User talk:JLaughlinIEA

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Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising in articles. For more information on this, see If you still have questions, there is a new contributor's help page, or you can write   below this message along with a question and someone will be along to answer it shortly. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! Fabrictramp |  talk to me  20:01, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion of "Institute for Educational Advancement"
A page you created, Institute for Educational Advancement, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is obvious advertising or promotional material.

You are welcome to contribute content which complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

Thank you. Newsaholic (talk) 19:52, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors;
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam); and,
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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  20:10, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia, because it has been identified as an account used for promotion of a company or group, with a username that implies that this has been done by that company or group. See Business' FAQ and Conflict of interest.

This kind of activity is considered spamming and is forbidden by Wikipedia policies. In addition, the use of a username like yours violates our username policy.

You may appeal this block by adding the text  or emailing the administrator who blocked you. Your reason should include your response to this issue and a new username you wish to adopt that does not violate our username policy (specifically, understand that accounts are for individuals, not companies or groups, and that your username should reflect this). Usernames that have already been taken are listed here. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  20:10, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

While I understand the username issue, why block my IP? I took the effort of obtaining copyright privledges for GDFL so as to at least post some information about this company. How was my post any different than say "Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement's" site? As a nonprofit there really is no product we are trying to sell. Thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JLaughlinIEA (talk • contribs)
 * If you wish to contest your block, please follow the instructions in the block template above and an administrator will review your request. Using the helpme template is for community wide assistance for help on the project and most responders can not help in block reviews.  Using the unblock template as described in the block reason template above will draw attention from administrators who can review your request and take proper action. Thanks.--  Javier  MC  01:19, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The IP was in fact unblocked. That doesn't exempt anybody from our standards on conflict of interest and marketing/publicizing, even for a non-profit. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  17:20, 22 October 2008 (UTC)