User talk:Secretariat ICROA

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

I notice that one of the first articles you created 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.

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August 2009
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope that I don't 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 for the following reason: it appears to be the name of part of the organisation ICROA and may be a shared account. After you look over that policy, could we discuss that concern here?

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

There are several options available to you:
 * We can talk about it, here.
 * You can abandon the contributions made under this name and create a new account that meets our username policy and addresses the concern(s) noted above.
 * Or, if you want to keep your contributions history under a new name, then you should visit Changing username and follow the instructions there.

If we can't resolve this on our own, 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. Jezhotwells (talk) 10:29, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

ICROA
Hi!

In relation to the ICROA article, at the moment it lacks the correct sources to establish notability, which is why it has been tagged. Being tagged isn't a major problem, though, as the purpose of the tag is to inform other editors that there needs to be some secondary party soruces added to establish that the subject has had sufficient coverage, and it doesn't necessarily mean that the article will be deleted. And, having had a look around, I can see that the sources exist, so I'll try to add them in the next day or two. At worst the article might go to a deletion discussion, although that is unlikely in the next few days, and if it does we still have seven days in which to establish notability before anything eventuates.

The COI tag is less of a problem. As you created the article, and as it appears that you are connected with the organisation, the tag is intended to be a request for other editors to have a look through the article and make sure that it is written from a neutral point of view. If there's a problem someone may fix it, and if not someone will probably just remove the tag at some point. :) - Bilby (talk) 13:04, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of ICROA


The article ICROA has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable trade association

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing  will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  13:39, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Because your account was used for promotion of a company, group, product or organization with a username that violated username policy as it promotes (or implies affiliation with) the aforementioned. This includes, but is not limited to: adding spam links, creating promotional pages (this includes user pages), adding advertisements to existing articles, and adding promotional/favorable content about something you are affiliated with.
 * Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Use of Wikipedia for promotion of people, products, companies or other groups (even non-commercial or charitable ones) is considered spam and is forbidden. Such actions will result in the blocking of the account involved. Please read FAQ/Organization and Conflict of interest for our policies about this.

In addition, user accounts are for individuals only, not for companies or groups or other collective editing. Your username should reflect this. Usernames that appear to be promotional (such as those that make reference to a company or product) violate our username policy and are typically blocked to enforce that policy.


 * What can I do now?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.

If you do intend to make useful contributions about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:


 * Add the text below this message box.
 * Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
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 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
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If instead you believe that you have been blocked by mistake (i.e., you have not in fact been using Wikipedia for promotional purposes), please write below this message box and replace the text "Your reason here" with the reason why. See also Appealing a block for more information. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  13:36, 24 August 2009 (UTC)