User talk:Johnyajohn

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A major issue that I need to discuss with you is about the article Nur Ali Elahi. Since he seems to be the same person as Ostad Elahi what I have done is redirect that article to the Ostad Elahi article. We do not have more than one article on each person generally, and there is no good reason to have a completely different article on this name. Academic Challenger 08:01, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Please do not add commercial links or links to your own private websites to Wikipedia, as you did in Ulysses S. Grant. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links as long as the content abides by our policies and guidelines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. --Nlu (talk) 08:17, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits, such as those you made to Elonka Dunin, are considered vandalism. If you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the hard work of others. Thanks. Englishrose 09:43, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

June 2007

This user account has not made edits since 2006, but I thought it would be more easily visible, and better organized, if I were to tag this actual user account (instead of a more recently used IP address) with {{Sockpuppeteer}}. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 15:23, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Also of note, Johnyajohn added external links to tanbursociety.com, antoniabennett.com, and mathewbrady.com to Wikipedia (see edits [3], [4] & [5], respectively). All three sites are registered to the same email address (WHOIS links: [6], [7], [8]). Subsequently, Danny had left these comments at Talk:Antonia Bennett. All of this suggests that Johnyajohn's involvement with the articles in question represents a conflict of interest. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

P.S. The first of the three websites is registered to a Los Angeles address, the other two to New York. This could explain why IP addresses on both coasts exhibit similar editing patterns. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:13, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Johnyajohn's suspected sockpuppets are also involved with editing the Lydia Hearst article. lhearst.com is another domain registered to the same email address ([9]). Interesting, because today's edit summaries & patterns (e.g. [10]) seem to be the complete opposite of those made earlier in the page history (e.g. [11]). The website itself currently reads "This website has been suspended for non-payment!" so perhaps that has something to do with this change of heart. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Johnyajohn also copied the Hajj Amin Elahi article from (and linked to) the tanbursociety.com website ([12]). User: 69.201.146.55 has reverted to the tanbursociety.com version ([13]), claims to own the material, and ostensibly grants permission for its use ([14]). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 17:25, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

2009-01-19

A bit belated, but add Marilyn Monroe (and the related Death of Marilyn Monroe along with, I suspect, Mark Bellinghaus) to the list of affected articles. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:00, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

The Tanbur Society

A "{{prod}}" template has been added to the article The Tanbur Society, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but yours may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 21:11, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Hajj Amin Elahi

A tag has been placed on Hajj Amin Elahi requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. JERRY ^talk _contribs 19:55, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Blocked for sock puppetry

You have been blocked indefinitely for sock puppetry. (blocked by MuZemike 19:59, 6 December 2009 (UTC))
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