Institute of the Incarnate Word

November 2015

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing, because this account has been used only for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to Wikipedia's content policy. Also, your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, which is against Wikipedia's policy: an account is for an individual, not a group. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a free advertising service. If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of this page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:

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Requested username:

etheridgeive (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I am not trying to us Wikipedia as a free advertising service, rather I am trying to provide factual and verifiable information regarding the Institute of the Incarnate Word, as in the past someone else who does not represent our religious order and who has there own agenda in trying to smear our good reputation has been posting their own edits to the article about the Institute. We are a non-profit organization. I simply want the truth to be made available and not hearsay rumors.

Decline reason:

I have checked the editing history of this account, and found that you have posted huge quantities of prose which was clearly intended to publicise a favourable view of your organisation. What you mean by saying that you "want the truth to be made available" is clearly that you want your view to be publicised. Here is just one example (I could easily give many more) "the monastery has served as fertile ground for the building of solid virtues and has attracted with mysterious and powerful ardor the highest and noblest of souls called to such a life". That is promotional prose, telling us what your organisation thinks of itself; it is not neutral reporting from a detached third party point of view, which is what Wikipedia requires. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:11, 3 August 2016 (UTC)