User talk:NYYRC

Conflict of interest
Hello, NYYRC. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article New York Young Republican Club, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. 50.131.220.134 (talk) 19:06, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw your changes to New York Young Republican Club, and I noticed that the username you have chosen, "NYYRC", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website. Please note that Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or shared by multiple people. Please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. --Drm310 (talk) 09:59, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

use of NYYRC
While I understand the desire to squash johncorp inc from promoting a product by using a brand-name as a username unless you are member of the New York Young Republican Club or deeply involved in New York City Republican politics you are not likely to know what NYYRC means just looking at it. We do not consider it a brand. We do not promote as NYYRC except when using vanity urls on social networks and even then we use INC at the end. The use is very limited but helps in managing the dozens of logins over various platforms I need to access.

I can not say this account will not be shared because that is the purpose of it's being set up. However shared can mean more than one thing. The account is not being set up so that 10 people can access it this week, month or year. In fact it was set up so that I can pass it along to the next person in the next club administration for continuity. The account is not being set up for nefarious use but to help manage monitoring of the changes. As you know full well political pages tend to be vandalized a great deal. Someone from the club will be checking periodically to see if the page has been vandalized. The community can judge for themselves if they think we are overstepping the boundaries of decorum when making corrections.

However at this time I see no reason to change the username. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NYYRC   (talk • contribs)  11:56, 14 July 2012‎ (UTC)
 * Welcome to wikipedia, I would like to direct you to WikiProject Conservatism, a WikiProject that focuses on Conservatism. We would be happy if you would be willing to contribute and assist others with interest within the scope of the project in maintaining and improving articles within said scope.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 17:02, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. While I understand your concerns, more than one Wikipedia policies prevent you from using Wikipedia for the use you intend. I quote from WP:CORPNAME: "Sharing account information is prohibited, as such, accounts that purport to represent an entire group or company are not permitted no matter the name." I also quote from WP:OWN: "No one, no matter how skilled, or of how high standing in the community, has the right to act as though they are the owner of a particular article." Lastly, I also quote from WP:SOAP that Wikipedia is not a vehicle for self-promotion, or advertisement. If you edit Wikipedia as you state above, you not only will be violating four policies, those stated above, as well as WP:COI, but you will also risk the account being blocked. Osarius     Talk 22:15, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

July 2012
This is your only warning; if you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. ''I am placing this warning on your account to prevent you violating the policies I stated above. If you do violate them, your account will be blocked. This is for your own editing security, but if this account is blocked, do not create another for the same purpose.'' Osarius     Talk 22:24, 16 July 2012 (UTC)