User talk:Qinetiq

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Username violation
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, Qinetiq, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it it represents a company not an individual. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you.
 * Unambiguous use of a name or URL of a company, group or product as a username is not permitted. A username that is the name of a company or group implies the intent to promote this group. Accordingly, such usernames may be indefinitely blocked. Accounts that represent an entire group or company are not permitted no matter the name. Clovis Sangrail (talk) 12:50, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Blocked
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 few moments to create a new account with a username that represents only you. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may ask for a review of this username block by adding below this notice the text. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 14:05, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

There are two issues here:
 * User name: Wikipedia accounts must represent individuals only; shared accounts are not permitted, nor are usernames that represent a group or company - see the WP:NOSHARE and WP:GROUPNAME sections of the Username policy. If more than one member of your group wishes to edit, each must set up an individual account.
 * Conflict of interest: you have very properly declared your interest, and if you set up an individual account to edit on behalf of Qinetiq you should do so again. You should also read and carefully observe these guidelines:
 * Conflict of Interest
 * Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest
 * In general it will be best for you to suggest a change you would like to see on an article talk page, declaring your interest, rather than edit an article directly.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 14:05, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Unblocked
I have unblocked this account to allow you to apply for a change of username at WP:CHU, if you have not had a response to your other request. The autoblock on the IP should also be released, allowing your colleagues to register accounts; if they have any problem, they can use the form at WP:ACC.

Please ask them to read the links above. (The links in the Welcome paragraph at the top of the page are useful, too) You will understand that the great danger for an anyone-can-edit encyclopedia is that it will be used by those wishing to advertise themselves or push a point of view; Wikipedia is extremely sensitive to this danger, hence our strong rules on COI. If you or your colleagues, when editing on behalf of Qinetiq, declare your interest up front and observe those rules, you should find people very willing to help. You may not achieve exactly what you want - changes are made by WP:Consensus, and failing that by following the WP:Dispute resolution process - but you should be able to achieve a satisfactory resolution, though the response may not always be as rapid as you might wish, since everyone here is a volunteer (and many of them actually have some other life left!) One way to get a response is to put helpme (two curly bracket each side) at the bottom of your talk page, with a question below it.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 09:22, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Re-blocked
Re-blocked as user has set up an individual account. JohnCD (talk) 17:04, 23 August 2010 (UTC)