User talk:Ninah230G

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Hello, Doug -

I thank you for writing about the contribution from July 19th - my colleague advised me we should not have made this edit ourselves, so I retracted it right away (did not realize about the conflict of interest, and was only trying to update our staff and board members because we've had some changes in personnel this year). Hopefully since the contribution/submission has been immediately retracted, there is not a problem with it. Please let me know.

Sincerely,

Ncseoffice (talk) 16:08, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your revert worked. However, as I have left a notice about below, your account name is of great concern. Wikipedia does not allow accounts to represent organizations or groups of people. Accounts are for individual access only, and the username must reflect that. Please take the steps to change your username to avoid being blocked. Also, as repeated in the notice below, please review both the conflict of interest guidelines and mandatory paid editing disclosure policy. Thank you. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:42, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Doug

I have just applied for a global name change. Hopefully this will take care of the issue. Thanks again. Ncseoffice (talk) 16:45, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It does. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 17:35, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Now use the talk page, giving sources for what you want.Doug Weller talk 17:37, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created National Center for Science Education, and I noticed that your username, "Ncseoffice", 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".

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@Drm310 This has been done. Doug Weller talk 17:36, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for all of your assistance. Ninah230G (talk) 17:37, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]