User talk:MPI PR

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 * Dear Wikipedia editor,
 * MPI PR (talk) 14:29, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Dear Wikipedia editor,
 * I

April 2023
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must: Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 12:49, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

Hello and thank you for your explanations. I understand the concern regarding a possible conflict of interest. Please let me explain why I think in this case it is unjustified. As a scientist myself, I have no interest nor regard for promotional or irrelevant texts on Wikipedia. My contribution is not commissioned; my intention is to  contribute information on leading scientists in English language (in accordance to their information in the German wikipedia ( https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_J._Erb / https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helge_B._Bode / https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Sourjik ), as they are highly respected scientists and their research is of international relevance. As my article draft "Tobias J Erb" shows, the contribution is purely neutral and intensively proven by objective and reliable sources.  As for my affiliation at the institute, I do work in science communication which is (or rather should be) the opposite of promotional. That is why I want to be transparent; It is my daily concern to only provide facts that are based on peer-reviewed scientific publications or reliable and independent sources. I therefore kindly ask you to unblock me and enable submission of the article draft for review. Please let me know what I can do. In case I need to propose a new user name, I have checked that "Microbes22" is available. Thank you for your time. MPI PR (talk) 08:21, 29 April 2023 (UTC)


 * The content you added to Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology  was promotional. --  Deepfriedokra (talk) 14:22, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

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Any Wikipedia related discussions should occur on your talk page for the sake of transparency. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 14:20, 29 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I understand that you consider the edit in 2022 as not neutral enough and you have therefore reversed the article to a older version.
 * I di not understand which part you refer to but I assume it is the sentence "The institute addresses the research areas and also other topics by conducting comprehensive basic research, from the atomic level to the ecosystem."
 * However, the article that you have reverted to is incorrect. Many facts have changed considerably and your reversion to an article that contains a lot of information that is not valid. The article now reflects the state of affairs in 2007 when the Biogeochemistry Department was closed.
 * Almost 2. 000 characters refer to groups and Departments that do not exist. A new Department and several research topics that have developed since then are not reflected, for example synthetic biology.
 * In my email I have kindly asked you to undo the reversion. If this is not possible, I propose the following: re-installation of the factual, albeit "too promotional" version, unblock me, if only temporarily, and allow me to re-edit the article in a strictly neutral way, providing reference for all changes.
 * You surely agree with me that the accuracy of information cannot be sacrificed to a question of wording. I am new to Wikipedia so I am asking you and the other editors/admins for constructive support here. MPI PR (talk) 15:49, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * " All content must be cited from reliable, independent sources with a reputation for fact checking." Once you 1) choose an acceptable username and 2) agree to not add promotional content to Wikipedia, you can be unblocked and discuss content and sourcing on the talk page. Your conflict of interest obviously precludes you from editing the article directly as you cannot recognize the promotional nature of your edits. There is a natural tendency for the minions of organizations to turn encyclopedia articles into extensions of the subjects' websites. And that's when the editing becomes promotional and sourced only to the websites of the subject. --  Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:10, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The mangled unblock request above is more promotional content. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:11, 29 April 2023 (UTC)