CEAA ACEE

October 2012

Hello, CEAA ACEE. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 15:01, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw how you edited or created Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, and I noticed that the username you have chosen, "CEAA ACEE", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or have the appearance of shared use. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. --Drm310 (talk) 15:44, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi there, I was not aware that only individuals could post on their own behalf. We were merely updating out-of-date and inaccurate information on Wikipedia as it relates to the Agency and all of the information that is posted is from reliable sources (Agency website, Justice Canada website, etc.) The choice of user name is intended for transparency more than anything.If what we have done is incorrect, what do you recommend?

You can request a username change - keep in mind an account and the username chosen should be used by only one person. Also, if you work for or represent the agency, I would declare that fact here and also read the plain and simple conflict of interest guide. The agency website would be considered a valid primary source but it's preferred that you use secondary sources if they are available (see Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources). Lastly, please sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tilde characters (~~~~) at the end of your message. It makes discussions easier to follow by showing who said what, and when. Thanks. --Drm310 (talk) 16:16, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

I have restored some of the text you removed from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act article. Historical information is valuable for the article, so it should not be removed.

It also appears that you have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. Wikipedia content can be re-used for commercial purposes, and the Government of Canada has fairly firm rules about commercial re-use of content from its websites. If you are the copyright holder, you would have to follow the steps outlined in Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for this content to be used.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. (optional parameter) Thank you. --Drm310 (talk) 17:52, 10 October 2012 (UTC) __________________________________

Hi there,

In light of the numerous issues you have pointed out, can you please remove all the postings that we have made and revert back to the original versions? The three pages we have changed are: Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, and Environmental Impact Assessments.

Thanks,

Lindsay

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy.  You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. If you prefer to be unblocked for the purpose of changing your username to a username which complies with our username policy, so that your contributions with this username are recorded as contributions of your new username and rather than creating a new account, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice instead. Thank you. Alexf^(talk) 17:33, 2 November 2012 (UTC)