User talk:MIAMuseum

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that the username you have chosen (MIAMuseum) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this :
 * 1) It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization or adding links to its website.
 * 2) Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guidelines concerning editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. The article in question is Museum of Inuit Art. Thank you.

Your addition to Museum of Inuit Art has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 20:37, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Let me put this in real-people words, too, since I know the templates are terse: if you work for the museum, you're welcome to share your knowledge with us, but you need to do it according to our rules. That means you need to edit under an account name that represents you, not the museum, and you need to submit either original content (stuff you've written, yourself, to use on Wikipedia) or licensed content (this means you would donate the copyrighted material to Wikipedia, and it could be reused nearly anywhere after that as long as it's attributed to you). A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 20:37, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

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.

Additionally, it appears your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization or cause that you consider worthwhile. Unfortunately, many good causes are not sufficiently notable for their own Wikipedia article, and all users are discouraged from editing in any area where they have an inherent conflict of interest, though you may wish to consider one of these alternative outlets. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  18:26, 4 May 2012 (UTC)