User talk:JD at Loeb Foundation & Awards

April 2023

 * 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.


 * Wikipedia policy is that a user account is for one person acting in their personal capacity, and accounts representing businesses, organisations, groups of people, or web sites, as apparently in your case, are not allowed. A user name such as "International Cabbage Agency" is therefore not permitted, but a name such as "Karen at the International Cabbage Agency" is fine, and has advantage of transparency regarding the affiliation of the editor while also indicating that the account is an individual one. JBW (talk) 21:13, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I see. How do I change my user name? Loeb Foundation &#38; Awards (talk) 21:18, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * See Changing username. Spicy (talk) 22:29, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Loeb Foundation &#38; Awards", 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".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, service, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. Alternatively, you can just create a new account and use that for editing. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Secretlondon (talk) 21:24, 28 April 2023 (UTC)