User talk:Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, 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) and continue editing.''' 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 and create the account yourself. 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:
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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. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:51, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Here's a few key questions: You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a subject that you are trying to create an article about, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to break the 3 important questions above. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 16:01, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
 * Do you understand conflict of interest?
 * Do you understand that to be considered for an encylopedia article, the subject must be considered to be notable?

Hi Anthony Thank you for your information. I have read and understood the aspects you've mentioned. I've just seen that the article on Helvetas is now marked as "advertising". This is very surprising as we are a NGO not selling anything. And there is no mention of donations or such terms which could insinuate "advertising" in the article. Some background information: I've registered the with the name "Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation" in the German Wikipedia. They allow to do so with a check of identity which I successfully did. After this, I've tried to update the English "Helvetas" article since it contained a lot of out of date information. As an NGO, our intent is to describe what the company is doing. I thought from a transparency perspective that it would be better to make clear that somebody from within the organization does the editing. And I couln't upload our logo if I wasn't the owner of this copyright-protected material. I have looked at the article on Oxfam UK and tried to adapt the Helvetas article to take it to the same standard. Please help me: do I need to register as somebody private and then update the Helvetas article? And what to do with the logo? And, regarding the username, what do you suggest to do? Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation (talk) 06:35, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your information.


 * Hello. I am not an admin, so unfortunately I can't unlock you, but if you are tired of waiting, you can simply create a new account. English Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are identitical with an organisation etc. But "Simon Ming" or "Simon at HSI" will be fine. As for the Helvetas article being tagged as advertisment-like, that is because of the tone and presentation of the organisation which is not totally encyclopedic, but more typical for informational/promotional material. It's not just commercial organisations that sometimes get promotional in tone. It will be OK for you to correct or update very basic facts in the article, like number of employees, but you shouldn't do much more. Rather you should suggest changes to the article on the talk page and then experienced Wikipedian's may evaluate the suggestions. As for uploading non-free images, I don't know much about it, but you can write {{helpme}/ (two parentheses on both sides) on your talk page and someone will come and explain how it is done. But you should either be unblocked or crate a new acount first. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 15:37, 1 October 2013 (UTC)