Thesoldierscharity

Speedy deletion nomination of The Soldiers' Charity

Hello Thesoldierscharity,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged The Soldiers' Charity for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.  SmileBlueJay97  talk  09:50, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

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Hello. You have a new message at SmileBlueJay97's talk page.

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Daniel Case (talk) 14:41, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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Requested username:

cmirzai86 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Account blocked for invalid username - now changed to personal

Decline reason:

Procedural decline: no response to key questions the panda ₯’ 12:16, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Thesoldierscharity (talk) 14:46, 26 August 2014 (UTC) the panda ₯’: It's quite difficult to respond to you when I'm blocked. In the event that you see this message, how about this:

• Yes, I understand what Wikipedia is. As it's not a directory, can you please also flag for deletion the entries of every single company that has a page on here. Let's start with Microsoft, the Royal British Legion, Manchester United, Mercedes - just to name a few.

• I understand conflict of interest - SmileBlueJay was working with me on correcting our errors, like sourcing our own website, and we had it in hand. You rode in on your high-horse and 'took over'.

• Given that similar organisations like Help for Heroes, the British Legion etc all have pages on Wikipedia, and that The Soldiers' Charity is the official charity of the British Army, since 1944, I'd argue that yes, we are quite notable, and of interest to our 100,000+ supporters, and the wider Army Family.

Question for you:

• Why did you feel it necessary to wade into an issue that was already being resolved by one of Wikipedia's editors?

Thanks in advance for your speedy response :)

Here are a few key questions:

• Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
• Do you understand conflict of interest?
• Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. the panda ₯’ 08:53, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of The Soldiers' Charity

The article The Soldiers' Charity has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable, promotional in nature. Created by someone with WP:COI. No external sourcing - in fact, relies entirely on its own website.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. the panda ₯’ 08:55, 21 August 2014 (UTC)