User talk:Fordham University Communications

March 2013
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that the username you have chosen, "Fordham University Communications", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or accounts that are shared. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our Conflict of interest guideline and Plain and simple conflict of interest guide, and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. ElKevbo (talk) 18:50, 22 March 2013 (UTC)


 * My apologies: I wasn't entirely aware of the policies regarding institutional names nor promotional edits (though in this case it was merely informational, adding a Ph.D. after the provost's name). I am the director of communications at Fordham, and created that username for the sake of transparency. Please feel free to delete the account. Fordham University Communications (talk) 19:29, 22 March 2013 (UTC)Mojaveb (Bob Howe)


 * Accounts are not deleted, but you can simply stop using it; alternatively you can request a change of username at Changing username. Your username can be based on your real name or not, as you choose (see WP:REALNAME for some considerations), but it should represent only you as an individual and should not be the name of a group or organization or of another real person. The name could still mention Fordham - the username policy includes: "usernames are acceptable if they contain a company or group name but are clearly intended to denote an individual person, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation"".


 * Before editing about Fordham, please read Conflict of interest and Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. Here are some other pages you may find useful:
 * Introduction to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article
 * Simplified Manual of Style
 * Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:08, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

JohnCD and I hope that this start hasn't put you off of helping us out, by all means as soon as you've changed your username (come to this page to do that) we'd love for you to stick around and help us out. I know what it's like to have a rough start, if you want some help just leave Me or John a message at the linked pages and we'll be happy to help you out. MIVP - (Can I Help?) (Maybe a bit of tea for thought?) 14:14, 23 March 2013 (UTC)