User talk:Roaringwomen

Speedy deletion of Roaring Women
A tag has been placed on Roaring Women, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as the Business' FAQ for more information.

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September 2008
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope not to seem unfriendly or make you feel unwelcome, but I noticed your username, and I am concerned that it might not meet Wikipedia's username policy as it appears to be a promotional name. After you look over that policy, could we discuss that concern here?

I'd appreciate learning your own views, for instance your reasons for wanting this particular name, and what alternative username you might accept that avoids raising this concern.

You have several options freely available to you:
 * If you can relieve my concern through discussing it here, I can stop worrying about it.
 * If the two of us can't agree here, we can ask for help through Wikipedia's dispute resolution process, such as requesting comments from other Wikipedians. Wikipedia administrators usually abide by agreements reached through this process.
 * You can keep your contributions history under a new username. Visit Changing username and follow the guidelines there.

Booglamay ( talk ) - 23:54, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi there to you as well..
I have used the username roaringwomen as that is the username I typically use when creating an account (including MSN). I would happily change it to my name but I was informed that my name mandie crawford wa not available. I have no other reason at all and as i said can change that username if I can find a name I will remember easily.

Quite frankly although I like the information on Wikipedia it is the most unfriendly site to use that I have ever encountered. I notice that many people have listed their names as entries and they have information about their accomplishments. As a trademarked organization I only wanted to list "Roaring Women" so that when people hear of it there is a description of what the organization is about. there was no intent to promote but to educate.

Any suggestions would be welcome as I wish there to be a listing of this organization on Wikipedia.

Roaringwomen (talk) 00:14, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I really hope we don't make people feel unwelcome! I appreciate there's a HUGE amount of pressure on anyone who contributes, and that ALL new editors will feel this. The only issue was that your username is the same as the name of an organisation.  Generally, this isn't really allowed as it can easily lead to a conflict of interest and/or may be an account shared by a number of people.  That's another reason the Roaringwomen article was deleted - both a conflict of interest and a lack of neutrality - an article that apparently only promotes a subject.  One of the main phrases around here for this is that "if a subject is notable, someone else will write about it in good time".


 * Obviously, if you're not affiliated with the organisation, that's a completely different matter! I'd recommend you read through WP:CHU, the notes on changing usernames.  Hopefully we can resolve this, but I hope you can appreciate why Wikipedia needs these policies!   Boogla<b style="color:#0B5A88">may</b> ( talk ) - 00:23, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the info
OK well I understand that things need to be neutral. On a side note - I had to access an outside website to actually FIND out the create an article page. After 1.5 hours of searching and reading I was unable to locate the create an article page - so I went to Google and read up on a 'learn anything' website.

I will read up on the 'rules' for article submission. I really wasn't trying to promote - in fact never even mentioned joining or had the join link - I just wanted to see the resources (free) made available and describe the meaning of the name. Tom Peters (marketing guru) has used the term "roaring women" and referred to this term in several of his books. The organization accurately matches his definition. However as this is a trademarked name - I would hate to see a submission that was incorrect or violated the trademark. And this was the reason for the submission. As female consumers continue dominate the consumer market we will see this term more and more often - and several businesses have had to have been reminded not to use the name - other than when working with the organization.

SO in closing - why is there a listing for David Mainse in Wikipedia? This is a profile - and actually promotes the Christian faith...

OH and how do I change my username?

Mandie Crawford Roaringwomen (talk) 15:54, 20 September 2008 (UTC)