User talk:Blue-green-solidus

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Hello, Swm-web, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice 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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Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

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--Orange Mike | Talk 18:38, 24 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.

Blue-green-solidus (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

new username (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Hi Orangemike, thanks for the information. I'm very sorry to have violated the Wikipedia policies. I did not intend that. This account was created because there is a page about the company I work for in Wikipedia (that was created by someone else). And this page contained out-of-date information (like number of employees etc.) So I wanted to update it. I am very aware that I have a conflict of interest here, that's why I stick to updating hard facts that are also published in the annual report and updating URLs of links that have changed. I would rather if someone else would update this but as the company is a German one and not very important internationally I thought that it would probably not happen or only very late. So if there is another way to update the page, not by me but by a neutral Wikipedian, then that would be fantastic. I could just provide the newest figures (and sources, of course) and someone could check it and decide whether it's ok to publish them. Otherwise I could make the changes myself and someone checks them before publishing (but that's the normal way anyway, I thought). Anyway can I change the user name to make it appropriate and be unblocked? How? Swm-web (talk) 07:22, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to requested username. For what it's worth, I personally think this aspect of Wikipedia's username policy is stupid. If someone involved in a company is editing, then isn't it better that they make that fact clear, rather than hide the fact? However, that is the policy, so please do comply with it. Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:15, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]