User talk:Arkansas Craft School

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 * Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! France 3470   ( talk ) 13:44, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

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 * Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! SarahStierch (talk) 08:02, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

October 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw how you edited or created Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Arkansas Craft School, and I noticed that the username you have chosen, "Arkansas Craft School", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or have the appearance of shared use. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. SarahStierch (talk) 08:02, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. It also appears that your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization or cause that you consider worthwhile. Unfortunately, many good causes are not sufficiently notable for their own Wikipedia article, and all users are discouraged from editing in any area where they have an inherent conflict of interest, though you may wish to consider one of these alternative outlets. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. If you prefer to be unblocked for the purpose of changing your username to a username which complies with our username policy, so that your contributions with this username are recorded as contributions of your new username and rather than creating a new account, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice instead. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 15:06, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Please unblock and allow

 * To add to what Peridon has written: Wikipedia does not want new editors to have to read a lot of advice before signing up. Unfortunately, that means that many of them, like you, arrive supposing it to be a "notice-board" site like Myspace for people to write about themselves and their organizations, and that the way to go about it is to set up a user account in the name of the organization and copy to its user page the promotional material from their web-site.


 * Actually,Wikipedia is a quite different sort of site, a project to build an encyclopedia, selective about subjects and strongly resistant to being used for any kind of promotion, even of good causes - see Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause. User accounts are for individuals only, main user pages are for the individual volunteers who are here to help build the encyclopedia to tell the world something about themselves and their Wikipedia activities, to assist communication within the project.


 * I have this conversation so often that I have written User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard which you may find helpful. JohnCD (talk) 19:19, 22 October 2012 (UTC)