User talk:Kristeen2011

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Hello, W4bpm, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been reverted for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of deletion, you might like to draft your article before submission, then ask me or any other editor to proofread it. To start creating a draft article, just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit that page as you would any other. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

The one firm rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. It is also worth noting that Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which specifically link them to one company or corporation. If your username does have such a name, it would be advisable for you to request a change of username.

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This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, W4bpm, 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).''' 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. 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. Daniel Case (talk) 21:51, 4 May 2011 (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 encylopedia 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. JohnCD (talk) 17:37, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Hoping someone will be nice and help ! Sorry I didn't realize that I could only put my distress call signals at the bottom of my talk page :-/ I really want to change my UserName and am seeking a sponsor as it were.

I understand that Wikipedia is NOT a Business Directory :
 * Software AG
 * Bonita Open Solution
 * Portal:Apple Inc.

I understand that the above technical computer companies have been accepted somehow because they were sponsored by someone who is just excited about their product and with no conflict of interest and were not paid to include technical and historical facts about the existance of the company on Wikipedia.

I also understand the third rule, that of notoriety. A long list of reports by notorious business analysts, [Gartner, Forrester etc], or just successful branding, justifies the existance of a company 'page' in Wikipedia. High tech inventions, contributions to the ecology, basically informing the public adds to the value of Wikipedia.

I'm hoping someone will want to discuss the economy and possible impact of these content issues with me. For the moment, my Wikipedia experience is one of frustration and isolation. :-/

I am hoping a human name may put me on the right side of things.
 * Hi. I've redone the links for you, above, to show you the simple way of linking to Wikipedia pages ("wikilinks") -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk)

Well Thank you ! I wish Daniel Case or JohnCD would help to unblock me! Since I am requesting a new username and have better understanding of the Wikipedia principles. We want to contribute articles containing interesting verified factual encyclopedia type information for the soul benefit of Wikipedia users.
 * I have seen your cries for help, and will reply tomorrow, but I am out of time tonight. There are a few more questions I would like to ask, and points I would like to be sure you understand, before unblocking. JohnCD (talk) 22:15, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your message John, JohnCD I'll be more than happy to answer your questions ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.106.37.9 (talk) 08:18, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Apologies for further delay. I have unblocked you in order to change username: please do that by going to WP:CHU, where you should read down the page and then click "Simple" to make your request.

The additional points I wanted to make are: I am sorry to write such a long screed (as the Duke of Wellington is supposed to have written once, I did not have time to make it shorter), but these are important points. The links in the Welcome paragraph at the top of the page will tell you more: WP:Your first article is a useful guide.
 * By "not a business listing agency" I mean that we are, first and only, an encyclopedia. For a company to have an article is not a question of being "sponsored"; the test, as for every kind of article, is notability (not notoriety), a technical Wikipedia term which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people independent of the subject thought it important enough to write substantial comment about? That test means that, yes, Apple and Microsoft get in, but many small companies do not (though there is always Wikicompany - no connection with us - which does aim to include every company).
 * Many of the existing 3,500,000 articles are below the standard we would like, so that What about those other articles? is not an argument that is accepted.
 * Being open to anyone to edit gives Wikipedia a vast reservoir of useful contributors, but the downside is that we have to spend a great deal of time and energy fending off advertisers and self-promoters. We would much prefer people not to edit with a WP:Conflict of interest - if the only people who want an article are those promoting its subject, that casts doubt on whether it is really notable - but given the anonymity of editing it is impossible to prevent, and there is a code of practice at WP:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest which you should observe if you write about your company - in brief, propose changes and articles, rather than making them yourself, declaring your interest, and let uninvolved editors decide. See Help:Userspace draft for how to make a draft article. You are of course welcome to edit in the normal way on subjects where you do not have a COI.
 * You used the word "we" above. I have two comments on that: first, Wikipedia accounts must be for individuals only, who are personally responsible for them. If you meant that someone else may also edit, they need their own account. If you meant only "we" as in the firm, I would like to advise you when writing about it to make a strong effort to think of yourself as writing about it from outside, not for it or on behalf of it. Wikipedia is very resistant to anything that looks even faintly like promotion. The WP:Verifiability policy requires that "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source", so before writing any "peacock terms" (unsupported adjectives of praise), imagine a hostile critic saying "Who says so? Can you prove that?"
 * One of the ways in which Wikipedia is not like a listing directory is that no-one owns an article, not its first author and certainly not its subject. If you make an article about your company, others can and will edit it, you will not be able to insist on your preferrred version, and you may encounter Wikipedia's Law of Unintended Consequences.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:24, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Hello JohnCD ! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have just successfully submitted my name change request and have read with great interest your comments. I really do appreciate all your help. Indeed I still have a lot to learn ! JohnCD

GREAT NEWS ! My username has been changed to Kristeen2001 Thanking everyone again for their help. I hope to soon be contributing in a positive verifiable manner.

May 2011
Hello Kristeen2011. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Leonardi Framework, 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, 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; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. RadioFan (talk) 12:37, 23 May 2011 (UTC)