAlone --Deepfriedokra (talk) 06:49, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reposting Ms McAlevey. I hope you will repost Mr. Castleman, too.

Thanks.