User talk:Trioscollegebth

Hello, Any chance the University wikiproject was able to look into this?

Your response is much appreciated. ~Brittany Tkach

Good morning, I understand our college has been blocked because we are using it for promotional purposes. I understand that and do agree with your reasons for blocking.

However, our posting claims that we are an unaccredited College. This information is incorrect as we are registered as a Private Career College under the Private Career Colleges Act of Ontario. To confirm this, you can log onto this Government site http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/postsecondary/schoolsprograms/pcc/ half way down the page click on "How do I know if my college is registered? Search for registered private career colleges in Ontario through ServiceOntario." You can type in triOS College and any of our campus locations (Windsor, London, Kitchener, Hamilton, Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto and Oshawa) to see that we are registered.

I understand that you want to avoid companies who are using this for publicity reasons, but it is possible for our posting to read: triOS College is an accredited private college in the province of Ontario, Canada. Please confirm at your earliest convenience. Thank you (Trioscollegebth (talk) 13:55, 16 February 2011 (UTC))
 * - I posted at the University wikiproject to see if we can get some more specialized editors to look at it. Membership in a registration program is not the same as accreditation, so I'm letting it stay pending a neutral 3rd opinion. VQuakr (talk) 04:13, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

February 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (Trioscollegebth) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this :
 * 1) It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
 * 2) Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guideline to avoid editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations.The article in question is TriOS College. Thank you. Wuh Wuz  Dat  20:03, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

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

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
 * What can I do now?


 * Add the text on your user talk page.
 * Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers 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 this reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the 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, please see how to appeal a block. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  22:13, 15 February 2011 (UTC)