User talk:JBU YPM

April 2023
Hello, I'm Riverbend21. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions&#32;to Peabody Museum of Natural History have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Riverbend21 (talk) 15:51, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I'd really just like to rename the page to Yale Peabody Museum, but the renaming page says I should have a Move option under Tools, and I do not. The institution has changed its name, and we would like to update the site to reflect this. I have updated it in Wikidata. JBU YPM (talk) 15:55, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


 * You are still a relatively new editor with a small number of edits, which is probably why you cannot do a page move. If you can find and point to an official news release announcing or confirming the name change, I am willing to do the page move for you. In the meantime, I have added the alternative names to the article lede, along with references to the official museum website. Reify-tech (talk) 17:55, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much. We're revisiting the Wikipedia page to try and get things consistent across the internet before we reopen. I asked about a press release, and was told it is a quiet name change per Yale University's request. Our communications guy is going to try and find a good answer. I really appreciate your help. JBU YPM (talk) 18:20, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, I wanted to see if I could ask for your help again. There has not been any official news release about our name change, but the footers on our pages have the new name, and I have links to several news articles that reference us by our new name. Would it be possible to have the page moved? Here are some links: https://peabody.yale.edu/ https://peabodyevolved.yale.edu/ https://news.yale.edu/2023/09/11/meteor-shower-more-1800-meteorites-land-yales-peabody-museum https://news.yale.edu/2023/10/19/invisible-threads-stitched-together-life-our-planet https://news.yale.edu/2023/06/01/17-million-reasons-love-lux-yales-new-collections-search-tool Thank you for any help you can provide. JBU YPM (talk) 19:57, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "JBU YPM", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

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 * Thanks. The JBU part of it is my initials, so this is definitely just me. It seems okay to me (like the "Sara Smith at XYZ Company" example listed above). I do see how this can be a problem in terms of COI though. What is the best course of action when wanting to correct or emend information about our museum though? I understand the premise of Wikipedia, but I am often adding relevant collectors and their information to Wikidata, and if I cannot add it to our own Wikipedia page, I'm not sure how else to get it there. I'm open to suggestions. JBU YPM (talk) 16:24, 19 April 2023 (UTC)


 * It seems I had guessed correctly about your username, which is why I don't think it would be objectionable at all. I'm glad to hear that it is an individual account, not shared. The important thing is to read and understand the COI and paid editing policies pointed to in the above message. Some people can write relatively objectively from a neutral third-party viewpoint, while others can't help promoting whatever they're enthused about at the moment. If WP:NPOV turns out to be difficult for you (as assessed by the other editors), you may be asked to place information and references you may have on the Talkpage, along with edit requests for others to actually write into the article. This is a more indirect and inconvenient mechanism, but it can also be made to work. Reify-tech (talk) 00:59, 20 April 2023 (UTC)


 * These all seem like very doable solutions. Thank you for working through all of these issues with me. I do really appreciate it! JBU YPM (talk) 12:26, 20 April 2023 (UTC)