User talk:RespHealth

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 yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 15:40, 24 July 2013 (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. Daniel Case (talk) 23:17, 24 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Note: I have removed an entry by an IP as we cannot verify it is actually the user responding. Besides, the tone of that reply was such that this talkpage would surely be locked from further edits.  The registered user needs to login and respond BELOW the questions, and needs to understand WP:AAB, WP:GAB and the fact that a charity IS a business :-)  (✉→BWilkins ←✎) 10:23, 26 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Response from RespHealth: I want to thank both of the administrators who have so been so kind and fostered a genuine sense of community, intellectual curiosity, and intelligent conversation here on this talk page. Thanks to you both, I now understand that Wikipedia is absolutely not a place for a free exchange of information. To the first user, I deeply regret that my username made you think I was changing a Wikipedia page in order to promote a company; certainly removing the organization's Facebook page from the links at the bottom of the page could be construed as "promoting" the company rather than making corrections to a page that went overlooked by said administrator. To user Bwilkins, I appreciate your concern about the tone in my reply, and apologize profusely for the obscene way in which I obviously wrote earlier. I also apologize for my apparent misunderstanding of the fact that charities and businesses are precisely the same types of entities, despite all evidence to the contrary. I hereby move that this page be locked and my username be deleted, and that all edits made to the page Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago be removed and reverted to the original way the page was presented, including links to its Facebook page and Twitter feed, which are obviously meant not for promotion but for reference, and which certainly in no way can be misconstrued as promoting a charitable business. God bless you all, you knights of the Internet, you policemen of Wikipedia!


 * I'm sorry that your start on Wikipedia has made you feel this way. I do find it unfortunate that you did not take sufficient time to review the purpose and rules of this site before beginning to edit - it is, of course, a very common and unfortunate error.
 * If you had taken the time, you would have known when you were creating your username that it was not going to be permitted, as per the username policy you read and agreed to. That would have solved only some of your problems, of course (considering the hundreds of similar usernames we block each day, you're in good company).
 * You also would have read about the 5 pillars of Wikipedia - which is key reading for anyone who reads or visits this site - possibly it's because you're related to the organization, but it does not yet meet the very strict notability requirements for an encyclopedia - considering the thousands of similar articles that get deleted every day, you're clearly not the first.
 * Yes - the charity does good work, and is to be commended for how it serves, but in terms of promotion, we consider charities, businesses, and even some kids Runescape website to be "businesses" for the sake of our promotion and username rules.
 * Unfortunately, we do not delete userid's, and your may not revoke your edits, as per the Terms of Use that you agreed to every time you clicked "Save page". If the community accepts, modifies, or deletes your edits over the course of time, then so be it.
 * My personal philosophy is that everyone has something to add to this project - and I still believe that you do have things to add. The simple truth is that due to WP:COI and WP:GNG, how you add and what you add are strictly controlled - and I'm certain you can understand why.  If you personally wanted to add general sourced information about charities, that would be awesome.  If you wanted to edit articles about video games - same thing.  You could even add sourced content about current and past presidents/heads of state.  We'd be thrilled.
 * I was going to say that you have been treated no differently than any of the other thousands of people who have made the exact same errors - but that's not true - and this last message is proof of that. Good luck (✉→BWilkins ←✎) 11:53, 27 July 2013 (UTC)