User talk:SZ702

April 2018
There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In that reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   21:23, 12 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello. I am 331dot and I am reviewing your request. The username seems to be acceptable. Regarding the block itself; the Dean of your college wanting an article on Wikipedia is not sufficient reason for one to exist.  Wikipedia has no interest in what any entity wishes to say about itself, or how it wants to be portrayed; Wikipedia is only interested in what independent, third party reliable sources state about a subject.   Other articles about other colleges does not automatically mean yours gets an article too; see other things exist. Not every organization merits an article here, even within the same field. You will need to review the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy and make the appropriate declarations. In order to unblock you, I would need you to agree to not directly edit about your college and indicate what you will edit about on Wikipedia. If you have the appropriate sources, you may be allowed to submit a draft for an independent review using Articles for Creation, or make Edit Requests to add content to existing articles, if appropriate. If you just want to publicize or promote your college, it will not be possible to unblock you.  Thank you. 331dot (talk) 23:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you 331dot - We do not wish to say anything about ourselves that our sources do not already say. As previously stated, the UNLV School of Architecture is not simply something similar that exists. The UNLV School of Architecture is in fact one spoke in the wheel that makes up the College of Fine Arts as evidenced on the UNLV website: https://www.unlv.edu/finearts/academic-programs. Can anyone submit a draft for independent review using Articles for Creation? Thank you so much for your help.
 * In all honesty I'm not sure the Architecture School merits a standalone article, as its only sources are to the UNLV News and Public Information office. However, I'm only dealing with this issue. For Wikipedia, it is not sufficient to source an article only to primary sources. That does not establish notability as Wikipedia defines it; more specifically, the notability of an organization as described at WP:ORG. Wikipedia is only interested in what third parties state in terms of establishing whether a subject merits an article here.  Primary sources may only be used in certain limited circumstances, as described at the page I linked to. Wikipedia is not a forum for merely telling about an organization(or any subject).
 * You (or anyone) may submit a draft for an independent review at Articles for Creation; however, if you can only source such a draft to primary sources, you would just be wasting not only your time but that of the reviewer, as it would likely be declined unless you have independent sources with in depth coverage of the college to establish notability. If you do have such independent sources, you can use Articles for Creation to write and submit a draft, and if you agree to not directly edit about your college, I would lift the block. 331dot (talk) 23:34, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello 331dot - Understood. Thank you. I agree not to edit the college page if it is approved once created as a draft.
 * Okay, I lack the power to rename users, but it should be done by someone who can relatively soon. Once that happens, I can lift the block.(or someone else may if they beat me to it). 331dot (talk) 23:50, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Once the block is lifted, before you start creating your draft you will need to review the conflict of interest policy(WP:COI) and, if you are an employee of the college, the paid editing policy(WP:PAID). 331dot (talk) 23:52, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you 331dot - we will review the policies thoroughly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.216.14.3 (talk) 16:18, 13 April 2018 (UTC)