Winnipeg Youth Soccer
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Contested deletion
editThis page should not be speedily deleted because we are trying to set up a Wikipedia page much like any other sports league and organization. Examples include Valour FC, Canada Soccer, and the NFL. We are not attempting to set up an advertising page or violate any of the terms and conditions of Wikipedia. We want to comply with your platform requirements and add the vast credibility of Wikipedia. I am new to starting a Wikipedia page and thus only started with our 'About WYSA' statement and cited it from our website. We have a lot of content to prove the importance /significance of our page but I don't want to invest a tremendous amount of time into this endeavor if we'll just be suspended or deleted. This first edit/submission was really a test on my end to see how Wikipedia editing worked. I am the Executive Director for WYSA and want to represent ourselves professionally and meet the values and goals of Wikipedia. Any assistance to staying in keeping with the requirements and values of Wikipedia would be greatly welcomed. Please let me know if I can provide any further information to help resolve this. Thank you.
Carlo Bruneau
Winnipeg Youth Soccer (talk) 04:02, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
- Winnipeg Youth Soccer, please note that Wikipedia is not a platform for advertising, promotion or soapboxing. Also, if you wish to start an article on your football team, please do so in the draftspace, as you have a conflict of interest with the team (being its executive director). Please don't think that we aren't in need of your article; rather, we welcome helpful contributions from all. However, to maintain standards of quality and reliability, we discourage users from writing articles involving a conflict of interest. For more information, see Wikipedia's policies about Conflict of Interest. JavaHurricane 06:22, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
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- Finally, as you have discovered your username violates Wikipedia's username policy. Accounts cannot represent organizations or be shared by more than one person. An account must represent and be accessed by the same individual only. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 22:33, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you. Cabayi (talk) 07:25, 26 March 2020 (UTC)