User talk:JohnPWFoster at AdHoc Media

Hello, JohnPWFoster at AdHoc Media, and Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{Help me}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field with your edits. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 22:29, 15 December 2013 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 22:29, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

JohnPWFoster at AdHoc Media, you are invited to the Teahouse

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Speedy deletion nomination of Emrc

Hello JohnPWFoster at AdHoc Media,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Emrc for deletion, because it doesn't appear to contain any encyclopedic content. Take a look at our suggestions for essential content in short articles to learn what should be included.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 22:18, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, JohnPWFoster at AdHoc Media. You have new messages at Loriendrew's talk page.
Message added 22:25, 15 December 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 22:25, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

December 2013

Thank you for your recent contributions. Getting started creating new articles on Wikipedia can be tricky, and you might like to try creating a draft version first, which you can then ask for feedback on if necessary, with less risk of deletion. Do make sure you also read help available to you, including Your First Article and the Tutorial. You might also like to try the Article Wizard, which has an option to create a draft version. Thank you.

I knew this template was around somewhere, just had to find it. Yes, it would be advisable to use your sandbox to develop the article. ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 22:59, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks...will have a go though the userdraft

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "JohnPWFoster at AdHoc Media", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to potentially be promotional (see Username Policy: Promotional). If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 23:04, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Actually, Loriendrew is mistaken. A username such as "AdHoc Media", suggesting that the account represents the company as a whole, is contrary to the username policy, but a name such as "JohnPWFoster at AdHoc Media" is perfectly OK, as you can see if you look at Wikipedia:Username policy#Usernames implying shared use, where it says However, usernames are acceptable if they contain a company or group name but are clearly intended to denote an individual person, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", "WidgetFan87", "LoveTrammelArt", etc. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:07, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

John, make sure you do not delete this discussion, in case other people make the same mistake I did. Thanks Watson!--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 15:14, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks James...I'm glad I kept it open. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.47.223.5 (talk) 12:20, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

January 2014

All of your editing seems to consit of writing a page which seems to exist to promote the European Marketing Research Centre. Wikipedia is not a medium for any kind of promotion or advertising, and content of Wikipedia needs to be written from a neutral point of view. If you have a connection to a subject about which you are writing, such as a finacial relationship, it can be very difficult to write in an appropriately neutral way, even if you sincerely intend to do so. This is one of the reasons why Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline discourages one from writing on a subject to which one has a close personal connection. Any page which appears to exist essentially for promotional purposes may be speedily deleted without notice, and any account which seems to exist purely for promotional editing may be blocked from editing. I am not at present proposing to delete your sandbox page, nor to block you from editing, but I thought it only fair to make sure you are aware of the situation, as either or both of those things may well happen if you continue in the same way. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:37, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi James, thanks for the guidance. I'm just practising on EMRC as its the first article I'm trying to write. I am just pulling my hair out about how to format, how to cite sources, how to post links, as I realise that any article that doesn't fit the above will get deleted, hence my numerous edits on the sandbox - after all that's what the sandbox is for.

Your submission at AfC European Market Research Centre was accepted

European Market Research Centre, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:03, 14 January 2014 (UTC)