User talk:Bruce Bates

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Marketers Cooperative, and I noticed that your username, "Marketerscooperative", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:34, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Marketers Cooperative


A tag has been placed on Marketers Cooperative requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Drm310 (talk) 20:28, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Status and Advice

 * As reviewing administrator, I deleted the article. On the now deleted talk p. you said : that being a cooperative is an intrinsic claim to importance. Possibly in society as a whole, but not at WP. WP has articles on those thing that can show notability by references providing substantial coverage from third-party independent reliable sources, not press releases or mere announcements There is no indication in the articlet hat any of this is present.

Furthermore, you have an obvious conflict of interest as President of the organization. The only acceptable way for you to write an article on your own organization is at WP:AFC--and rather few such articles have been accepted, because it is extremely difficult to write a good non promotional article with that close a conflict of interest. Please see WP:COI, and also our Terms of Use, particularly with respect to paid contributions without disclosure.  DGG ( talk ) 21:28, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Bruce Bates. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Marketers Cooperative, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


 * avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
 * instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the request edit template);
 * when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  10:05, 17 June 2016 (UTC)