User talk:FTCWorld

April 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this :
 * 1) You may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
 * 2) Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guideline to avoid editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. 7 06:11, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Freedom to Create Grants
Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Freedom to Create Grants. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as yourself. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Freedom to Create Prize. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Freedom to Create Prize - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. — ZjarriRrethues — talk 07:38, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, FTCWorld, does not meet our username policy. '''Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).''' A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive, or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.

You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
 * Adding on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
 * At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
 * 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. The account is created upon acceptance, thus do not try to create the new account before making the request for a name change. For more information, please see Changing username.

If you feel that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. -- Cirt (talk) 21:48, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Here are a few key questions:
 * 1) Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
 * 2) Do you understand conflict of interest?
 * 3) Do you understand that to be considered for an encylopedia article, the subject must be considered to be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. Daniel Case (talk) 14:22, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Please answer the three numbered questions above if you want your unblock to be considered.  7  10:23, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * There are two problems: One is that your username is the name of an organization, and the other is that you seem to be writing about your own organization. Your proposed username change is fine, and would solve the username problem.  But you didn't address the question of whether you are going to continue using Wikipedia to write about your own organization, in which you have a conflict of interest, and which doesn't appear to meet Wikipedia's notability criteria.  There's not much point in unblocking you to change your username, if we're just going to have to block your new account for continuing to create articles that aren't what Wikipedia needs.  If you're excited about creating the encyclopedia, you're welcome here, and we'd love to have your help.  But if you are only interested in promoting your organization, this isn't the place for you- you should do that on the organization's web site. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 23:15, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I do work for the organisation which recognises artists from the developing world. I have no intention of upsetting anyone or promoting anything. All I wish to do is update the article so that this year's prize winners are shown (as opposed to the list of Finalists, which is out of date). How do you suggest this is done as per your rules?
 * Leave a note on the article talk page; someone will pick it up and take care of it. But you do need to change your user name; for a number of reasons, Wikipedia is very touchy about usernames that imply that the editor is working on behalf of an organization. --jpgordon:==( o ) 06:34, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much Jpgordan, that really helps. This is all I wanted to do.