User talk:Xeni at THI

December 2020

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:The Hellenic Initiative, from its old location at User:The Hellenic Initiative/sandbox/The Hellenic Initiative. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. Nathan2055^{talk - contribs} 19:01, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, The Hellenic Initiative, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Draft:The Hellenic Initiative, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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December 2020

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 or request a change of username. It also appears that your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization, person or cause that you consider worthwhile. Unfortunately, many good causes are not sufficiently notable for their own Wikipedia article, and all users are discouraged from editing in any area where they have an inherent conflict of interest. You may wish to consider one of these alternative outlets.

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 Thank you. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:45, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

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Requested username:

Xeni at THI (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Conflict of interest The Hellenic Initiative (talk) 08:01, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Accept reason:

I have changed your username, since that was the primary reason for the block, I will remove it. Please review some of the information above regarding conflict of interest and paid editing before making further edits, as you have some formal declarations to make. 331dot (talk) 09:55, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Draft:The Hellenic Initiative

Hello, I've just declined your draft submission at Draft:The Hellenic Initiative. I'm not sure why it hasn't sent a notification to your talk page, but have a look at my comments. As 331dot has correctly pointed out, you need to be sure to make the appropriate declarations for conflict-of-interest editing before submitting draft articles. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 13:03, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Xeni at THI, you are invited to the Teahouse!

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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Hellenic Initiative (February 10)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by UnitedStatesian was:  The comment the reviewer left was: 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:Xeni at THI/sandbox/The Hellenic Initiative and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to User:Xeni at THI/sandbox/The Hellenic Initiative, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
• If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 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.

UnitedStatesian (talk) 15:18, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:The Hellenic Initiative (THI)

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Draft:The Hellenic Initiative (THI), 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 Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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. CUPIDICAE💕 15:54, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.

You appear to have a close connection to the subject on Wikipedia that raises concerns about a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged.

Anyone with a conflict of interest must avoid or exercise great caution when:

1. editing articles related to you, your family or colleagues, your organization or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with,
2. participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors,
3. linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam);

   and you must always:

4. avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially neutral point of view, verifiability, and autobiography.

Note that 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. Even if you are not being paid, you are expected to disclose any close connection with the subject of the article, using the connected contributor template.

For more details about what constitutes a conflict of interest, please see Wikipedia:Conflict of Interest. Thank you.

Deb (talk) 18:28, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

I had a quick look at your sandbox. The tone of the article is somewhat self-congratulatory, but I think you have just about done enough to demonstrate notability. But I won't be reviewing the draft myself. Deb (talk) 08:52, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

BTW, you still haven't declared your conflict of interest correctly. Deb (talk) 08:55, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

As described in the link above. You have to declare it on your user page and in relation to every individual article where there is a COI. Deb (talk) 13:42, 29 March 2021 (UTC)