[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia query
Dear all, Can someone help me out with this? I am still looking up wwwireframe for notability purposes but what about the ban? Thanks Noopur -- Forwarded message -- From: Vishveshwar Jatain vishveshwar.jat...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:48 PM Subject: Wikipedia query To: noopur.ra...@gmail.com Hi Noopur, Thanks for responding. I run an online technology magazine for a leading tech support firm called iYogi http://www.iyogi.com/, the magazine is called wwwireframehttp://www.wwwireframe.com/ (which is also currently undergoing a rebranding and redesign to offer a much better responsive UI to readers). In the eight months since the project has been in existence -- we've done over 500 pages of original content spread across topics such as technology, business, social media, science, startups, green technology and nonprofits. What are the benchmarks for eligibility? I wouldn't like to face a situation where I create a page only to see it deleted by an editor. As I found out, the IP range of the parent organization, iYogi, has been banned by a Wikipedia editor. I don't know why that is, maybe the page they created was badly done or perhaps it was a total sales pitch with no value. Now that I've shared some history with you. (1) My first priority is to create a page for my magazine (wwwireframe), how do I do it? (2) If possible, I'd like to look into the possibility of reviving the iYogi page -- do it well this time. It's actually quite a trusted company with its investors (Sequoia being one of them) and customers (majority from US) with global competitors like Geek Squad. Sorry for the long-ish email, tried to keep it short. Would really appreciate your opinion on this. Warm Regards VJ -- Noopur Raval Student Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia query
The IP address may have been range blocked due to vandalism or similar reasons. You can ask for the IP address and we can check if it is blocked . When people ask me to create Wikipedia profile page for non-notable websites or organizations, I generally just pass these links to them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_%28organizations_and_companies%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_%28web%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:COI#Promotional_article_production_on_behalf_of_clients Regards Tinu Cherian On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Can someone help me out with this? I am still looking up wwwireframe for notability purposes but what about the ban? Thanks Noopur -- Forwarded message -- From: Vishveshwar Jatain vishveshwar.jat...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:48 PM Subject: Wikipedia query To: noopur.ra...@gmail.com Hi Noopur, Thanks for responding. I run an online technology magazine for a leading tech support firm called iYogi http://www.iyogi.com/, the magazine is called wwwireframehttp://www.wwwireframe.com/ (which is also currently undergoing a rebranding and redesign to offer a much better responsive UI to readers). In the eight months since the project has been in existence -- we've done over 500 pages of original content spread across topics such as technology, business, social media, science, startups, green technology and nonprofits. What are the benchmarks for eligibility? I wouldn't like to face a situation where I create a page only to see it deleted by an editor. As I found out, the IP range of the parent organization, iYogi, has been banned by a Wikipedia editor. I don't know why that is, maybe the page they created was badly done or perhaps it was a total sales pitch with no value. Now that I've shared some history with you. (1) My first priority is to create a page for my magazine (wwwireframe), how do I do it? (2) If possible, I'd like to look into the possibility of reviving the iYogi page -- do it well this time. It's actually quite a trusted company with its investors (Sequoia being one of them) and customers (majority from US) with global competitors like Geek Squad. Sorry for the long-ish email, tried to keep it short. Would really appreciate your opinion on this. Warm Regards VJ -- Noopur Raval Student Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia query
Let's see, first, there is WP:COI, conflict of interest, since this person is promoting his own magazine or one he works for, editing a page about his magazine or company is strongly discouraged. Of course that won't deter him, I suppose IP range of parent organization is the IP address or the username he chose to edit with. IP bans by local admins usually don't last longer than 24 hours, unless he's lucky enough to be caught in range block from a steward, which is unlikely. The simplest solution is creating an account, and then editing with it, not using IP address to edit. The IYogi page is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IYogi , I'm not sure what he means by reviving it, he can edit it as much as he wants. This sounds like a common marketing query, tell him to read the help section or ask in the help channel on IRC. #wikipedia-en-help Regards Theo On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Can someone help me out with this? I am still looking up wwwireframe for notability purposes but what about the ban? Thanks Noopur -- Forwarded message -- From: Vishveshwar Jatain vishveshwar.jat...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:48 PM Subject: Wikipedia query To: noopur.ra...@gmail.com Hi Noopur, Thanks for responding. I run an online technology magazine for a leading tech support firm called iYogi http://www.iyogi.com/, the magazine is called wwwireframehttp://www.wwwireframe.com/ (which is also currently undergoing a rebranding and redesign to offer a much better responsive UI to readers). In the eight months since the project has been in existence -- we've done over 500 pages of original content spread across topics such as technology, business, social media, science, startups, green technology and nonprofits. What are the benchmarks for eligibility? I wouldn't like to face a situation where I create a page only to see it deleted by an editor. As I found out, the IP range of the parent organization, iYogi, has been banned by a Wikipedia editor. I don't know why that is, maybe the page they created was badly done or perhaps it was a total sales pitch with no value. Now that I've shared some history with you. (1) My first priority is to create a page for my magazine (wwwireframe), how do I do it? (2) If possible, I'd like to look into the possibility of reviving the iYogi page -- do it well this time. It's actually quite a trusted company with its investors (Sequoia being one of them) and customers (majority from US) with global competitors like Geek Squad. Sorry for the long-ish email, tried to keep it short. Would really appreciate your opinion on this. Warm Regards VJ -- Noopur Raval Student Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia query
and Contributions check on some of the users that had created/ edited iYogi may show up some interesting patterns ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IYogiaction=history -TC On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Let's see, first, there is WP:COI, conflict of interest, since this person is promoting his own magazine or one he works for, editing a page about his magazine or company is strongly discouraged. Of course that won't deter him, I suppose IP range of parent organization is the IP address or the username he chose to edit with. IP bans by local admins usually don't last longer than 24 hours, unless he's lucky enough to be caught in range block from a steward, which is unlikely. The simplest solution is creating an account, and then editing with it, not using IP address to edit. The IYogi page is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IYogi , I'm not sure what he means by reviving it, he can edit it as much as he wants. This sounds like a common marketing query, tell him to read the help section or ask in the help channel on IRC. #wikipedia-en-help Regards Theo On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Can someone help me out with this? I am still looking up wwwireframe for notability purposes but what about the ban? Thanks Noopur -- Forwarded message -- From: Vishveshwar Jatain vishveshwar.jat...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:48 PM Subject: Wikipedia query To: noopur.ra...@gmail.com Hi Noopur, Thanks for responding. I run an online technology magazine for a leading tech support firm called iYogi http://www.iyogi.com/, the magazine is called wwwireframehttp://www.wwwireframe.com/ (which is also currently undergoing a rebranding and redesign to offer a much better responsive UI to readers). In the eight months since the project has been in existence -- we've done over 500 pages of original content spread across topics such as technology, business, social media, science, startups, green technology and nonprofits. What are the benchmarks for eligibility? I wouldn't like to face a situation where I create a page only to see it deleted by an editor. As I found out, the IP range of the parent organization, iYogi, has been banned by a Wikipedia editor. I don't know why that is, maybe the page they created was badly done or perhaps it was a total sales pitch with no value. Now that I've shared some history with you. (1) My first priority is to create a page for my magazine (wwwireframe), how do I do it? (2) If possible, I'd like to look into the possibility of reviving the iYogi page -- do it well this time. It's actually quite a trusted company with its investors (Sequoia being one of them) and customers (majority from US) with global competitors like Geek Squad. Sorry for the long-ish email, tried to keep it short. Would really appreciate your opinion on this. Warm Regards VJ -- Noopur Raval Student Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia query
Just tagged http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prathap_Suthan - apparently CCO at iYogi for possible COI, been edited by users by the name of Writerpatsuthan and Manish-iyogi, the second of which seems to be a company employee from the name. From: tinucher...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:31:18 +0530 To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia query and Contributions check on some of the users that had created/ edited iYogi may show up some interesting patterns ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IYogiaction=history -TC On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Let's see, first, there is WP:COI, conflict of interest, since this person is promoting his own magazine or one he works for, editing a page about his magazine or company is strongly discouraged. Of course that won't deter him, I suppose IP range of parent organization is the IP address or the username he chose to edit with. IP bans by local admins usually don't last longer than 24 hours, unless he's lucky enough to be caught in range block from a steward, which is unlikely. The simplest solution is creating an account, and then editing with it, not using IP address to edit. The IYogi page is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IYogi , I'm not sure what he means by reviving it, he can edit it as much as he wants. This sounds like a common marketing query, tell him to read the help section or ask in the help channel on IRC. #wikipedia-en-help Regards Theo On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all,Can someone help me out with this? I am still looking up wwwireframe for notability purposes but what about the ban? ThanksNoopur -- Forwarded message -- From: Vishveshwar Jatain vishveshwar.jat...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:48 PM Subject: Wikipedia query To: noopur.ra...@gmail.com Hi Noopur, Thanks for responding. I run an online technology magazine for a leading tech support firm called iYogi, the magazine is called wwwireframe (which is also currently undergoing a rebranding and redesign to offer a much better responsive UI to readers). In the eight months since the project has been in existence -- we've done over 500 pages of original content spread across topics such as technology, business, social media, science, startups, green technology and nonprofits. What are the benchmarks for eligibility? I wouldn't like to face a situation where I create a page only to see it deleted by an editor. As I found out, the IP range of the parent organization, iYogi, has been banned by a Wikipedia editor. I don't know why that is, maybe the page they created was badly done or perhaps it was a total sales pitch with no value. Now that I've shared some history with you. (1) My first priority is to create a page for my magazine (wwwireframe), how do I do it? (2) If possible, I'd like to look into the possibility of reviving the iYogi page -- do it well this time. It's actually quite a trusted company with its investors (Sequoia being one of them) and customers (majority from US) with global competitors like Geek Squad. Sorry for the long-ish email, tried to keep it short. Would really appreciate your opinion on this. Warm RegardsVJ -- Noopur Raval StudentArts and AestheticsJawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia query
Have conveyed these to him. Here's the ip: 59.165.202.253 thanks all of you :) ps. The publicist of Amish Tripathi, the writer of Immortals of Meluha has been plaguing me to take money and help promote their next book on WP. I tried to make an article for the third book in the trilogy and showed him how it's unpaid and anyone can do it. If he approaches more people, please beware! On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:35 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Just tagged http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prathap_Suthan - apparently CCO at iYogi for possible COI, been edited by users by the name of Writerpatsuthan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Writerpatsuthan and Manish-iyogi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Manish-iyogi, the second of which seems to be a company employee from the name. -- From: tinucher...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:31:18 +0530 To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia query and Contributions check on some of the users that had created/ edited iYogi may show up some interesting patterns ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IYogiaction=history -TC On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Let's see, first, there is WP:COI, conflict of interest, since this person is promoting his own magazine or one he works for, editing a page about his magazine or company is strongly discouraged. Of course that won't deter him, I suppose IP range of parent organization is the IP address or the username he chose to edit with. IP bans by local admins usually don't last longer than 24 hours, unless he's lucky enough to be caught in range block from a steward, which is unlikely. The simplest solution is creating an account, and then editing with it, not using IP address to edit. The IYogi page is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IYogi , I'm not sure what he means by reviving it, he can edit it as much as he wants. This sounds like a common marketing query, tell him to read the help section or ask in the help channel on IRC. #wikipedia-en-help Regards Theo On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Can someone help me out with this? I am still looking up wwwireframe for notability purposes but what about the ban? Thanks Noopur -- Forwarded message -- From: *Vishveshwar Jatain* vishveshwar.jat...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:48 PM Subject: Wikipedia query To: noopur.ra...@gmail.com Hi Noopur, Thanks for responding. I run an online technology magazine for a leading tech support firm called iYogi http://www.iyogi.com/, the magazine is called wwwireframehttp://www.wwwireframe.com/ (which is also currently undergoing a rebranding and redesign to offer a much better responsive UI to readers). In the eight months since the project has been in existence -- we've done over 500 pages of original content spread across topics such as technology, business, social media, science, startups, green technology and nonprofits. What are the benchmarks for eligibility? I wouldn't like to face a situation where I create a page only to see it deleted by an editor. As I found out, the IP range of the parent organization, iYogi, has been banned by a Wikipedia editor. I don't know why that is, maybe the page they created was badly done or perhaps it was a total sales pitch with no value. Now that I've shared some history with you. (1) My first priority is to create a page for my magazine (wwwireframe), how do I do it? (2) If possible, I'd like to look into the possibility of reviving the iYogi page -- do it well this time. It's actually quite a trusted company with its investors (Sequoia being one of them) and customers (majority from US) with global competitors like Geek Squad. Sorry for the long-ish email, tried to keep it short. Would really appreciate your opinion on this. Warm Regards VJ -- Noopur Raval Student Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia query
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/59.165.202.253 The story of a former Indian bureaucrat of En.wiki (also creator/major contributor of scores of India related FA articles) is well known. The lucrative offers to get paid for creating Wikipedia pages ( or even whitewashing negative contents) is something we as Wikipedians should be watchful for. But good faith requests on removing BLP ( Biographies of Living Persons) violations, without references from reliable sources, can be sometimes entertained on case by case basis. -TC On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Have conveyed these to him. Here's the ip: 59.165.202.253 thanks all of you :) ps. The publicist of Amish Tripathi, the writer of Immortals of Meluha has been plaguing me to take money and help promote their next book on WP. I tried to make an article for the third book in the trilogy and showed him how it's unpaid and anyone can do it. If he approaches more people, please beware! On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:35 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Just tagged http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prathap_Suthan - apparently CCO at iYogi for possible COI, been edited by users by the name of Writerpatsuthan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Writerpatsuthan and Manish-iyogi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Manish-iyogi, the second of which seems to be a company employee from the name. -- From: tinucher...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:31:18 +0530 To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia query and Contributions check on some of the users that had created/ edited iYogi may show up some interesting patterns ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IYogiaction=history -TC On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Let's see, first, there is WP:COI, conflict of interest, since this person is promoting his own magazine or one he works for, editing a page about his magazine or company is strongly discouraged. Of course that won't deter him, I suppose IP range of parent organization is the IP address or the username he chose to edit with. IP bans by local admins usually don't last longer than 24 hours, unless he's lucky enough to be caught in range block from a steward, which is unlikely. The simplest solution is creating an account, and then editing with it, not using IP address to edit. The IYogi page is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IYogi , I'm not sure what he means by reviving it, he can edit it as much as he wants. This sounds like a common marketing query, tell him to read the help section or ask in the help channel on IRC. #wikipedia-en-help Regards Theo On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Can someone help me out with this? I am still looking up wwwireframe for notability purposes but what about the ban? Thanks Noopur -- Forwarded message -- From: *Vishveshwar Jatain* vishveshwar.jat...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:48 PM Subject: Wikipedia query To: noopur.ra...@gmail.com Hi Noopur, Thanks for responding. I run an online technology magazine for a leading tech support firm called iYogi http://www.iyogi.com/, the magazine is called wwwireframehttp://www.wwwireframe.com/ (which is also currently undergoing a rebranding and redesign to offer a much better responsive UI to readers). In the eight months since the project has been in existence -- we've done over 500 pages of original content spread across topics such as technology, business, social media, science, startups, green technology and nonprofits. What are the benchmarks for eligibility? I wouldn't like to face a situation where I create a page only to see it deleted by an editor. As I found out, the IP range of the parent organization, iYogi, has been banned by a Wikipedia editor. I don't know why that is, maybe the page they created was badly done or perhaps it was a total sales pitch with no value. Now that I've shared some history with you. (1) My first priority is to create a page for my magazine (wwwireframe), how do I do it? (2) If possible, I'd like to look into the possibility of reviving the iYogi page -- do it well this time. It's actually quite a trusted company with its investors (Sequoia being one of them) and customers (majority from US) with global competitors like Geek Squad. Sorry for the long-ish email, tried to keep it short. Would really appreciate your opinion on this. Warm Regards VJ -- Noopur Raval Student Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
