User talk:MustoofaI

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Draft:Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean, and I noticed that your username, "HeDPAC", 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, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

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, service, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. Alternatively, you can just create a new account and use that for editing. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Deauthorized. ^(talk) 01:45, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, I really appreciate your guidance. I will effect changes to the username. HeDPAC (talk) 01:51, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

I've declined your draft and tagged it for deletion as it is pretty blatantly promotional. If you'd like to contribute in other ways, you may request your account be renamed via this link (Special:GlobalRenameRequest), but I don't recommend recreating this draft as you seem to have a very strong conflict of interest. I hope this helps. Deauthorized. ^(talk) 01:56, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

could I ask you for some additional guidance? Would I be able to edit the username from HeDPAC to consultant project manager at HeDPAC? HeDPAC (talk) 01:57, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

That won't work either. Your username needs to identify you individually, not by your role or organization. Considering that you have a conflict of interest with HeDPAC as their consultant project manager, it'd most likely be best if your username didn't include anything about HeDPAC, as Wikipedia is not a place for promotion. If you'd like to contribute to Wikipedia in other ways outside of HeDPAC, then you're more than welcome to do so. Deauthorized. ^(talk) 02:06, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

That name would not be acceptable as it implies a role account which could used by somebody else taking on that role. See WP:ISU. A name which denotes an individual at the organisation would be acceptable such as "Francis at HeDPAC". I've also left you a note about being a paid contributor below. Be sure to read and follow the policy on paid editing. You must have your account renamed before making any more edits. -- Whpq (talk) 02:44, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean (October 15)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Deauthorized were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Deauthorized. ^(talk) 01:52, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

understood, I completely understand my foolish mistake. my objective is to bring awareness to HeDPAC, it is not a commercial entity, it is a project currently incubated at the WHO.

I appreciate that Wikipedia is not a promotional platform, would you recommend not creating a page for HeDPAC here as it is not appropriate? HeDPAC (talk) 02:20, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello, HeDPAC! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Deauthorized. (talk) 01:52, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello HeDPAC! Your additions to Draft:Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

• You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
• Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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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, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 02:35, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

• Note: Even if permission for the text is provided and verified, it is unlikely to be acceptable as the tone is promotional, and unsuited for use in an encyclopedia article. -- Whpq (talk) 02:38, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

October 2023

Hello HeDPAC. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Draft:Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:HeDPAC. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=HeDPAC|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. Whpq (talk) 02:36, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

that you very much for your comments. I assure you and the community that in my haste, I have made a few honest mistakes.

my objective is to create awareness to HeDPAC as a cross regional platform to improve healthcare. I am very new to wikipedia and in my limited understanding, I assumed that because it is not a profit based incentive, it would be safe to create awareness here.

I fear I may have been wrong. I have requested for a username change and I am looking into bringing down the article and if appropriate, bringing it to wikipedia the acceptable way. if you are any tips, it would be greatly appreciated.

thank you for your guidance and patience. HeDPAC (talk) 02:53, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

is not just your username, but your intent to promote your project. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It does not have profiles. It has encyclopedia articles. " All content must be cited from reliable, independent sources with a reputation for fact checking." Subjects of articles must meet notability guidelines with reliable sources which are unconnected with the subject and which provide verifiable information. Someone unconnected with the subject needs to have written a great deal about the subject. Please read and heed WP:COI and WP:PAID. Thanks