User talk:AmericanEd

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Your username

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope not to seem unfriendly or make you feel unwelcome, but I noticed your username, and I am concerned that it might not meet Wikipedia's username policy for the following reason: It's a name of a Company/group names, see WP:U#Company/group names. After you look over that policy, could we discuss that concern here?

I'd appreciate learning your own views, for instance your reasons for wanting this particular name, and what alternative username you might accept that avoids raising this concern.

You have several options freely available to you:

If you can relieve my concern through discussing it here, I can stop worrying about it.
If the two of us can't agree here, we can ask for help through Wikipedia's dispute resolution process, such as requesting comments from other Wikipedians. Wikipedia administrators usually abide by agreements reached through this process.
You can keep your contributions history under a new username. Visit Wikipedia:Changing username and follow the guidelines there.

Thank you. --Amalthea^Talk 15:07, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thank you. One more thing, I'm assuming that you are affiliated with UMI? You have a conflict of interest then and need to edit that article only very carefully. Have you read the WP:FAQ/Business I pointed you to at the DRV?
Cheers, Amalthea^Talk 21:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw your edit and your notice at the article after I left the above message. Seemed fine to me, although there are still some issues left in the article that either need to be sourced by reliable sources or rewritten before that COI-tag can be removed, e.g. in the founding-and-history section: "This verse made a great impression on Banks, and he determined to devote his life to [...]". That's not exactly neutral language, and it also could use a reference to confirm it since in my eyes it's a contentious fact. I'm hoping that a better copyeditor than myself will look over the article shortly, else I try myself. I'll keep the article watchlisted in any case, and I'm convinced that it's a notable organization, so I don't think you have to worry that it's going to be deleted again.
Lastly, I commend you for being so open, and for being a very nice and friendly editor. :)
Cheers, Amalthea^Talk 23:32, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]