User talk:CascadeBicycleClubWiki

September 2021
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which 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 or request a change of username. It also appears that your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization, person 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. You may wish to consider one of these alternative outlets. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit. Please also note that you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87". If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text   at the bottom of your talk page. 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. Thank you. Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  16:42, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Sept. 16, 2021 Hi @orangemike, My name is Sara Kiesler and I am the Communications and Marketing Director at Cascade Bicycle Club. I created this account on behalf of the organization as the name "CascadeBicycle" and "CascadeBicycleClub" is taken, and it is not owned by our organization. If you need to verify my employment at the organization, you can check out our staff page via cascade.org, email the Executive Director Lee Lambert or email our info account

This page is woefully out of date, and was pointed out to us by a member. We have lots of content to add. Please unblock us and allow us to continue to improve our page.

Thank you, Sara — Preceding unsigned comment added by CascadeBicycleClubWiki (talk • contribs) — CascadeBicycleClubWiki (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Please follow the clearly-stated instructions given above. We do not allow organization accounts. We do not allow accounts whose only purpose is to perform edits on an article with which they have a blatant conflict of interest AND have failed to perform the mandatory disclosure of their status as paid editors. And it is not "[y]our page"! It is an article, not a "page", about your organization. It does not belong to you, and indeed you should never have touched it in any way. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:57, 16 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello Sara. If and when you change your username to something that represents you as an individual, and guarantee that you alone have access to this account and no one else, then you should limit your involvement with the article to making edit requests at Talk:Cascade Bicycle Club. Avoid editing the article directly, as per the concerns above regarding your conflict of interest. As well, if your position with the club is a paid position, then you are required to disclose this information per Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure policy.


 * Also, please be aware that apart from basic facts and figures, primary sources like your organization's own website won't be considered useful. Self-published sources like social media, press releases and other material authored by your organization are also disqualified as sources. Although we strive for accuracy, we have little interest in what an organization wants to say about itself. We consider what reliable, third-party sources have chosen on their own to publish about this organization as the basis for article content. Thank you. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 19:12, 16 September 2021 (UTC)