User talk:FID Pharma Wu

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Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because your username, Pharma, does not meet our username policy. Your username is the principal reason for the block. You are welcome to continue editing after you have selected a new username that meets the username policy guidelines, which are summarized below.Per the username policy, a username should represent an individual and should not: represent a group or organization; be promotional; be misleading (such as indicating possession of special user rights or being a "Bot" account (unless approved for such purposes)); be offensive or otherwise disruptive. However, a username that contains the name of a organization and also identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87" is allowed, though, among others, the guidance on conflict of interest and the policy of paid-contribution disclosure are relevant.You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our username policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you wish for your existing contributions to carry over under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
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Appeals: If, after reading the guide to appealing blocks you believe you were blocked in error, then you may appeal this block by adding below this notice. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  12:21, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

What has happened on German Wikipedia is irrelevant, as their username policy is very different from ours. However, I am not at all sure in what way considers your user name to violate English Wikipedia's policy. Jimfbleak, can you clarify? JBW (talk) 20:47, 23 September 2021 (UTC)


 * JBW I thought that the user name was close enough to the deleted International Society for the History of Pharmacy to amount to a violation, although I can see that may be arguable. As you say, the German Wikipedia policy is irrelevant here. If you feel that there has not been a user name violation, please feel free to unblock or permit a new name. I think that there needs some clarification as to any WP:COI though, cheers Jimfbleak - talk to me?  08:39, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Pharma Perhaps a note from me will be helpful. I am familiar with pharmaceutical issues, having studied pharmacy. I work at a university and do not pursue commercial interests. I am not a member of the International Society for the History of Pharmacy. National scientific societies are members there, e.g. the French, the British, the Italian, the German society, not individuals. And yes, I am a member of the German Society for the History of Pharmacy. The work of the International Society of the History of Pharmacy is very valuable. It organizes scientific congresses and promotes young scientists through scholarships. A Wikipedia entry would be well deserved.Pharma 14:18, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
 * And your answer here is too promotional to convince me that you would not edit promotionally. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 13:57, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

rename
I will rename but I feel unblocking might be controversial, so I leave it to y'all. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 12:23, 26 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks, nothing this editor has said so far suggests that the would either avoid editing articles where they have a COI or would edit neutrally, looks like it's your call , I'll go with whatever you think is appropriate Jimfbleak - talk to me?  12:48, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Me neither. -- Deep fried okra  ( talk ) 14:38, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

I agree that the editor's comments do not encourage confidence that they will avoid editing in ways which conflict at least with the conflict of interest guideline, and perhaps also with the policy on promotion. However, I really can't see eye to eye with the remarkably common practice of telling an editor "You are welcome to continue editing after you have selected a new username that meets the username policy guidelines" and "You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our username policy guidelines and create the account yourself" and then, when they have fully complied with the requirements, refusing to unblock them. Apart from the fact that I don't think that telling an editor they can do something and then not letting them do it seems questionable, there is also the question of what refusing to unblock is expected to achieve. Since the editor has explicitly been told they may create a new account and continue editing, as far as I can see the only difference that unblocking would make would be that we would know that the future editing would be from the same person, whereas with a new account we might not. I therefore don't see any justification for declining the unblock request. I shall therefore unblock. However, FID Pharma Wu, please take note of the message I am posting below; otherwise there is a risk of being blocked from editing again. JBW (talk) 16:01, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

If you are connected to someone or something you have written about (a few examples are writing about yourself, your business, your band, a member of your family, your client) then you should be aware that Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline discourages you from writing about that subject. The main reason for that is that experience over the years indicates that editors with such a connection to a subject they are writing about are likely to find it very difficult, or even impossible, to stand back from their writing and see how it will look from the detached perspective of an outsider, so that they are likely to write in ways that look promotional to others, even if they sincerely think they are writing in a neutral way. Also, if your editing forms all or part of work for which you are paid, whether as an employee, as a contractor, or in any other capacity, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require you to state who is paying you, and what your connection to them is. (To avoid the possibility of a surprisingly common misunderstanding, editing is part of paid work if it is done as part of normal employment or as part of a work to a contract, whether or not a specific payment earmarked for editing Wikipedia is made.) Also, be careful to avoid doing anything that seems like promotion of your organisation (or of anything else).JBW (talk) 16:01, 26 September 2021 (UTC)