User talk:Togogirl

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, BSL Admissions. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article The British School of Lomé, Togo, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 15:39, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

November 2014

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to The British School of Lomé, Togo. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 16:05, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did to The British School of Lomé, Togo with this edit, you may be blocked from editing. ... discospinster _talk 16:33, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created The British School of Lomé, Togo, and I noticed that your username, "BSL Admissions", 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 "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87".

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 username change 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. NeilN ^{talk to me} 17:06, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

I have changed the user name. Am I good to go to edit the page now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.207.163.3 (talk) 08:35, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

No. Your conflict of interest has not changed. Have you read our guidelines? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 08:44, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Ok so the only way around this is for me to get someone else to edit the page, is that what other companies do? someone and I have no idea who put this information on and now that it is outdated and wrong I cannot change it when I am the one with the information but someone else you will let change it who perhaps does not have the right information in the first place. I understand you dont want advertisements, you want information but there have been many, many cases of straight out advertisements, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.207.163.3 (talk) 08:48, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Use the article's talk page to suggest changes. At the top of your request, type {{request edit}} on separate line. This will add a note saying, "It is requested that an edit be made to this article that the user below does not want to make because of a conflict of interest." --NeilN ^{talk to me} 09:07, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Request Edit The British School of Lomé (BSL) is a vibrant, private, inclusive, co-educational day and boarding school for children aged from 3 to 18 years. It was established in 1983 to serve expatriate families based in Lome, Togo with a British national curriculum. International, business and diplomatic communities are served by the school. Family style boarding houses are located within an easy walk to school and the school’s owned and run British School Club consisting of tennis courts, swimming pool and restaurant is located opposite. Facilities at the school include an outdoor theatre, two ICT Labs, four science laboratories, a twin primary and secondary library and resource centre complex, modern air conditioned classrooms all within a vibrant and diverse community. The school now serves families from over forty different countries. Teaching staff are 90% expatriate from USA, UK, France, Canada and Australia. Degrees BSL offers the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and is a member of the International Baccalaureate World School offering the Diploma Programme (IBDP). BSL is a member of the Council of International Schools and undergoes accreditation in May 2015. Events Enrichment activities include the Global Citizen Award programme, International Award (Duke of Edinburgh Award), TRACSK-a dynamic service programme benefitting two schools for the deaf and two orphanages in Lomé. Tri Nations is held each year with school teams from Ghana competing with BSL and other Lomé schools in basketball, swimming, volleyball and football. Enrichment activities also include music and instrumental music lessons, visual arts and theatre productions, chess, debating, computer clubs, pottery, arts and crafts, TED Talks drawing and creative writing. Sports The school encourages students to participate in charity events as well as other extra-curricular activities such as fencing, horse riding, swimming, tennis, football and basketball. The school has its own swimming pool, four tennis courts, an all-weather football field and a basketball court. Alumni BSL Alumni work in government, medical and diplomatic fields, engineering, computer and creative arts design. Graduates usually attend a four year college within one year of graduation in Canada, USA, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.207.163.3 (talk) 09:17, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

1. This isn't the article's talk page. You want Talk:The British School of Lomé, Togo
2. You did not add {{request edit}} properly. You omitted the curly braces.
3. This is straight up advertising. You've been told and warned about this. If you persist with requesting such text be added you're only going to get blocked.

--NeilN ^{talk to me} 09:29, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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