MICRC2020

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:MICRC2020/sandbox

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A tag has been placed on User:MICRC2020/sandbox, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

• It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.
• It appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement of https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2021/10/28/commission-aims-to-give-residents-a-voice-no-more-gerrymandering-as-voting-districts-are-redrawn/, http://www.mi-sera.org/cn/2021/1021.html, and http://ippsr.msu.edu/public-policy/michigan-wonk-blog/michigan%E2%80%99s-independent-redistricting-commission-what-do-first-maps}. (See section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
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March 2023

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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Requested username:

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

Request reason:

Compliance

As the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission Executive Director, I am trying to place their inaugural work as a public reference in Wikipedia. We are an independent, public, and nonpartisan organization whose work may be replicated as a way of democracy in America.

Here is our website, www.michigan.gov/MICRC. This is no different than the entries for Redistricting in Wisconsin and Redistricting in California.

It would be helpful to talk with someone on the phone to assist me in developing this page correctly.

Thanks for your consideration!

--Edward MICRC2020 (talk) 17:48, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Decline reason:

We have no central editoral staff to call; Wikipedia is a volunteer project with participants from around the world. You wrote a very promotional piece for your organization. Wikipedia is not for telling the world about good work like (at least I think personally) that of your organization. We are not interested in what an organization says about itself, but what independent reliable sources with significant coverage choose on their own to say about it, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable organization. It's likely that your organization merits an article, but articles are typically written by independent editors wholly unconnected with the subject in any way. I greatly apologize for being frank, but our preference would be that you or anyone associated with the Commission not be the one to write about it. Please read conflict of interest and paid editing. We typically in this situation would want to see the user build up a good edit history demonstrating their understanding of relevant Wikipedia guidelines before permitting them to indirectly contribute about COI related subjects. If there are other topics you are interested in editing about, please tell what. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 23:13, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a directory, so an organization is not entitled to have a Wikipedia article just because it exists. All topics must be notable by Wikipedia's definition to merit inclusion. In the specific case of a company or organization, it must meet the notability criteria for companies and organizations. For this to happen, the company must have already received significant coverage in multiple reliable and independent sources. We have no interest in what an organization wishes to say about itself, as this is an inherent conflict of interest. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 19:37, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

I will offer one more piece of advice, only because I have noticed a recent uptick in this kind of occurrence. Do not be tempted to hire an individual or company to write a Wikipedia article for you. These individuals frequently make promises that they have no ability to deliver on. If you see someone guaranteeing that the article they write will be accepted, or be preserved at version that you prefer, then they are a scammer. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 04:47, 23 March 2023 (UTC)