User talk:Lonaïs Velanidia

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Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you.  Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!}  (Whisper...) 10:44, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Good morning Callanecc, Thank you for your support to help me solve this blocking problem. I am still a bit confused...You wrote to me "accept=Allowing username change to requested username." However I haven't seen the changes in my username yet. I am not sure what I have to do?.. (if anything apart for waiting actualization?). Thank you, greetings Velanidia Foundation 10:12, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You need to request that your account be renamed, see the instructions at Changing username. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:41, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Well...I thought I did that already!sending : PS : There are no instructions in the WP:changing username page indicating how to actually do that! Or I didn't get something right? Velanidia Foundation 10:57, 6 January 2014 (UTC)


 * You'll need to do the following:
 * Go to this form
 * Add your current username after CURRENT=
 * Add your desired username after NEW=
 * Add a reason for the change after REASON=
 * Do not add anything in the "subject/headline" box
 * Scroll to the bottom and save the page.
 * A Wikipedia bureaucrat will then effect the change of username for you. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  11:03, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Great, thank you Yunshui! After two failed attemps, hope this one will work! Greetings

Request completed:-) Wait and see!

These recents mishaps inspired me this proposition post for the Wiki:

Unproductive severity of the policy enforcement and an idea to relax it.
Hello Wikipedia Team...I love the Wiki Project !

Basing on my personal experience, it can be sometimes harsh to make one's first steps as a new contributor, despite the fundamental principles :"Assume good faith" and "don't bite newcomers". So here is a small suggestion for Wikipedia's great platform developpers to still improve Wikipedia's conviviality-and especially indulgence towards newbies.. ! (I don't know who develops the web platform, so I leave it to you to forward the idea...)

I would like to suggest that action is taken preventively, so that new users don't infrige the policies and get blocked right after their very first contribution (for instance on ground of invalid username).

This could be done simply by the same automatic programm responsible for the ban : let it notify the user beforehand that the account he is creating contains words that are likely to result in a block, such as Society, Foundation, Group, etc... This would prevent the blunt barring a posteriori of good willing contributors, who just wished to contribute to the common good. This type of proactive action is applicable to other domains of course.

Here is my short story: I assembled material, with the help of a few friends, to create and expand some articles that we thought interesting and missing on Wikipedia. It took us a few days to carefully complete the work (although we are well aware it is still highly perfectible). Putting the first part of the work online, as a token of consideration for my collaborators, I created an account with the name of this (unformal) group. No promotional purposes in that ! (This association is totally non-profit, its goal is mainly to raise public awareness about the environment on a tiny island in the Aegean). BAM : blocked !

I realize I did unwittingly infrige Wikipedia policy, that is clearly specified. I apologize and wish to correct this. But please consider that Wikipedia's guidelines, policies and regulations span over dozens of pages, making it difficult for newcomers to absorb them all at once.

I suppose most contributers are like us, regular users of Wikipedia who simply wish to contribute to the common knowledge in their turn, in good faith...Assuming that sticking to the Five Pillars is fair enough. Be bold, they say ! So the blunt barring of a user- for an easily remediable problem - seems somewhat brutal. How could it be a motivating pedagogy ?

Still, congratulations for the remarkable achievement of Wikipedia and thank you for this worldwide epistemic adventure.

Lonaïs


 * Hi Lonaïs. This is something that gets discussed pretty regularly (if you want to get a wider audience for your idea, the best place to raise it for discussion would be at the Village Pump, by the way). The most common suggestion is that the account creation page be updated with a prominent explanation of the username requirements - so far, this has never gained enough traction as an idea to be implemented (I believe the most common argument is that we want to make the account creation process as short and uncomplicated as possible). As someone who blocks in the region of 10-20 inappropriate usernames every day, I agree that something needs to be done to make our policies - at least the basic ones - more obvious to new users, but the community has so far been against doing so, for various reasons. I've not seen your idea for an automated alert before, and I'd recommend putting it in front of the minds at the Pump's technical forum to get their opinion on its feasibility.
 * That said, Wikipedia isn't rocket science - users like yourself, who react sensibly when told that they are infringing the rules, are generally able to get through early hiccups like this and carry on to become productive members of the project (not that you weren't before; nice work expanding Akira Miyawaki, by the way!). Best of luck, and if you need help in the future, my talkpage is thataway. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  12:44, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi Yunshui,

Thank you for your encouraging message. I really appreciate your support and good advice. So I forgive you for the users you block every day! ;-) (of course I am kidding, first I see you are doing everything to prevent it, and then I understand there must be serious reasons for that. The present situation helped me realize how sensitive was the conflict of interest theme on Wikipedia.)

Thank you for giving consideration to my post and contributions. I am especially touched as it comes from an experienced editor+ a passionate about Japan+...an Aïkidoka! :-)

Our names share the same propensity to get mispelled ;-) so I see you are careful on spellings and spelled mine correctly, thank you also for that.

So pleased to meet you...- this is at least one good collateral effect of those early "hiccups" - as you nicely put it.

Regards,

Lonaïs

Good luck
Good luck with a new username and enjoy the Wiki - it's a great place  Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!}  (Whisper...) 13:55, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks!

Brookie shall I understand my request for a change in username went through? Can't see no changes yet.

Greetings.

14:16, 6 January 2014 (UTC)~


 * Thanks for your nice message above. I've just checked - your request has been logged correctly. Bear in mind that it may take a day or two for someone to get around to changing it (you'll know when you suddenly find you can't log in to your account, at which point you'll need to log in with your new username instead) - there are only a few users who can do that. Until then, you've done what's required, and you can carry on editing as usual. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  14:06, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

THANK YOU !

Well, I would have been a bit lost without your help...:-)

Velanidia Foundation 14:16, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Just one last question : my password will remain unchanged?


 * Yep, your password will stay the same after the rename. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  14:27, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

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Ah, thank you very much PartTimeGnome! I was wondering why this kept on happening... (Y)

Lonaïs Velanidia (talk) 10:19, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi
Hey, just so you know, you've actually been editing under your old account name; it was renamed to this (Lonaïs Velanidia) a little while ago. Be sure to use Lonaïs Velanidia as your username when you log in (you might have to log out and then log back in with the new username). Thanks! Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 17:40, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello Writ_Keeper you're right, sorry I realized it afterwards, because I was automatically logged into the old account. I logged in under the new name now. Thank you! Lonaïs Velanidia (talk) 09:16, 15 January 2014 (UTC)