User talk:CDescomm

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 you. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of what username you choose - Wikipedia is not for advertising or promotion of any kind. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 10:49, 2 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Your contribution was largely copied from http://design.umn.edu/about/. Wikipedia cannot accept copyright material unless a formal copyright release has been made; assertion of permission is not enough.


 * However, it is very seldom worth while making a copyright release, because material written for an organization's own website usually has a promotional tone quite unsuitable for an encyclopedia article, often being written in the first person and using PR-speak and "peacock terms". Wikipedia is not a notice-board like Myspace or Facebook for organizations to pin up their prospectuses. It is a collaborative project to build an encyclopedia, and is extremely resistant to being used for anything that looks like promotion. If you are connected with the college, before writing about it you should read the guideline on WP:Conflict of interest.


 * Article subjects need to have notability which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by 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? Experience shows that individual schools or colleges within a university are often not able to show independent notability, and are better covered by a mention within the University article. See College and university article guidelines, particularly the section Faculties and academic colleges; see also WP:Avoid academic boosterism.


 * JohnCD (talk) 11:11, 2 February 2012 (UTC)