User talk:Ilri cgiar

November 2021
Hello, I'm InvalidOS. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to International Livestock Research Institute have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.  Invalid OS talk  13:34, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Ilri cgiar. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you.  Invalid OS talk  13:52, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

So no ILRI employee is allowed to edit the very inaccurate, poorly written article about our organization? We do not understand.Ilri cgiar (talk) 14:40, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * You are, but it is strongly discouraged that you edit it. If you do, you must declare that you have a connection.  Invalid OS talk  14:58, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation
 Invalid OS talk  14:26, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

November 2021
<div class="user-block" style="padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; border: 1px solid #a9a9a9; background-color: #ffefd5; min-height: 40px"> Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of name and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions other than promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must:
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:31, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

These are the silliest rules I've ever encountered. So if I work for ILRI, and I know about ILRI, and I want to improve the completely unsuitable poorly written page we have, I can't, even if I am doing it outside of work hours. Ridiculous. By all means let someone else improve the page, but who is going to other than a person with an interest in ILRI, such as a person who works there. No, it is not part of my job description to edit Wiki pages, either.