CoastalStatesOrg

Welcome

Hello, CoastalStatesOrg, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you have edited 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 reverted for this very reason.

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June 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a few moments to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Additionally, it appears your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization or cause that you consider worthwhile.

Unfortunately, many charitable causes and social service organizations 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. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may ask for a review of this username block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below this message. Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 15:26, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Don't Be Discouraged

CoastalStatesOrg - If you choose to continue participation in WP and change your username (highly recommended) I would encourage you to take the WP:COI comments above seriously. That said, you can and should continue to contribute to the improvement of the article on Coastal States Organization. I believe it is sufficiently notable to remain in WP, but it needs improvement in a number of areas, and this is where you can help. First and foremost, the article needs references showing CSO is notable. I would encourage you to read WP:GNG and then do some research and provide suitable references about the organization (either online or in print). I suspect there are a great many out there. You can do this on the talk page of the article while explaining what the sources contain and how they relate to CSO. Provide links and citations to these references and other editors will verify them and add them as appropriate to the article. A second thing you can do is to engage other editors with common interests from the Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment. Project members can be of tremendous help in getting you comfortable contributing to WP. Good luck and if you have and questions, don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page.--Mike Cline (talk) 18:17, 16 June 2010 (UTC)