User talk:Rohner Research

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Possible conflict of interest on Parental acceptance-rejection theory
Your username makes it seem as if you might have a conflict of interest in editing Parental acceptance-rejection theory. You might want to read WP:COI for suggestions on how to proceed in editing on this topic, because I have a feeling your edits, and especially your nomination of the article for deletion, are going to get a lot of scrutiny due to your username. I have no particular opinion on this matter, but you seem to be new to wikipedia, so I thought I'd let you know. Please feel free to ask if you have questions about this.&mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 20:08, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback provided yesterday. When my research assistant began the Wikipedia entry for Parental Acceptance-Rejection Theory (PARTheory) back in May, she just made up a username for registering the account. I am the Director of the not-for-profit Ronald and Nancy Rohner Center for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection located at the University of Connecticut's Department of Human Development and Family Studies (www.csiar.uconn.edu).

We now have a new research assistant recently assigned the task of modifying our Wikipedia entry "Parental Acceptance-Rejection Theory." Is there any way to complete this project without a controversial problem with editing? The APA and APS have suggested and encourage researchers in psychology to create Wikipedia entries, and our Center is simply making that attempt. Do you have any suggestions?

Rohner Research (talk) 16:17, 11 November 2011 (UTC)Ronald P. Rohner

OK, if there's more than one of you all editing under this account, that's definitely not OK. See WP:NOSHARE for information about that. Also, you could read WP:ORGNAME for more detailed info on why your username is problematic. I'm going to drop a note about this on the conflict of interest noticeboard, WP:COIN so that editors with more experience can help advise you. I'm absolutely not reporting on you or trying to get you in trouble or anything. That's just the best place to go to get expert advice on this kind of situation. At a minimum, though, you should think about changing your username to something other than the name of your organization, and you should have anyone who's going to be editing get a separate account. There may be more, but I'll let the folks at COIN tell you about it. Thanks for talking about it; being communicative is really an important thing at wikipedia.&mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 16:31, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Here's the note I left on the conflict of interest noticeboard: Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard. They'll be happy to give you advice on how to edit articles on material that you're so closely connected with.  It's not impossible, but there are steps to be taken, and they know what they are.&mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 16:42, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company, organization, or clients. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
 * What can I do now?


 * Add the text on your user talk page.
 * Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy.
 * Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, please see how to appeal a block. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  16:45, 11 November 2011 (UTC) I have written an email to Orangemike about this, but I really find all of this a waste of my time. Rohner Research (talk) 17:59, 11 November 2011 (UTC)Ronald P. Rohner


 * It's also a shared account, see Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. – ukexpat (talk) 20:35, 11 November 2011 (UTC)