Legality of Cannabis by U.S. Jurisdiction

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Hello, Rctruprint, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Hi, thanks for message. I deleted the article because

  • it did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the company, press releases, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the company claims or interviewing its management. The article had no references at all. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting
  • There was nothing to show why the company meets the notability criteria. To show notability you need hard verifiable facts such as the number of employees, turnover or profits.
  • it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of unsourced claims presented as fact include: You can order... a large range of photo gifts... also provide free, unlimited photo storage... Their main selling point is being cheaper—just spam, and the article has no content other than what you "offer", which I assume means "sell". You also link to reviews; this isn't a beauty contest,we just need facts
  • You have an obvious conflict of interest when editing this article, and you must declare it. Since you work directly or indirectly for the company, or otherwise are acting on its behalf, you are very 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, 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:Rcrump90. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Rcrump90|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message.

I am not prepared to restore the deleted text, since it has no non-sales content, but an article on this topic could be recreated. If, after reading the information about notability linked above, you still believe that your organisation is notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could, if you wish, post a request at Wikipedia:Requested articles for the article to be created. See also Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.

If you decide to write it yourself, please read this guidance, and note that you must make the mandatory COI guidance. I also strongly suggest that you change your user name. The only reason your account isn't already blocked is that you haven't actually attempted to write or edit the article concerned Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:52, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have changed username & posted a disclosure on my user page. Am I good to request the article to be written now? Rcrump90 (talk) 08:24, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]