User talk:VRANSW
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created VRA Rescue NSW, and I noticed that your username, "VRANSW", 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, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".
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Hello, I'm Mitch Ames. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to VRA Rescue NSW 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.
June 2023
[edit] Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to VRA Rescue NSW. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. —Bruce1eetalk 07:50, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Regarding your e-mail to me today. Please raise the matter at Talk:VRA Rescue NSW for discussion. If you are unsure about how to use talk pages, please read WP:TALKPAGE. Thank-you, Mitch Ames (talk) 08:08, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
June 2023
[edit]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. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid or compensated in any way, you must disclose who is paying you to edit here.
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VRANSW (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
Why is our VRA Rescue NSW page being blocked?? We are a non government emergency services organisation providing rescue services to regional and rural NSW by volunteers!!! An NGO providing essential emergency services the same as Fire Rescue, SES and other similar rescue agencies, yet there pages are not block VRANSW (talk) 09:47, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Decline reason:
You forgot to pick a new username, one that adheres to WP:USERNAME. Additionally, you seem to misunderstand Wikipedia. Yamla (talk) 11:46, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
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- VRA Rescue NSW is not your page. It is an encyclopedia article about your organisation built on what reliable, verifiable, independent sources say about it, not what it wishes to say about itself.
- User accounts may not be shared and the username policy does not allow usernames which represent organisations. The user account is yours as an individual, not the organisation's. Cabayi (talk) 09:58, 5 June 2023 (UTC)