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Speedy deletion nomination of 360training.com

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Conflict of interest

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (360training wikimaster) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this:

  1. It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization or adding links to its website.
  2. Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guidelines concerning editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. (www.360training.com) --Hammersoft (talk) 14:31, 13 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Your comment on my intended article has been truly helpful, Hammersoft. Thank you very much. I will declare that I do have an interest in the subject (360training.com) and the company as a writer. But I am also an experienced journalist, having worked with a leading business paper and the editorial group of a global bank, and can write objective content. I am willing to have my content reviewed by peers more experienced in Wikipedia and rewrite if necessary. This is a learning experience for me as well and am happy to receive tips and constructive comments from people who care about the Wikipedia project. I will follow your suggestions and advise you of my progress on these talk pages. Cheers!
 
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--Hammersoft (talk) 15:38, 13 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Mentoring help

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360, I'd love to help you on this. Ive written 4 articles that were featured on WP's main page even though I was somewhat involved in 3 of them. There are ways to get around this (legitimately). You've taken the first step to acknowledge that you are involved and you need to be careful about your edits. The most important thing to do is to maintain a neutral tone with the article. Stick to the facts. If you need any additional help, please contact me on my talk page. Buffs (talk) 21:21, 14 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

 
This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, 360training wikimaster, does not meet our username policy.

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Daniel Case (talk) 04:59, 17 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for this advice, Daniel Case, which I am taking heed of. I am trying to rename my account but am having difficulty doing so. The new account name I want to use is fatherseyes_snapblogs

Non-free files in your user space

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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.

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Requested username:

Decline reason:

Unfortunately, WP:PROMO is not permitted on Wikipedia, and as you have clearly stated that your intent is to create an article about a non-notable entity even though you maintain WP:COI, it will not be possible for you to be unblocked. Please note that this block applies to you: creating a new ID would be considered evasion of a valid block, and requesting someone else to create the article would be WP:MEAT. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 10:31, 19 October 2011 (UTC)Reply
Although you have neither suggested a new username above, nor provided any good reason for us to believe that you will not continue to violate Wikipedia policies by trying to create the same article, Here are a few key questions:

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 13:42, 18 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the guidance, Bwilkins. Yes, I do understand and respect the nature of Wikipedia as an encyclopaedia. I understand the notability requirement for an article. And declare that I do have some conflict of interest in creating an article on 360training.com. But I am willing to abide by guidelines of an objective entry that will be informative to readers. I am trying to rename my account but am encountering snags and am unable to do so. The new account name I want to use is fatherseyes_snapblogs . Will appreciate guidance on this. Thanks
 
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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Request reason:

Resubmitted unblock request per comments on talk page. Bwilkins, I'll happily take note of this article and mentor this user. Rest assured, the article will exist in user space only until such a time as it has been appropriately referenced with reliable sources and notablity is clearly established. If that's "never" then it's never. Buffs (talk) 21:47, 21 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Accept reason:

That sounds like an acceptable solution. Please note that you're personally responsible for coaching this user, Buffs; if they step out of place I'll be re-blocking them. m.o.p 06:58, 22 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Understood. If he does, I'll be happy to support the block. Buffs (talk) 18:59, 22 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for unblocking, Bwilkins and for the mentoring help, Buffs. will gladly work closely with you.
  Would like to request a change in username to:  fatherseyes_snapblogs 

Orphaned non-free image File:360training.com logo.jpg

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Thank you. DASHBot (talk) 19:04, 18 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Ok, dude. You're unblocked

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Now what? I suggest a few things:

  1. Change your username
  2. Fix the image highlighted above to note that it is a PD image with trademark restrictions
  3. Start working on this article within your own user space

Any questions? Contact me on my user page. Buffs (talk) 19:01, 22 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

thanks much, Buffs! I made a change username request above, i.e.
Would like to request a change in username to: fatherseyes_snapblogs . Is this the right way to go about this? thanks! 360training wikimaster (talk) 11:54, 26 October 2011 (UTC)Reply
To fix the image, you should know it doesn't retain the complexity to attain copyright, but certainly has trademark restrictions. You can use File:ECU_logo.gif as an example of how to fix your image.
To fix the Username issue, simply resubmit your request exactly as you did above. Someone will likely get to it within a couple of hours.
I haven't had a chance to look at your user subpage, but will look at it later tonight. Buffs (talk) 20:41, 26 October 2011 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for this, Buffs. Will check out ECU_logo to fix my image. And will resubmit my request for Username change. Cheers

Conflict of interest

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (360training wikimaster) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this:

  1. It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization or adding links to its website.
  2. Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guidelines concerning editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Yunshui  09:34, 27 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Yunshui, thank you for your comments. 1. I have already requested a change of name. I am reproducing my contestation of this recommended action.

This page is not unambiguously promotional because it belongs to a notable topic of interest, particularly elearning. Blackboard also has an entry on Wikipedia and is proof of the notability of the subject. 360training.com represents a branch of elearning which is becoming more significant in the last 4 years -- compliance learning -- especially in the light of the global financial crisis. More and more industries are now under strict government regulation and professionals need to pass stringent standards, including taking continuing education. But using online learning for compliance is something that was controversial until companies possessing expertise in this sub-field proved otherwise. 360training.com is one such company.

Because of the systems it has proposed to government bodies that consulted with the company elearning courses have been accepted as continuing education media. This is true especially of 360training.com which is recognized by over 300 government agencies (these agencies are all referenced here for verification). But this has also become true for other elearning providers.

Compliance education, of which 360training.com is a recognized pioneer, is an important step in the evolution of elearning. The private sector-nation/state partnership implication of this is particularly significant. Blackboard does not have this capability and expertise. 360training.com content therefore provides/fills in important missing information on Wikipedia.

Further, this has been the subject of discussion involving Bwilkins and Buffs [refer to earlier entries on talk page]. A constructive concession has been arrived at where Buffs has agreed to critique and provide guidance to the author of this content.

As to verifiability, this article references recognized and credible sources such as INC 500/5000, Reuters, Marketwire. I have these references. But all this discussion has distracted me these past days and for this reason I still have not finished writing this article/entry.

My apologies; I had missed the datestamps above and hadn't realised how recently your namechange request had been placed. I'm striking the warning template I placed. Yunshui  10:35, 27 October 2011 (UTC)Reply
Appreciate the correction of your previous action, Yunshui. Regards 360training wikimaster (talk) 10:56, 27 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of User:360training wikimaster/360training.com

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A tag has been placed on User:360training wikimaster/360training.com, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

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REQUEST FOR CHANGE IN USERNAME

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I would like to request a change in username to: fatherseyes_snapblogs

Block notice

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It has become painfully obvious that your sole intent on Wikipedia is to create an article about a company that you are related to. This violates WP:COI, WP:PROMO and other Wikipedia policies. Your current username clearly violates our username policy. Changing your username will not absolve you from these issues. If your intent is continue creation promotional article about subjects you have COI with, you will not and cannot be unblocked. If you wish to participate elsewhere in Wikipedia, then you may user {{unblock-spamun}} to request unblock in order to change your name. However, should your NEW userid/username edit anything that includes "360training" or related wording, it will be blocked indefinitely. Please see WP:GAB for more information on appealing blocks (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 11:20, 27 October 2011 (UTC)Reply