Buddy4498

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This account, Buddy4498, has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia, because your username does not meet our username policy.

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Daniel Case (talk) 15:38, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

{{unblock-un|EMUBoard}} I would like to change my username to comply with the wikipedia username guidelines.

I'm in communication with the blocking administrator. Please bear with us.--chaser - t 21:52, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

As always with this sort of thing, we must ask: Do you intend to continue editing these articles about the U of Oregon with a new name? And are there any other areas you are interested in editing? Daniel Case (talk) 23:13, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I plan on working with college publications throughout the west coast (and probably the rest of the country), and that will most likely involve adding information on student governments, programs, and organizations to wikipedia. I have no intentions of creating a conflict of interest, but because I am new to this process, I have accidentally run into these issues. I am reading more into the wikipedia guidelines to make sure my work is of neutral tone, sourced by credible publications, and that I am encouraging others to help contribute. In retrospect, my username was ill prepared since I did not realize the COI that would be associated with it. I chose it because I wanted to add information on the EMU Board first and then move on to other campus unions (as reported by media and official websites). I am not involved with the work I have been contributing on-- i read into these topics quite a bit and feel inspired to help the online wikipedia project. So, I do intend on adding more to the college publication sites, but because I have started with the University of Oregon, I will only contribute information that has a citation to go with it. If you believe this is a COI, from what I have read, this would not be because I have no personal gain from increasing the credible information on universities, except knowing that I contributed to a worthy cause. Your input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! EMUBoard (talk) 01:14, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Alright. It's Christmas, so I can be forgiving. But I need to know what username you want to use. Daniel Case (talk) 04:36, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

I will use Buddy4498. Happy holidays. EMUBoard (talk) 05:30, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Nomination of Associated Students of the University of Oregon for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Associated Students of the University of Oregon is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. GrapedApe (talk) 13:01, 28 January 2014 (UTC)