User talk:ISPOadmin

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Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. However, I noticed that your username (ISPOadmin) may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because of your use of 'admin' incorrectly implies (intentionally or otherwise) that you are an WP:ADMIN here. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account to use for editing. Thank you.

Dear Wikipedia administrator,

Thanks a lot for your message.

I would like to create a Wikipedia page for our association - ISPO International and therefore made the username generic so that it could be used by any of my colleagues, editing the page, beside me. Please let me know if that's ok.

Many thanks and kind regards,

Nonna


 * Hello there. Unfortunately, though I am loathed to curtail your enthusiasm for editing Wikipedia, I'm afraid we don't encourage group accounts (used by several editors) or role accounts (accounts used to edit/promote a specific entity). If ISPO International passes the notability guidelines and therefore warrants an article on Wikipedia, it may be best to wait for someone else to create it (or suggest it at articles for creation yourself) and then peruse and edit it without bias as an 'expert witness'. In the mean time may I encourage you to change your username using the links above? Regards, S.G.(GH) ping! 11:44, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello S.G.,

My apologies for not noticing the guidelines on creating usernames earlier. Thanks a lot for your explanations, I will take them into account and will create a new Wikipedia account in the meantime, so that the ISPOadmin name could be removed. Please note that we are very much in the learning process with Wikipedia but believe that creating a page for ISPO (www.ispoint.org) on Wikipedia would be a valuable addition to its overal content, being an objective and comprehensive information source in the field of prosthetics and orthotics.

Thanks again and kind regards, Nonna

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 you. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of what username you choose. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  16:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Here are a few key questions:
 * 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 encyclopedia article, the subject must 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. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  16:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)