User talk:Museum of Southwestern Biology

April 2013
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Museum of Southwestern Biology", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because accounts must be registered to individuals, not organizations. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. P. D. Cook Talk to me! 17:21, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

The Museum of Southwestern Biology is similar in scope to the other museums with pages on Wikipedia. See the Natural History and Science Museum, The Rattlesnake Museum,etc., As their pages are there, we are using precedence for the MSB.Museum of Southwestern Biology (talk) 19:10, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Greetings. I am not saying your presence here isn't warranted or that your group isn't notable. I'm saying that your username violates Wikipedia policy. The name has to represent an individual rather than an entire organization. A valid name would be BobSmithFromMSB, for example. You will have to change your name by clicking the link above or by simply creating a new user account. Eventually, this account will be blocked. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, P. D. Cook  Talk to me! 19:39, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm not trying to be difficult, but how do the other NM museums get to use their museum name as their username, and we cannot?Museum of Southwestern Biology (talk) 19:41, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * (a) editors here are (potentially anonymous) individuals not corporate entities. (b) if you point out any other breaches of policy, we'll look into it. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:31, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

So how do I list our Museum without it having a person's name? Can we still use the name since all the others do?129.24.125.191 (talk) 20:35, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * There are four separate issues here. (a) Your username. This is easily fixed by picking a new username and following the process documented at Changing username. (b) Getting your article into wikipedia proper, which is best done via the process documented at AfC. (c) The systematic copyright issues with your article, which appears to contain material cut and paste from your website. You could follow Requesting copyright permission to fix this or better yet, rewrite new text in the appropriate tone and style. (d) The complete lack of independent, reliable sources in your article. Wikipedia only features topics which have "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." It's up to you to produce evidence of that coverage. Stuartyeates (talk) 22:07, 17 April 2013 (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 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 instead 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 prefer to change your username rather than create a new account, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 02:32, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

OK, in the best interest, I would like to change the username, but keep what is posted linked to the new name. Can I use tucojoefromMSB as a username, and after reading all the content, I really can't figure out how to change the usernameMuseum of Southwestern Biology (talk) 22:03, 18 April 2013 (UTC)