User talk:National Library of Israel

February 2016
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which 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 at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer 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 would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Thank you.  Rami  R  06:11, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I can confirm this account is indeed being used by the National Library of Israel. And as far as I can tell based on the user contributions and based on prior knowledge (having met face to face the people involved in GLAM in National Library of Israel), this account isn't used for promotional purposes.
 * At least in Hebrew Wikipedia it is used by the libarians and the GLAM volunteers to answer questions of editors asking for sources and citations from the library. Eran (talk) 11:32, 9 March 2016 (UTC)


 * This user is used by the National Library of Israel, simply check the email address registered with this account to see that it is pointing to the National Library of Israel's domain name. The National Library of Israel is not a commercial entity nor we do not use this user to engage in inappropriately promotional behavior. --National Library of Israel (talk) 11:53, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Please note that per the username policy usernames cannot be that of an organization or otherwise suggest they could be used by more than one person. Usernames can be in the form of "YourName at National Library of Israel" or something similar, if you wish to indicate your affiliation with the Library(a good idea if you intend to edit about it).  You can request that your username be changed by following the instructions in the initial block notice at the top of the screen.
 * I would add that, if you are being paid to edit here(i.e. as part of your job), Wikipedia's Terms of Use require you to declare that on your user page, or this page. Please see this page for more information. 331dot (talk) 11:58, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The username policy#promotional names section determines: "Users who adopt such usernames, but who are not editing problematically in related articles, should not be blocked. Instead, they should be gently encouraged to change their username.".
 * Furthermore, you can check the user contributions to see that this user has hardly any edits in the recent years, mostly edits that have to do directly with the organization (such as posting a shared IP address message on the organization's IP user page). The National Library of Israel is not paying anyone to edit, but rather deals in various activities in cooperation with Wikimedia Israel:
 * Hosting a monthly editing event to guide the public as of how to edit in Wikipedia, thus enlarging the Wikipedia community in Israel.
 * Donating materials (images) to Wikipedia.
 * Answering questions of editors asking for sources and citations of materials from the National Library of Israel.
 * And more.
 * Therefore, we request to lift the block of this user. --National Library of Israel (talk) 13:27, 9 March 2016 (UTC)