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Block evasion by Thenightchicagodied

By ip 173.119.121.76 (talk · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)). See this new edit. Blocked user: Thenightchicagodied (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Cheers - DVdm (talk) 18:46, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Probably not a school

• 2001:558:6045:23:640E:B9BC:1EA2:F727 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

This looks more like a student bored at home than a school. It appears to be a home IP; in any case, IPv6 addresses aren't normally shared by multiple users. The vandalism does look childish, but again, it doesn't appear to be from an actual school, but by some student who doesn't have enough homework to do.--Jasper Deng (talk) 03:43, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

You may be right. I've removed the school references on the talk page. Thanks. Toddst1 (talk) 13:36, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Sobha Developers Limited

Noticed, you deleted Sobha Developers Limited for posting unambiguous advertising content. Fully agree on the content part. However, as an administrator would recommend you revising the page to a previous neutral version which exists instead of deleting the page altogether.Also,I don't know if it was you who posted on my talk page but just to clarify, I do not have any relation to the IP address responsible for this modification - 99.149.85.229 and only operate from my registered login Girish K. Unnithan 03:50, 31 May 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Girish.unnithan (talk • contribs)

http://en.wikipedia.org/Sobha_Developers_Limited the official Misplaced Pages page of Sobha Developers Ltd has been deleted under the criteria for speedy deletion. We understand that there has been a violation of standard Misplaced Pages guidelines and we apologize for the same. This hasn't been done intentionally and we apologize for the same.

There is a page for the same brand which has been on Misplaced Pages for a period of 2 years which was removed and the new content replaced it.It has passed all your guidelines. We suggest that you upload the same immediately so that there is content for the brand on Misplaced Pages. We will ensure that all your guidelines will be followed herewith for all updates in the future. Requesting you to reinstate the old page for the same brand as soon as possible. We also request you to help us with the areas where the tags were generated so that we could do a better job in the future.

A brief on the brand: Sobha Developers Ltd, a Rs. 20 billion company, is one of the largest and only backward integrated real estate players for over 2 decades in India and middle East.

Looking forward to a positive response from you on the same. Kindly reinstate the old content as soon as possible.

Thanks and regards

Deepak — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deepakhmwiki (talk • contribs) 05:54, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't know what an "official Misplaced Pages page" is and I didn't see any neutral version. Do you have a connection to the company? Who is "we?" Toddst1 (talk) 14:53, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

When I tagged the article for copyright violations and advert content I was impressed: I don't think I've ever come across a lengthier promotional piece, and was unsure how best to proceed with removing it. I was delighted when someone proposed it for speedy deletion as spam, and thank you, Toddst, for deleting the article. That the whole business reflected months of COI involvement, with the article treated like a company press release, is evident. 99.149.85.229 (talk) 20:42, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

It seems equally likely that there's a connection with this IP , whose edit history was remarkably devoted to the same article, with the same intent. 99.149.85.229 (talk) 20:45, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Do you remember where the copyvio was lifted from? Toddst1 (talk) 20:59, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

It was cobbled together over such a long time that I suspect multiple sources came into play. I recall that a lot of the intro was lifted, perhaps from the company website, and I'm certain that the individual biographies were copied from their bios on the same; I think some or all of the board of directors' bios were copied from here . Beyond those parts I didn't dig deeper--it was really an epic company press release. I was thinking of bothering Moonriddengirl to ask her how much had been copied, and whether it was flagrant enough that the entire piece would be eligible for deletion under the copyright rationale. 99.149.85.229 (talk) 21:37, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

In reference to the Sobha Developers Misplaced Pages page, I apologize for the content which is being listed as "Unambiguous advertising or promotion". It's disheartening to see the deletion of Misplaced Pages page of Sobha Developers which was active for more than 2 years, which has served as information source and provided ample scope for user generated content. Still a rookie in Misplaced Pages will henceforth ensure adherence to Misplaced Pages guidelines and will be clear, will be as concise as possible—but no more concise, will emphasize the spirit of the rule, will maintain scope and avoid redundancy, will avoid overlinking, and will not contradict each other. Request you reinstate the old page and going further, will seek your approval and guidance before editing any content on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiman2k13 (talk • contribs) 10:25, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Why do I sense a heck of a lot of conflict of interest and WP:MEAT in the midst of this WP:SPAM? (✉→BWilkins←✎) 10:32, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Subtle, eh? Toddst1 (talk) 13:31, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

• I'm not above shopping this one around; brought it to a noticeboard a few weeks ago, to no avail. Like the Sobha page, an admirably long-term COI piece, in this case a largely unsourced autobiography. Probably most of the content can be verified, but, well, you'll see. I started to trim the intro, and will one day return. Or not--for the same expenditure of effort one could write a whole new article. In the meantime, feel free to have a go at it. 99.149.85.229 (talk) 13:54, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!

I appreciate your message on my talk page. WilliamTaylorSimpson (talk) 21:36, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Query

Hi mate! Any particular reason for this revert? I was just trying to remove the stray brackets and move the multi-issues template above the infobox. Did I break something I'm not seeing? Stalwart111 22:07, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm an idiot. I misread the diff. I've self-reverted. Without my coffee this morning, I thought you removed the maintenance tags. I see that I was clearly wrong. Thanks for pointing it out. Toddst1 (talk) 22:13, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

No problem mate! Cheers! Stalwart111 22:31, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Oxford Law Society for deletion

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