User talk:Dogwoodpool

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Speedy deletion nomination of Dogwood Pool

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A tag has been placed on Dogwood Pool, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Dogwood Pool, and I noticed that your username, "Dogwoodpool", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. My Pants Metal (talk) 21:20, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Purpose of Wikipedia

Hello, I noticed your comment at the "Dogwood Pool" talk page. It seems that there may be a misunderstanding as to the purpose of Wikipedia, so I hoped to be able to clear it up.

Wikipedia's purpose is as a general-purpose encyclopedia. To keep focused on that purpose, that means we cannot act as a webhost for individuals or organizations wanting to put up information about themselves, nor can we allow promotion of anyone or anything. It's not the appropriate place for organizations to be putting up information about their operating hours, rules, and pricing, nor to be selling themselves ("wonderful staff", "fun activities", etc.).

There are several organizations out there who provide free or low-cost web hosting to nonprofits, and others who provide hosting at little cost to sites which don't get a high degree of traffic. You might find something that would help you at our alternative outlets page if you're looking to put up information on the Web about your organization. But I'm afraid this just isn't the place. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 04:46, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]