User talk:Divofbus

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August 2013
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page ASA The College For Excellence has been reverted. Your edit here to ASA The College For Excellence was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.asa-dob.weebly.com) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 20:15, 14 August 2013 (UTC) A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Divofbus, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages: user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

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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 yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. 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 below this notice. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 17:57, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

You username evidently represents the ASA College Division of Business, but Wikipedia accounts must be for individuals only, who are personally responsible for them, and accounts whose names are the names of groups or organizations are not permitted.

User pages are for the individual contributors to say something about themselves and their Wikipedia work, if they choose, to help communication within the project. They are not for substantial content... that is unrelated to Wikipedia.

What you wrote would in any case be unacceptable, because Wikipedia is not for any kind of advertising or promotion. Stuff like "our programs are designed to deliver the type of knowledge and skills employers are looking for... a supportive and motivating environment for cooperative learning... " is pure marketing-speak, an advertisement, and anything like that is deleted from Wikipedia at sight.

In fact, even written in a neutral tone, it is very unlikely that an individual division within the College would have the WP:Notability necessary for a Wikipedia article, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." See also WP:Notability (summary), and the College and university article guidelines, especially the section "Faculties and academic colleges".

Even with an individual account, before editing about the College you should read the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. JohnCD (talk) 18:17, 16 August 2013 (UTC)