User talk:FriedlanderGroup

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "FriedlanderGroup", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87". Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a username change that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. (www.friedlandergroup.com) --Hammersoft (talk) 17:45, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:FriedlanderGroup


A tag has been placed on User:FriedlanderGroup, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this page is not blatant advertising,. Clicking that button will take you to the 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 visit |the page's talk 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. You are welcome to edit the page to fix this problem, but please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. As well as removing promotional phrasing, it helps to add factual encyclopaedic information to the page, and add citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the page will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Hammersoft (talk) 17:57, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

This page should not be speedy deleted because... it is about an legal entity with interesting stuff
This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --FriedlanderGroup (talk) 17:59, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Your username
I came here to explain that your username is unacceptable. A company username doing promotional editing would normally be blocked, but I see that you have applied for a change to "Friedlander". The automatic checking process has found problems with that. In any case, "Friedlander" still implies that the user is the group: the issue here is that Wikipedia accounts must be for individuals only, who are personally responsible for them, so that accounts whose names are the names of groups or organizations are not permitted.

Please suggest another name which will represent only you as an individual. Your username can be related to your real name or not, as you prefer (see WP:REALNAME for some considerations), but it should not be the name of any group or organization, or of another living person. A username of the form "Mark at Friedlander" is perfectly acceptable, because it designates an individual, and is a useful way declare your affiliation. JohnCD (talk) 19:47, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Promotion and conflict of interest
Even with an individual username, in any edits to do with Friedlander or its business or its competitors, you would be subject to Wikipedia's guideline on WP:Conflict of interest, and should read that page and the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide.

It is important to realise that Wikipedia is a project to build a neutral encyclopedia, not a place for companies to tell the world about themselves, and is not for advertising or promotion in any form. The sort of material you wrote on your user page: "stands out for its ability to effectively advocate on behalf of your needs... guarantees the best possibility of success... Our staff works side-by-side with clients as we utilize the best way... " is absolutely unacceptable and would be deleted at sight. JohnCD (talk) 19:47, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

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. Alexf(talk) 20:00, 22 June 2014 (UTC)