User talk:Iron Library

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 * Thank you for your very kind message and the notes about institutional bias and conflicts of interest. The edits that have been made so far have been minor grammatical changes. We have no intention of making any other interventions on the page or contributing larger texts to the article.
 * ~ Iron Library (talk) 08:04, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi! Further to the above: we don't allow usernames that give the impression of representing any body or organisation of any kind. Please choose a username that represents you as an individual (it doesn't have to be a real name), and request a change either here on this page or at this one. I note that you say 'we' above; does more than one person have access to this account? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 09:12, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It is the account of the Iron Library and has been verified. We're partners of the Swiss Wikimedia group and the head of the library participates in the steering committee. Mainly our contributions are to the Wikipedia DE site and Wikimedia. Iron Library (talk) 11:05, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Each language Wikipedia operates independently with its own policies and guidelines. The German Wikipedia allows company accounts and has an account verification process. The English Wikipedia does not allow company accounts and has no account verification process. You will need to set up a new account for use by one person only. Accounts on the English Wikipedia cannot be shared. A username like "Hans at Iron Library" or something similar would be allowed. Cullen328 (talk) 22:58, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * From your reply above it appears that your account is indeed shared by more than one user, which we do not allow under any circumstances, so I have blocked it from further editing (except to this page). I'm sorry to give you such a poor welcome – unfortunately yours is not an isolated example of this recurring problem. You are free to create a new account or several new accounts, each strictly for individual personal use only. May I hope that you will continue to contribute here? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 09:54, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you both for bringing this discrepancy between the different language Wikipedias to our attention. Iron Library (talk) 06:55, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

July 2023
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, or website, I have blocked this account from editing. You are welcome to continue editing after you have chosen a new username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy.

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Thank you. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 09:44, 8 July 2023 (UTC)