User talk:Mgksiegen

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Mgksiegen", 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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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (September 12)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by DoubleGrazing was:

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:Mgksiegen/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
 * If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User:Mgksiegen/sandbox Articles for creation help desk], on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:DoubleGrazing&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User:Mgksiegen/sandbox reviewer's talk page] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:52, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Translating
Hi, your sandbox draft appears to be a translation of the dewiki article Museum für Gegenwartskunst (Siegen). When translating from one Wikipedia language version to another, the original must be attributed as the source; see WP:HOWTRANS. Thanks, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:57, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

September 2022
 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. Bbb23 (talk) 12:42, 12 September 2022 (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.

Hi, while waiting for an admin to come and review your unblock request, I thought I'd offer the following in the hope that they help you understand what's going on. HTH, --DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:56, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Your username suggests an affiliation with the organisation in question. If this is the case, you need to make certain disclosures regarding your conflict of interest (COI) and paid editing status. I will post a message below with instructions.
 * Moreover, your username, being an apparent name of an organisation (ie. a collective entity), implies shared use, which is not allowed.
 * As for translating an article from de.wiki, please note that just because an article exists in one language version of Wikipedia doesn't mean that it will automatically be accepted into another; each language version is a separate project with their own guidelines and requirements. When I reviewed your draft at AfC, it certainly fell far short of what would be accepted here at en.wiki. (This hasn't anything to do with your block, I'm only mentioning this to manage your expectations.)
 * And finally, when translating between different language versions, you need to attribute the original source, ideally in the first edit you make, and/or with an appropriate template.

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Mgksiegen. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:57, 15 September 2022 (UTC)