User talk:Clarkuniversity

May 2010
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, Clarkuniversity, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to represent Clark University rather than an individual. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. Fæ (talk) 13:21, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

I work for Clark University and could not remember the username and password we have used in the past. I created a new account called clarkuniversity so I could edit our site and update bare references to proper citations. If there is an account for Wlinden already, would you send me the password and I will use that account. Thank you. Wendy Linden, Clark University Marketing and Communications — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clarkuniversity (talk • contribs) 13:25, 25 May 2010


 * The fact that you refer to "the username and password we have used in the past" suggests that you have not fully grasped the point. Whatever user name is used, an account is to be used by an individual, and is not to be used to represent an organisation. In addition to this, if you work for Clark University then you probably should not be editing the article Clark University at all, as you are likely to be in conflict with Wikipedia's guideline on conflict of interest. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:48, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Clarkuniversity, 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.

You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
 * Adding on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
 * At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
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If you feel that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. -- Cirt (talk) 04:16, 9 September 2010 (UTC)