EPDA
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Hello again. Please review the policy on conflict of interest as outlined above. There is also the issue of copyright. Even if the text is yours, it cannot be posted here without first releasing it on your own site to this site's license, effectively voiding your original copyright. The organization certainly seems worthy of an article, but it must be in your own words. Thanks. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:42, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
- Hi again. Based on your username, I assume you're affiliated with the organization. That's OK as long as the article about the organization (a) is told from a neutral point of view and (b) doesn't violate any copyrights. So, the best course of action may be to write something on what's called a "user subpage." That will give you an opportunity to create an article here on the site, but off of the article space. Just click here: User:EPDA/European Parkinson's Disease Association. Feel free to use your site as a reference, but be sure to add other third-party sources such as major media coverage. When you're done, paste the contents to European Parkinson's Disease Association and you're done. WP:YFA can help you with the layout and formatting. I can swing by myself and help out once you've started. Have fun! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 17:06, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
PD article
editI have added the website, since I feel it is quite informative. I assume that you are part of the EPDA. I want to note that the article is right now nominated for Good Article, and I plan to take it to FA as soon as possible. Any comments for improvements would be great. Additionally I have been trying to get an image of mycrography from a patient for the signs and symptoms section. Is there any possibility that you could obtain one? Bests.--Garrondo (talk) 10:18, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Problems with user page and user name
editI have eliminated the redirect from your talk page to the article of the EPDA. It is very confusing to go directly from a user page to a mainspace article of an organization. Similarly please be aware that our policy regarding usernames is intended to exclude collective names for editors. Simply put, each person editing under a username should have their own identity, they should not be sharing a username or password. This has several benefits, including that users each get their own user talk pages. Your nick and edition patterns seem to indicate that you may be breaching this policy. Are you a single person or a nick name for the whole organization? Bests. --Garrondo (talk) 10:26, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 16:29, 10 December 2010 (UTC)Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference
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Nomination of Parkinson's Europe for deletion
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