User talk:ACSDistanceEducation
{{OK. Thank you for taking the time to reply. The quality of this encyclopaedia is very important, I respect your descision.ACSDistanceEducation (talk) 00:50, 8 September 2010 (UTC)}}
ACSDistanceEducation (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
We are an international school with links to many other schools and feel that it would only be fair if we were afforded the same courtesy that you have extended to other educational institutions already on Wikkipedia. I have read the information about the conflict of interest but figured it was better to be honest about the fact that the information has come directly from our school. At least this way the accuracy of it is not going to be called into question - the reference in this case is from the horses mouth so to speak. We are happy to delete any external links if this would help.
Decline reason:
Unfortunately for copyright reasons we cannot allow you to operate an account on behalf of an organization as you describe. Accounts must be controlled only by one person for that person; your use of the word "we" and your stated intent here seems to indicate that more than one person is operating this account. In any event, we do not allow users to edit for the purpose of promoting their organizations, which is another reason for your block. Hersfold (t/a/c) 04:36, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of ACS Distance Education[edit]
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Thank you.
A tag has been placed on ACS Distance Education, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.
If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of ACS Distance Education and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 06:43, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
Conflict of interest[edit]
Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article ACS Distance Education, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
- editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
- participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
- linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.
For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 06:43, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of ACS Distance Education[edit]
A tag has been placed on ACS Distance Education, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing no content to the reader. Please note that external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article don't count as content. Moreover, please add more verifiable sources, not only 3rd party sources. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.
Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 07:08, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
Why can't I edit Wikipedia?
Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
- Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?
Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organization for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
- What can I do now?
You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
- Add the text
{{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}}on your user talk page. - Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy.
- Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
- Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
- Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.
ACSDistanceEducation (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
Hi there, I would just like to be unblocked so that I can have a discussion with the editor about the deletion of the page we created. I do understand the reasons for the deletion but I don't think it was a very fair decision given that there are many other schools on wikipaedia
Decline reason:
You can ask any questions here, but first read the Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations and the policy against editing with a conflict of interest, which will probably answer most of them. JohnCD (talk) 07:27, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
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