User talk:ISASchools

A tag has been placed on your user page, User:ISASchools, 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 blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service, and which 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. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: Click here to contest this speedy deletion which appears inside of the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy deletion candidate). Doing so will take you to your user talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also edit this page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would help make it encyclopedic. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Melcous (talk) 12:31, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "ISASchools", 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 change of username, by completing this form, 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. Melcous (talk) 12:31, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on your user page, User:ISASchools/sandbox/ISA History, 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 blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service, and which 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. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: Click here to contest this speedy deletion which appears inside of the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy deletion candidate). Doing so will take you to your user talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also edit this page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would help make it encyclopedic. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Whpq (talk) 13:31, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which 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 {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} 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 {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. Thank you. Alexf^(talk) 13:32, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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My organization is a ONG and I don't know how to edit the page so that it gets unblocked. The username has to do with the organization. please tell me how to fix it thank you

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ISASchools (talk) 13:09, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a place for organizations to tell the world about themselves.

User accounts are for individuals only, who are personally responsible for them, and usernames that are names of groups or organizations are not permitted. You need to register a new account which will represent only you as an individual. A username of the form "James at ISA Schools" would be acceptable, and would serve to declare your interest.

Wikipedia user pages are different from those on social-networking sites, and should not be confused with encyclopedia articles. Their purpose is described at WP:NOTWEBHOST:

"Wikipedians have their own user pages, but they should be used primarily to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia. Limited biographical information is allowed, but user pages should not function as personal webpages or be repositories for large amounts of material that is irrelevant to collaborating on Wikipedia. If you are looking to make a personal webpage or blog or to post your résumé, please make use of one of the many free providers on the Internet or any hosting included with your Internet account."

Even with an individual account, in respect of ISA Schools you would have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, and should carefully read that page and the Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. In brief, you should not edit directly about your organization, but may submit a draft through Wikipedia:Articles for creation for an uninvolved user to review.

If you wish to submit a draft, first read Wikipedia:Your first article. An acceptable article would look nothing like your deleted user-page which read as, and indeed was, a manifesto from the organization, setting forth its aims, its beliefs, its philosophy, its wish to further world peace, etc. That is not what an encyclopedia is for: an article should be based primarily not on what the organization says about itself but on what others have said about it. See User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard for more background. If you copy from your website or other previously-published material, you will need to make a formal copyright release as described at WP:DCM, but it is unlikely that material written for other pruposes will be suitable, and you would do better to write in your own words.

Wikipedia has an inclusion criterion called Wikipedia:Notability which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Youtube, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also Wikipedia:Notability (summary).

Understand that nobody "owns" a Wikipedia article, not its first author and least of all its subject; others can and will edit it, and you will not be able to insist on your preferred version. If the organization wants an article which it can control, this is not the site to come to.

JohnCD (talk) 13:57, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your help. I'm sorry about the misunderstanding since I saw a Wikipedia page of another ONG I thought we could do the same. From what I understand the only way for me to create it, is to write the page as an individual who has had experience with the organization.

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ISASchools (talk) 15:36, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's right. There are two issues:

We don't have group or organization accounts (one reason being, that groups or organizations are almost always here only to promote themselves). If you want to contribute to the encyclopedia you will be welcome, but only as an individual, not as a representative.
Wikipedia is not here to promote anything, even worthy organizations. As an encyclopedia, we require a WP:Neutral point of view, so people are strongly discouraged from writing about themselves or their own organizations or affairs. If they do, they need to follow the rules set out in WP:COI and WP:PSCOI. If you write about ISA Schools, you must declare your interest, but do your best to write a neutral account, as if from outside: facts and actual achievements, not aims and aspirations and mission statements. If your draft reads like ISA telling the story it wants the world to hear, it will not be accepted.

JohnCD (talk) 16:53, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]