User talk:Charity: water

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. 98.248.32.178 (talk) 21:09, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Charity: water
I have nominated Charity: water, an article that you have edited, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charity: water. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. -- Alexandr Dmitri (Александр Дмитрий) (talk) 22:24, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Conflict of interest
Hi! Please note the message above about Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline. If you are closely connected to the subject of an article (and it appears that you are), the appropriate way to modify that article is to suggest changes on the Talk page (discussion page) for that article. Otherwise, your work will probably be revised away when a person cleans up the article. Let an editor know if you have questions about how Wikipedia handles conflict of interest. Thanks! Dreamyshade (talk) 16:35, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Username policy violation
Thank you for your interest in editing Wikipedia. Our policies prohibit the use of user names that appear to represent or promote a company, group, other organization or a product, and as a result your account has been blocked from editing. If you wish to continue editing, please consider reviewing our username policy more thoroughly and then creating a new account. If you feel this block was made in error, you may ask for a review of this username block by adding the text below this message. Thank you, Shereth 17:43, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Hello!
I know that you've been blocked, but please note that this is only for your chosen username. Wikipedia has a policy against account names that give the appearance of being used by businesses or other organizations, and of course there is a "charity: water" organization whose article you have been working on. I wanted to give you some encouragement, because your edits have been constructive and have helped to improve the article. I suggest that you either request a name change as instructed in the notice above this, or create a new account with a name that conforms to Wikipedia's username policy. I would like to see you continuing to work on Wikipedia however.

Some advice, if you are truly affiliated with charity: water, you should declare this affiliation on your user page or talk page, or on the talk page of the article. You don't have to give your personal information (in fact you really shouldn't) but something along the lines of "I volunteer with the charity" would suffice. That would help alleviate any suspicions that editors might have about your motives if you are up-front about it. The conflict of interest guidelines suggest that you shouldn't work on the article if you are affiliated with the organization but they don't forbid it, and if your edits continue to be as helpful as they have been I doubt that you'll have objections.

You should also know that there is a notification about your activities on the conflict of interest noticeboard. So far nobody has complained about your actual contributions to the article, but you might want to leave your opinion (once you change your username or create a new account). Anyway, just a bit of encouragement to let you know that nobody is chasing you away from the project. Thanks! --  At am a chat 20:14, 6 August 2009 (UTC)