User talk:Nusmuseum

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Hello, Nusmuseum, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited was NUS Museum, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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January 2013
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Nusmuseum", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to represent a company or business. 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. GregJackP  Boomer!   02:43, 13 January 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 doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. If you prefer to be unblocked for the purpose of changing your username to a username which complies with our username policy, so that your contributions with this username are recorded as contributions of your new username and rather than creating a new account, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice instead. Thank you. Beeblebrox (talk) 06:27, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

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I'm afraid you don't seem to understand the problem. You say you are here representing a specific organization, but because it is a non-profit there is no conflict of interest. Profit does not enter into it. It is a violation of our username policy to use any name that represents an organization. Usernames are meant to represent individuals. Genereally one user=one account, one account=one user is the rule. The same principle applies to conflicts of interest. A user who is editing on behalf of an organization for purposes of promoting that organization has an inherent conflict whether money is involved or not. The reason is that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it does not exist for purposes of promoting anything, for profit or not.

And then there is the content issue. You admit the material was a reprinted from the museum's own press materials but claim it is neither promotional nor a copyright violation to repost it here. We don't just reprint an organizations own press materials and present it as a properly researched encyclopedia article. That would be a pretty shabby way to do things and would ruin this sites credibility. And you cannot simply say "I am allowed to reprint this so there is no copyright issue". It is not that simple at all. the copyright would need to be released entirely in order for it to be simply reprinted here, see WP:DCP for more information on that but again, even if the copyright were properly released it is not appropriate to just reprint it here as if it were an article. Generally, the subject of an article is considered an acceptable source for the very basic facts about itself, but independent reliable sources are required to establish a degree of notability and verify statements about the organization.

So, in summary:
 * You cannot edit with this username, period.
 * You cannot use an originations own press materials and present them as an encyclopedia article
 * Wikipedia has a higher standard for copyrighted material than most other websites out there and it is fairly strictly enforced.

I hope this clarifies matters for you. Beeblebrox (talk) 16:35, 15 January 2013 (UTC)