User talk:Food Valley NL

A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Food Valley NL, 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 or publicises 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.

If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: which appears inside of the speedy deletion  tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy deletion candidate). Doing so will take you to your user talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also edit this page directly to give your reasons, 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 help make it encyclopedic. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Katieh5584 (talk) 20:20, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because Food Valley is a worldwide well-known cluster of companies with main goal to create together with companies, knowledge institutes and government agencies in the Netherlands and abroad more healthy, sustainable and high quality food to offer solutions to the food challenges we are facing globally. The organization behind this is Food Valley NL, a non-profit organization driven to help reaching these goals to feed the world. --Food Valley NL (talk) 20:39, 7 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause. Your organization must meet Wikipedia's notability requirements for organizations for an article about it to be considered worthy of inclusion. Wikipedia user pages are also not meant for self-promotional material.
 * Writing about your organization also constitutes a conflict of interest, which is taken quite seriously. It isn't prohibited, but there are certain rules to follow when you're in this situation.
 * Your account name also violates Wikipedia's username policy. Accounts cannot be named after groups or organizations, and cannot be shared by several people. Your account must represent and used by only one individual. Please request a change of username, or this account will likely be blocked from editing. Thanks. --Drm310 (talk) 22:23, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

May 2014
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. 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. 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. The Bushranger One ping only 01:22, 8 May 2014 (UTC)