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Nomination of RedSail Technologies for deletion
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The article is being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RedSail Technologies until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. The thread is Perrill. Thank you. MediaKyle (talk) 22:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
- Hello @MediaKyle, I am sorry for the delay, I was away due to some personal issues. I have always tried my level best to remain within the Wikipedia guidelines and policies, and follow them to the best of my understanding of them. Anyone is more than welcome to check my entire history. (Which isn't long.)
- I hope, my history will clarify any of such issue/s. If not feel free to ask. Thank you. RaynorRaider (talk) 17:18, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
Nomination of Directed Machines for deletion
editThe article is being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Directed Machines until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the AfD notice from the article until the discussion is closed.May 2026
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Your account has been blocked indefinitely for advertising or promotion and violating the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. 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.
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RaynorRaider (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log) • SI)
Request reason:
I am requesting a review of this block. I want to begin by saying something that most unblock requests do not say: part of this block is justified, and I am not here to pretend otherwise.
What I admit, plainly:
I engaged in paid editing on this account without disclosing it as required under WP:PAID. I understand this is a serious violation of the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, and I accept full responsibility for it. I did not disclose because I did not fully appreciate that disclosure was mandatory regardless of whether my editing was, in my own assessment, neutral and policy-compliant. That was wrong.
I also published an article for Directed Machines knowing it did not clearly meet WP:NOTABILITY criteria, because I needed the income at the time. That was also wrong, and I regret it.
I also used AI-assisted text as a drafting starting point for certain articles, which I now understand to be contrary to Wikipedia's content standards regardless of subsequent editing. I will not do this again.
For context (not as justification) I lost my job as a Resource Development Coordinator during COVID-19 and entered the paid Wikipedia editing industry out of financial necessity, with no formal training. I taught myself Wikipedia's policies through reading and observation over five years. I made serious errors in that process, and these accounts reflect some of them.
What I genuinely and specifically dispute:
The SPI filing associated my accounts with the DancingFountain sockfarm and several others, and the block characterises this association as established. I want to respectfully and factually contest this, because I believe the evidence does not support it.
The central behavioural evidence cited is that User:MsAzra recreated Draft:Farah Naz (fashion designer) "the next day" after it was G5'd from a DancingFountain sock; implying active coordination with DancingFountain. However, DancingFountain was blocked in November 2025. I created the draft in late April 2026, roughly five months later. Coordination with an account blocked five months previously is not possible. My recreation of that draft reflected an independent client relationship, not coordination with any sock network. The deletion log timestamps are publicly verifiable and directly contradict the framing in the SPI report.
The other overlaps cited, Iva Troj, Janet Mielke Schwartz, MuMuPlayer, Mario Nawfal, Victoria Repa (entrepreneur), reflect a reality of the paid editing industry: multiple editors working independently are frequently hired from overlapping client pools and therefore work on the same subjects. Overlapping subject matter is not evidence of coordination or shared operation. The CheckUser result itself supports this conclusion: User:Vanamonde93's finding was explicitly "Possible", the weakest available finding, with no technical link established between my accounts and any sockfarm.
I am not a member of DancingFountain, SarahBill1, Azensen, Bodiadub, XMANClass, or any other editing network. I have operated only two accounts (RaynorRaider and User:MsAzra)both declared in accordance with WP:SOCK#LEGIT.
What I commit to, specifically and permanently:
I have read the Wikipedia:Terms of Use and the Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure policy in full.
I propose a clear and permanent separation of purpose between my two accounts:
- User:RaynorRaider — to be used exclusively
for paid editing, with full compliance with WP:PAID on every single edit. This means disclosure on my user page, on the talk page of every article I edit in a paid capacity, and in every edit summary for such edits. No exceptions.
- User:MsAzra — to be used exclusively for
voluntary, unpaid contributions. This account will never be used for any paid editing engagement, directly or indirectly.
In addition, for all paid work on RaynorRaider, I commit to:
- Never publishing an article I believe does not meet
WP:GNG and WP:NCORP, regardless of client pressure or financial incentive
- Actively inviting neutral community review of any
article I create in a paid capacity, by posting to the article's talk page disclosing my paid role and requesting independent assessment of neutrality and notability
- Declining any client engagement where the subject
cannot be shown to meet Wikipedia's notability criteria before work begins
- Never using AI-generated text as a basis for any
Wikipedia content
- Disclosing all paid client relationships on my user
page proactively, including the relationship that gave rise to the Farah Naz draft, which I acknowledge existed and will be declared going forward
I understand that any future violation of the paid disclosure requirement, given this explicit commitment, will be treated as a deliberate and serious breach. I accept that condition fully.
I have edited Wikipedia for years because I find genuine value in the project, alongside the financial dimension. I would like the opportunity to demonstrate that through future conduct. I respect that this decision rests entirely with the reviewing administrator, and I will accept whatever conditions are attached to any unblock.
Decline reason:
I interpret Asilvering's lack of comment as acquiescence to action I might take here. As I review this carefully, I note that you say "multiple editors working independently are frequently hired from overlapping client pools and therefore work on the same subjects. Overlapping subject matter is not evidence of coordination or shared operation"; this is incorrect. It's not definitive, of course, but it's suggestive. See WP:MEAT; someone who engages in the same behavior as a blocked user will be blocked themselves as if they were a sock, even if they are a different person. That it's common in your "industry" for clients to overlap is not our problem, as we have very little incentive to help you make money. It's up to the editor to make sure there's no issue with editing about a particular subject. You also say "Coordination with an account blocked five months previously is not possible." It absolutely is, I've seen it. The long and short of it is, I'm unwilling to unblock you for(at this time) further paid editing. That doesn't mean forever, but some trust needs to be rebuilt first. Maybe someone else will disagree, you can certainly make another unblock request, but that's how I see it. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 08:13, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
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The paid editing policy requires that you link to your accounts on any and all websites where you advertise, solicit, or obtain your paid editing services. It also requires you to link to your Wikipedia user page(s) on the websites where you advertise, solicit, or obtain your services, and/or in email communications you use to obtain paid editing services.
Are all your edits from this account paid editing? (since you lost your other account for a time) 331dot (talk) 08:48, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
@331dot Thank you for reviewing this and for the clarifying questions.
To answer your direct question first: No, not all edits from this account were paid. The account was created for paid editing work, and new article publications were predominantly paid contributions. However, a significant portion of my mainspace editing, (copyedits, content improvements, and talk page participation) was voluntary. User:MsAzra was created specifically for volunteer contributions and has been used almost exclusively in that capacity.
Regarding platform disclosure: I previously obtained paid editing work through Fiverr, which has since banned Wikipedia-related services. I currently have no public platform through which I advertise or solicit paid editing work. Projects now come through personal professional referrals with no public-facing advertisement. I understand that if I were to advertise on any platform in the future, I would be required to link my Wikipedia accounts there, and I will comply with that requirement fully.
Regarding past paid contributions: rather than waiting until after any unblock decision, I am disclosing the paid article creations I can identify now, to the best of my recollection. (I would have also added this disclosure to my user page, however, due to ban, I can't edit it). The following new article creations from this account were paid engagements:
- Kodiak AI
- Iva Troj
- Speediance Life Technology Inc.
- Ply Gem
- Denise S. Young
- MuMuPlayer
- Lois P. Frankel
- Roger C. Frizzell
- Victoria Repa (entrepreneur)
- Barry J. Spinello (translation from another language)
- RedSail Technologies
There may be one or two others I have been unable to recall with certainty after reviewing my full contribution history.
I am happy to answer any further questions.
RaynorRaider (talk) 12:05, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Asilvering I'd be interested in hearing any views you might have on this. 331dot (talk) 12:51, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Sorry @331dot, the lack of response was more "I'm very ill and didn't have the attention span necessary to handle this". Sorry I couldn't be more help. In solidarity, asilvering (talk) 12:42, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
@331dot If Asilvering doesn't reply, what will happen to my request, then?RaynorRaider (talk) 07:28, 9 June 2026 (UTC)