User talk:Kegelstatt

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Trinity College London, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Trinity College London, which 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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October 2012[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that the username you have chosen, "Trinity College London", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or have the appearance of shared use. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 08:36, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Trinity College London, does not meet our username policy.

Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).

A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive, or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.

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Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!} (Whisper...)

09:30, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Kegelstatt (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

Kegelstatt (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to requested username. Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:00, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Here are a few key questions:

Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
Do you understand conflict of interest?
Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the three important principles above. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:40, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Yunshui Thanks for your comments. I do understand about conflicts of interest and that Wikipedia is not a business directory. In fact, that is precisely why I identified myself the way I did - so no-one could think that we were trying to promote the organisation. We were simply correcting inaccuracies on the page. I'm very happy for anything to be changed if it feels like promotion - in fact, another editor deleted a couple of things because he thought they were 'marketing speak' and that's absolutely fine. If it's simpler, I can create a different account. However,the page is now up to date. Best wishes. Trinity College London (talk) 13:57, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine - those are just the standard questions for a user in your position, and at least one doesn't apply to you anyway. I've unblocked your account to allow you to request a username change; you should go to this page and follow the instructions there as soon as you can. Regards, Yunshui 雲‍水 14:00, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]