User talk:Jbrown verint

Welcome[edit]

Hello, Jbrown verint, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you have edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been reverted for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of deletion, you might like to draft your article before submission, then ask me or any other editor to proofread it. To start creating a draft article, just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit that page as you would any other. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

The one firm rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing.

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! RL0919 (talk) 19:08, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your username[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this:

You may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guideline to avoid editing where you have a conflict of interest. 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. RL0919 (talk) 19:12, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Actionable intelligence[edit]

An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Actionable intelligence. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Actionable intelligence. Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.

Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:17, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback[edit]

Hello, Jbrown verint. You have new messages at Darkwind's talk page.
Message added 16:17, 3 May 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

--Darkwind (talk) 16:17, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

and again. --Darkwind (talk) 19:32, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Article deletion[edit]

As it was reported, the article had several major problems. One was failure to establish any evidence of widespread notability of the term, as outlined in WP:Notability. The other was its nature as an exclusive trademarked term by a specific company with no outside frame of reference, which amounted to little more than publicizing the term. A quick check of the WP:Notability page and some of its subpages should help make clearer what the site's inclusion criteria are. - Vianello (Talk) 19:01, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Swell! I hope that goes well for you. You might consider using, or at least looking at, the article wizard, which takes a methodical step-by-step guide approach intended for newer users. You don't have to stick rigidly to it, but it may be a good informational resource. - Vianello (Talk) 19:48, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Username and COI[edit]

(copied from my talk page) I don't see any need for you to change your username. There are two issues here: the first is that accounts have to represent individuals, not groups, so account names that are those of companies are not allowed; but yours makes clear that you are an individual. The other issue is conflict of interest, and there you are quite right that a clear disclosure of your interest is a good thing.

Now that I have come here, I see another editor above has taken a different view; still, he has only said you should consider changing. You will find that there is no central Authority on Wikipedia, and in borderline cases like this you may well get conflicting advice. The important thing is to declare your interest whenever it might be thought to affect your edits. These are the guidelines you should follow:

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 19:32, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Jbrown verint, does not meet our username policy.

Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).

A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive, or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.

You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:

Adding {{unblock-un|your new username here}} on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. The account is created upon acceptance, thus do not try to create the new account before making the request for a name change. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Changing username.

If you feel that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. -- Cirt (talk) 20:58, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]