User talk:Soundgirls

COI notice[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Soundgirls", 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 "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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. 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. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:01, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for starting SoundGirls. I'm just doing some format tidying on it, then I'll move it over to mainspace.

Shortly after that, this editor account is going to wind up blocked. DON'T WORRY, it's just the patriarchy at work. WP has a serious (and pretty irrational) dislike of any individual user accounts which suggest that they just might get used by more than one person. OTOH, anonymous accounts are fine (and advisable, if not downright encouraged). So your best option is to ask to get this renamed (I can't do it for you easily, it's technically glitchy - see WP:Changing username). Maybe to "One of the SoundGirls" or even just "SoundGirl". But the usual reaction to "group" accounts is downright hostile and looks like a massive over-reaction.

Anyway, welcome to Wikipedia and if I can help at all, just shout. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:23, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Andy Dingley: The problem here isn't that it's a group account. It's a corporate account. Organizations are prohibited from having accounts on Wikipedia. Only an individual person may have an account. And to compound the problem, this seems like an undisclosed paid editor who has violated the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, which require disclosure as a condition of creating an account. ~Anachronist (talk) 15:29, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, If you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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