User talk:Thomas Sliwa - at LIH - Lycée International de Houston

December 2021
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I would like to unblock my account
Would you be willing to shorten your username a little? Your current name is very lengthy and makes it more difficult for others to communicate with you, and also disrupts talk pages by devoting so much space to it. Maybe "Thomas Sliwa - at LIH"? While not related to your block, please read conflict of interest and paid editing. Wikipedia is not a place for organizations to tell the world about themselves. Wikipedia articles summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about the organization, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable organization. 331dot (talk) 17:43, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
 * , shortened. Cabayi (talk) 07:04, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, . Thomas Sliwa, based on your username, it seems that you are the marketing/social media director of the school. Before you are unblocked, you must review conflict of interest and paid editing; the Wikipedia Terms of Use require you as an employee to make a formal paid editing disclosure. You should not directly edit about your school, but you may indirectly offer edit requests(click for instructions) to existing articles related to your school, and use Articles for Creation to submit drafts related to your school.  But be advised that Wikipedia is not the place for you to "introduce the school".  Wikipedia is not a place for organizations to tell the world about themselves and what they do- that's what social media is for.  Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with criteria for inclusion, called "notability", such as the definition of a notable organization.  An article about your school must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about the school, showing how it meets that definition. Not every school does, it depends on the sources- which must not involve things like staff interviews, press releases, brief mentions, announcements of routine activities, or other primary sources. In short this means that you must set aside what you know about the school and all materials it puts out, and only write based on the content of independent sources.  That is not as easy as it sounds for those in your position. Please also read WP:ORGFAQ. Do you understand these things? 331dot (talk) 08:45, 4 April 2023 (UTC)