User talk:AyeMoustacheQuestionsGal

Help Me Please...
I am very confused, would like to change the information on the page and fix the references, even though I put the main website where I got the information from on my page, but I can't fix it if my username is blocked, correct? I'd love to support Wikipedia in any way possible and also by being a part of the Wikipedia community, and following the rules, I assure this is a mistake and I am a first time user. I was reading that I have to pay money to get unblocked?! Is this true? I believe I've taken the measures to attempt to get my page unblocked - but will an admin see this automatically? If someone could please leave a comment and be willing to talk to me about my situation I'd appreciate it since I am unable to comment on other talk pages and ask for help.

Thank You for your time and patience with me, I know you get tons of people like me everyday and it is frustrating to deal with someone who is confused and new but I do honestly want to be a part of this community and fix my information. USFHarrellCenter (talk) 15:45, 18 October 2012 (UTC)


 * No, you do not have to pay money to get unblocked. Where did you read that?


 * But Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a notice-board for people and organizations to tell the world about themselves, even good causes - see Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause. Even with a new username you would have, from our point of view, a conflict of interest in editing about your center. In considering an unblock, an administrator would like your answers to these questions:


 * Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a directory of business or organizations?
 * Do you understand conflict of interest?
 * Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?


 * You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. JohnCD (talk) 15:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes I do understand all three factors, I did not intend to sound promotional and I do apologize. I was attempting to write that article that was as factual based as possible on the Research Institution. I would still like to change my user name though, so I can then fix any information I have that violates and of the principles above and even remove any content. I do not wish to be or cause a conflict of interest. I hope in the future I could still possibly write an article or be involved in the Wikipedia community. My hopes were to create articles similar to this one... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Rice_Research_Institute and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Research_Institute perhaps I just do not have the layout or the knowledge to do so yet.

I am actually just a Health student at the University of South Florida. I saw my College at the University of South Florida had a Wikipedia article and the page I wrote about is one of the research institutions listed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_South_Florida_College_of_Public_Health I wanted to go through and possibly add a couple of the different institutions and centers to the College of Public Health's page so it is no longer orphaned. If the page has conflicting interests I will take it down or perhaps edit it so it doesn't sound like a promotional webpage?

As for the paying money - while being blocked I was going through several articles and I read on page to donate 1$ will help aid in removing you from being blocked, then I read something else about donating 6$. I probably misread, I was a bit confused when I logged in and saw I was blocked, I usually always trying to follow rules and don't mean to cause any issues. USFHarrellCenter (talk) 16:33, 18 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Very well, I have unblocked you to allow you to change username. To do that, go to WP:CHU, read down to the bottom of that page, click on "Simple" and follow the instructions. Please do that as soon as possible.


 * Wikipedia's inclusion criterion is called WP:Notability, and is not a matter of saying so but has to be demonstrated by references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people independent of the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also WP:42 and WP:Notability (organizations and companies).


 * Experience shows that individual centers and colleges within a university are not often able to show individual notability, and are better covered by a mention in the main university article. See College and university article guidelines, particularly the section Faculties and academic colleges.


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 * Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:22, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your help. I will be reviewing the links and not continue work in the Harrell Center's Article. I am reading the deletion policies at the moment to see what I have to do about letting the page be deleted, etc. I hope to put up articles in the future but I'll probably hold off and stick to learning and editing for now. I very much appreciate all your time and help. USFHarrellCenter (talk) 17:31, 18 October 2012 (UTC)


 * You can ask for the article to be deleted by putting  at the top (two curly brackets each side).


 * If you can recall, or find again, where you saw any suggestion that donations could result in benefits like being unblocked, I should very much like to know. That is absolutely not how Wikipedia operates, and any such suggestion should be very firmly squashed.


 * I see your change of username has already come through - good! JohnCD (talk) 17:46, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes it has come through (yay!) and I believe the Harrell Center page has already been deleted - I just saw an email come in. I am going through a list of several tabs of history from this morning and when I spot it I shall relay it back to you as soon as possible. I just remembered reading it and being a little surprised. Like I said, I was so spun from everything I might have misread something but I will be looking through all my previous pages to try and find it! AyeMoustacheQuestionsGal (talk) 17:50, 18 October 2012 (UTC)