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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (June 14)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Liance was:

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:AARO1973/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

~Liance^talk 13:07, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, AARO1973! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! ~Liance^talk 13:07, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of User:AARO1973/sandbox

A tag has been placed on your user page, User:AARO1973/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be advertising which only promotes or publicises someone or something. Promotional editing of any kind is not permitted, whether it be promotion of a person, company, product, group, service, belief, or anything else. This is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages — user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. ~Liance^talk 13:08, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, AARO1973. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. ~Liance^talk 13:08, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Block notice

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because it has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. Also, your username gives the impression that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

If you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization, you may request unblock and a username change. In your reasons, you must:

Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement; and
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; and
Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked; and
Provide a new username.

To do this, post the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked.

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Deb (talk) 13:20, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

AARO1973 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

An American Volunteer in Paris (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Hello,

This account was previously called "AARO1973," created for the draft of the "Association of Americans Resident Overseas" Wikipedia article.

As stated in the article's review, it did not meet the standards of neutrality. Furthermore, the account's name and the declaration on the user page implied that it was the official AARO account. From the feedback I received, I now understand that this also does not meet Wikipedia's standards.

I am not receiving any money for this contribution. Having read the Wikipedia disclosure page, I posted a statement on the user page for full transparency but did not admit to any payment because none has occurred and none will occur.

I am a volunteer for the organization in question.

My intention when I posted this article for review was to receive feedback on which parts might appear problematic regarding the neutrality requirements. Hoping to modify them and work towards a more neutral article.

I understand from the full deletion of the article that it was so far from meeting neutrality standards that it was considered unnecessary to specifically point out the problematic parts.

If this account were to be successfully unblocked and its name changed, I would rewrite the article in a more neutral fashion and hope to submit it again for review.

Best regards, An American Volunteer in Paris

I do not aim to create this article for any promotional reason. AARO has played a role in the history of American citizens living overseas, and I wish to document it in this encyclopedia. AARO1973 (talk) 17:02, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

You will at least need to declare a conflict of interest. Formal volunteer editing can sometimes still be "paid editing" as volunteers often put their work on a resume to obtain paying employment, making the experience the compensation. "I wish to document it" can still be a form of promotion; Wikipedia is not a mere database of organizations that exist, nor is it a place for an organization to tell about itself, its purpose, and what it considers to be its own history. An organization must receive significant coverage in independent reliable sources that chose on their own to write about it, and not based on materials from the organization, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable organization. Writing a new article is the most difficult task to perform on Wikipedia, and it's even harder with a conflict of interest, as you must set aside what you know about the organization and all materials it puts out, and only write based on the content of independent sources. You won't be unblocked to, in the short term, edit about your organization. If that is your only goal here, this is the end of the road. If you want to be a more general contributor and edit about topics for which you have no conflict of interest in the short term, please tell what those might be. Once you have built up a good edit history showing your understanding of relevant policies, you may later be permitted to indirectly contribute about your organization, but not now. 331dot (talk) 20:47, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please place new posts at the bottom, for proper chronological flow. This may be easier to do if you click "edit" and not "reply". 331dot (talk) 20:39, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]