User talk:Westport Community Radio

MfD nomination of User:Westport Community Radio
User:Westport Community Radio, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Westport Community Radio and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:Westport Community Radio during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. The Banner talk 13:58, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Advertising
Sorry that I had to be rude by removing your advertisement from the article about Westport and that I nominated your user page for the same reason. Wikipedia is not an advertising medium, so promotion is unwanted. The Banner talk 14:01, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

I have changed the page to take out any words that would cause anyone to think Westport Community Radio is advertising our not for profit community station. Respectfully.Westport Community Radio (talk) 10:45, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Even a community-not-for-profit-radio can advertise and promote itself. And that is just what you did. The Banner talk 20:39, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Westport Community Radio", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a username change that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. (t) Josve05a  (c) 08:50, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi. I was going by a few community radio stations in Ireland that uses 'community radio' on their wikipedia page. We go by WRFM as well, but I was not sure about using call letters (which actually means Westport Radio FM). Is this a problem as well? Westport Community Radio (talk) 09:21, 11 September 2014 (UTC)


 * I would recommend using something to identify you personally at the station, if you work there. It could be some kind of made-up name, as long as noone else uses it. John Doe at Westport Community Radio would be fine. WRFM is also used by two American radio stations, but J.D. at WRFM would probaby be ok, too. (If you retire or receive promotion or something, and a new person takes over the station's Wikipedia presence, they should make a new account.) By the way, if you are paid to edit here, there is a relatively new rule of the Terms of Use (in section titled "Paid contributions without disclosure") that you should state this employment on your user page, in your edit summaries, or on the talk pages, and user names are not mentioned. There is also a FAQ on this rule. —PC-XT+ 03:36, 12 September 2014 (UTC)


 * A bit more explanation: although this is not well explained to new users, there is a clear distinction between user pages and encyclopedia articles. User accounts are for individual contributors only, as explained above, and company or group accounts are not permitted. You should request a change of username to make clear that this account represents only a single person, though as explained above a username like "James at WRFM" would be acceptable and would serve to declare your interest.


 * User pages are intended for the individual users to say something about themselves and their Wikipedia work, if they choose, to assist communication within the project. This is different from the Facebook/LinkedIn model, where the user page is where an individual or organization "tells the world" about themselves. "User:James at WRFM" would not be the place to write a description of WRFM.


 * If you want to write in Wikipedia about your radio station, the only place for that would be an enyclopedia article. As you work for the station, you have from Wikipedia's point of view a conflict of interest, see also the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide, and should not post an article directly. I suggest that you use the WP:Article wizard to guide you through the process, and take the option at the end to submit it for review by an independent user.


 * Take care to preserve a WP:Neutral point of view. If what you write appears to be trying to boost or "sell" the station, or to say how great it is, it wil not be accepted. Wikipedia is extremely resistant to being used for any kind of promotion - that is one reason for the conflict-of-interest rules. No glowing adjectives, just plain facts of what the station has achieved, neutrally stated and cited to reliable sources. There is good advice at WP:Your first article. JohnCD (talk) 22:14, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 13:47, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (September 19)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:Westport Community Radio/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Revent talk 21:13, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Your draft article, User:Westport Community Radio/sandbox


Hello, Westport Community Radio. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "sandbox".

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply and remove the  or  code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you want to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by one of two methods (don't do both): 1) follow the instructions at WP:REFUND/G13, or 2) copy this code:, paste it in the edit box at this link , and click "Save page". An administrator will in most cases undelete the submission.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 12:18, 28 March 2015 (UTC)