User talk:Peter of Eric Bachmann Estate

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January 2024
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because your account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. Also, your username gives the impression that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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If you are not Eric Bachmann, you cannot use his name as your username. 331dot (talk) 16:39, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

You don't need to make a new unblock request for every statement you make- subsequent statements can be standard, unformatted comments like this. No, that is no better as a username. Your username needs to represent you, the operator of this account, as an individual(though your real name is not required). The estate's name can be a part of your username, such as "John of EB Estate". You may edit your existing request to change your username choice. Does the estate employ you? 331dot (talk) 09:15, 19 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your answer. To answer your question: No, I am not employed. The archive has no funding for an employee.
 * I am the nephew of the photographer and manage this archive. Eric Bachmann passed away in 2019.
 * The purpose of the archive is to preserve and process Bachmann's photographic work and the collected contemporary documents. To ensure that the photographs are not forgotten, they should be accessible to interested parties in the archive.
 * Would it then be okay to use the user name 'Peter of Eric Bachmann Estate'? Eric Bachmann Fotoarchiv (talk) 09:34, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I've been active on the German Wikipedia for some time now. I don't yet fully understand how everything works on the English Wikipedia, but I'm learning. I'm also not sure how to change my username? I really hope that I will finally no longer be blocked as a user. Eric Bachmann Fotoarchiv (talk) 09:38, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I have edited your request to include your proposed new username, that would be acceptable. Please review the conflict of interest policy and tell what will be different about your editing in the future. 331dot (talk) 17:38, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I have read the guidelines and noted the following things that I will do differently in future:
 * –Maintain a neutral point of view.
 * –If something is unclear, note concerns on the discussion page.
 * –Information must be backed up by reliable sources.
 * –You can create draft texts on the discussion pages or in your user namespace.
 * –If you consider your own work to be sufficiently suitable, you should consult with other Wikipedians before adding such references. Eric Bachmann Fotoarchiv (talk) 04:33, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I've renamed the account., what would you like to see for unblocking here? 331dot (talk) 09:20, 21 February 2024 (UTC)


 * , thanks. The block was for the username violation only and the article was deleted only as a copyright violation (although it has other major problems, self-reffed, most of the text in the reference, no wikilinks etc). Given that this editor appears to have no paid COI, I think he could be given a fairly loose unblock, although as always I'm happy to defer to you if you think otherwise Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:17, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * That's pretty much what I thought. Thank you 331dot (talk) 13:48, 21 February 2024 (UTC)