User talk:US96311

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:The Cadet Foundation


A tag has been placed on Draft:The Cadet Foundation, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Cadet Foundation (August 9)
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McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 03:03, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

August 2021
 Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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1. Question: "I assume you do not want "your proposed new" as part of your username. RESPONSE: That is Correct, 2. I received another decline on user name so requested a change to: "US96311" to be compliant. 3. Question: "What is the nature of your association with The Cadet?" RESPONSE: I am the founder and CEO of The Cadet Foundation, a Virginia Registered non-profit that owns The Cadet newspaper as the independent student newspaper for cadets at and alumni of the Virginia Military Institute. I joined to correct errors in the article on The VMI Cadet. I did so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cadet_(newspaper). I am also trying to add the additional citations and additional sources to resolve the "multiple issues" warning on the page. I have the legal documents on organization and ownership of The Cadet if needed. 4. QUESTION: *Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement. RESPONSE: I do not receive any compensation. 5. QUESTION: *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. RESPONSE: I understand now that the user name I chose could be confused with a for-profit activity. This is not. It was merely to correct factual errors in an existing article and to keep that article current about a subject I have responsibility for. I've re-read your guidance and now have a better understanding. This was a "newby" mistake I apologize for. If I have to I will hire a professional editor with knowledge of your site in the future to prevent this from happening again. 6. QUESTION:*Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked. RESPONSE: I only want to ensure the article that covers the one topic I have responsibility for is properly documented, referenced and factually accurate. There is no intent to profit or conduct any commercial business. Just to keep the article on a college student newspaper updated, accurate and resolve the "multiple issue" the site shows need to be addressed.
 * I assume you do not want "your proposed new" as part of your username. "CadetEdit" is too generic, please propose something more individualistic(you may edit your existing request to do so). What is the nature of your association with The Cadet? 331dot (talk) 15:28, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Please answer my question above. Further comments can be standard, unformatted comments like this. 331dot (talk) 18:06, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I have renamed your account, which resolves the username issue. So, to be clear, you are not compensated as the founder and CEO? 331dot (talk) 19:07, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

RESPONSE: that is correct. I am not compensated for being the founder and CEO. In fact our bylaws specifically state NO ONE IS COMPENSATED IN ANY WAY.

MY Questions: 1. Now that I am unblocked will it make the changes I made to the article on The Cadet Newspaper permanent? 2. The article shows an error that The Cadet Foundation as the owner does not have an article on it but when I tried to create an article it was banned as "for profit" when it is a non profit. Is there a way to correct this or should I just leave it? 3. Is here a tutorial I can review on how to put in references and footnotes to resolve the dificiencies in the notification with the article? Thank you for your help.