User talk:Policystudiesorganization

help me Hi! Thanks so much for your advice and help. I am new to this wikipedia thing, and completely understand how my initial post may have been a "conflict of interest". I have created a new account with my own name, "Whitney Shepard", do you suggest that I just use that account to create the post regarding the Policy Studies Organization? Or should I request a username change on this account? I followed the link for username change, but could not for the life of me find where I actually could submit a request for one. And that is why i created a new account, as I thought it might just be easier that way. I am creating this article at the request of our publisher as we believe that the PSO is a notable organization. Please let me know if you have any advice on how I can go about getting the block removed, or any other tips i may find useful. Thanks so much for your help. Policystudiesorganization (talk) 19:10, 20 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I feel that you have the best intentions. However, you shouldn't create the page if you're affiliated with the company. If you are affiliated, you still may, and just to help you, I'll be willing to work with you on it. It'd be best to create it from your new, personal, account. Make sure to follow all relevant policies. If you want to draft it up, you're welcome to create it at either User:Gwickwire/NAMEOFPAGE or User:Whitney Shepard/NAMEOFPAGE and leave me a note here :) Thanks for wanting to help! gwickwire  talk editing 19:44, 20 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Also, the only reason this is blocked is the username, you're welcome to edit from your personal account, and that'd be best, to continue on that account when creating the draft and/or posting to my talkpage :) gwickwire  talk editing 19:45, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

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

I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Policy Studies Organization, which 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 undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or any other editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. 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.

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. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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help me Hi again, sorry it appears as I have been blocked from making comments directly on your talk page. As for the copyright issues, I again understand the problem. I do have permission from the website's creators from which I have taken the information. Is there a way I can prove this? Or do you suggest slightly altering the text so that it isn't an exact replica of what appears on the ipsonet.org website? As mentioned in a previous comment to you, I created a new username with my personal name, "Whitney Shepard". Perhaps it is best if i simply start the process over, with no conflict of interest, and new altered text. This is what I am going to do, unless you have a better suggestion.

I really appreciate your help and clarity. I also hope i'm doing this whole "talk page" thing right!

Thanks again!

Policystudiesorganization (talk) 19:19, 20 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Like I said, you'll need to do this from your new account. Start that process, and don't copy or reword anything. You must write everything in your own words. If you have any questions, you'll need to log in to your *new* account and ask me from there :) gwickwire  talk editing 20:14, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Policy Studies Organization
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Policy Studies Organization, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://www.ipsonet.org/about-us/about-the-pso,http://www.ipsonet.org/publications,http://www.ipsonet.org/conferences,http://www.ipsonet.org/about-us/offices-tour, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Policy Studies Organization and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, Policy Studies Organization, in your email. See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0", or that the material is released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Policy Studies Organization with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License, and note that you have done so on Talk:Policy Studies Organization. See Donating copyrighted materials for instructions.

It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at [ this temporary page]. Leave a note at Talk:Policy Studies Organization saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Drm310 (talk) 15:55, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Policystudiesorganization, 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 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:
 * Adding on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
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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) 16:06, 20 March 2013 (UTC)