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Your submission at Articles for creation: Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management (ICPEM) (January 30)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by S0091 were:

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
reliable
secondary
strictly independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet all four of these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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S0091 (talk) 22:59, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, ICP3M2! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! S0091 (talk) 22:59, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 2024[edit]

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because your account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. Also, your username gives the impression that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

If you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization, you may request unblock and a username change. In your reasons, you must:

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Cullen328 (talk) 00:06, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

LaughingGirl1322 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Hi I am completely new to this, so apologies. I have not been paid to make any contributions. When I originally set up the account it was with a view to making minor edits. (I didn't really think through the username - it was just where I started and didn't realise that it would have an issue of perception. Thanks for pointing that out. The field of Emergency Management and Disaster Management is growing and I'd like to contribute to the wide body of information held on Wikipedia including knowledge and lessons from past disasters, techniques for disaster management, assessment and relevant organisations (where they are notable). I am also passionate about art and would like to contribute there. I had thought that because the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management had been listed in several existing Wikipedia pages including Emergency Management, Post Nominals and Pracademics that it would be useful to have an article on them in Wikipedia. Also, I had anticipated that there would be dialogue with Wikipedia admins about how to make this better etc. rather than being blocked. However, following communication from yourselves I understand that 1) legacy information on Wikipedia is not necessarily up to the standard required in Wikipedia these days. 2) that an organisation should be notable. I probably included too many links to the organisation website rather than to independent sources such as the websites of others where they are mentioned, other publications and journals and non-digital sources such as books. I also understand that there are places to discuss content and take advice, I hadn't appreciated that and fully intend to use these in the future, rather than going straight to 'publish'. Thank you for taking the time to read this request.

Accept reason:

per request. Welcome back. Sorry it took so long. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 12:51, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is the promotionality of your edits and your WP:conflict of interest What edits would you make outside this conflict of interest? Thanks -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:45, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Deepfriedokra. It was not my intention to promote the organisation. There were some error and old references in the existing pages of Wikipedia with regard to the organisation which I tried to update. I would like to make updates generally around disasters, disaster management, planning and preparedness and other areas that I am interested in such as Art ensuring data is informative, accurate and up to date. LaughingGirl1322 (talk) 16:54, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You say you weren't paid to make contributions, do you have any relationship with the ICPEM organization at all? 331dot (talk) 09:26, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, 331dot, yes - I volunteer for them and other similar organisations. They are not my employer. They are run solely by volunteers. I did a scan of the internet and where there were old links or outdated information about the organisation (ICPEM), for example on the London.gov.uk website I sought to get those corrected. Similarly there was out of date information on Wikipedia. That was the reason for originally editing the text. As there were quite a few mentions on Wikipedia about the organisation, like other similar organisations I thought it might be helpful to create an article. However, I understand that I can't do that on Wikipedia because it is regarded as a conflict of interest. In future I would only seek to provide useful content and not market or promote any organisation. I completely understand that, and it was never my deliberate intention to do that, although completely understand that is how it could be regarded. AS said above my interests are around resilience in disasters and that is how I would like to contribute to Wikipedia. LaughingGirl1322 (talk) 10:45, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's guideline on conflict of interest discourages editors from writing about organisations they are connected to. One of the main reasons for that is that if one is closely involved in a subject, it can be difficult, or even impossible, to stand back from it and see how one's own writing on the subject will look from the detached perspective of an independent outside observer, which means that one's writing is likely to look highly promotional to others, even if one genuinely believes one is writing neutrally. From what you say, that may have happened in your case, rather than your having intentionally set out to promote. Either way, however, I think it unlikely that any administrator will unblock you to continue to write about the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management. Are you willing to undertake not to write about that institute, and instead to contribute on subjects in which you don't have such a personal involvement? If so, I can see an unblock as reasonably likely. Your comments above give me the impression that you will be willing to do that, but it will make the situation clearer if you can give a definite "yes" or "no". JBW (talk) 16:11, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I commit I will NOT write about the Institute in future. I completely understand how this is viewed. Thanks 82.44.36.145 (talk) 08:59, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please log in to edit -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 10:31, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Administrators usually don't assume that posts made without logging in come from an editor whose account is blocked, rather than from someone else. That may seem pedantic and bureaucratic, but unfortunately there have been incidents where someone has pretended to be a registered editor not logged in for dishonest purposes, so we can't take it for granted that it's you, even if we think it probably is. JBW (talk) 21:44, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry Deepfriedokra and JBW. Second try! Yes, I commit I will NOT write about the Institute in future. I completely understand how this is viewed. 82.44.36.145 (talk) 17:24, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To show you are not an imposter, you need to log in to edit. Thanks. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:54, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry Deepfriedokra and JBW. Second try! Yes, I commit I will NOT write about the Institute in future. I completely understand how this is viewed. LaughingGirl1322 (talk) 09:47, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cullen328: There's a lot of reading involved, but is it OK to unblock? Appellant agrees to not edit about ICPEM. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 00:45, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Deepfriedokra, I have no objection to unblocking. This editor has the potential to become a productive editor in the emergency services topic area. I hope that happens. I am going to leave a personal message on your user talk page. Cullen328 (talk) 03:38, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant, thanks @Deepfriedokra! LaughingGirl1322 (talk) 17:48, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rename not successful[edit]

"The chosen username is too similar to an existing username or it used to be username of someone else that got renamed." The software won't let me rename to LaughingGirl . If you add a couple of random numbers to this, it should let me. Thanks -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:49, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

LaughingGirl1322 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

LaughingGirl1322 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Thanks Deepfriedokra, as per suggestion I have added random numbers

Decline reason:

duplicate. renamed -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:45, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for changing my user name Deepfriedokra. How do I go about unblocking my account? I have learned my lesson! LaughingGirl1322 (talk) 09:21, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

globally renamed ICP3M2 to LaughingGirl1322[edit]

globally renamed ICP3M2 to LaughingGirl1322 -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:44, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy editing! Cheers, S0091 (talk) 14:38, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks S0091! LaughingGirl1322 (talk) 17:46, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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