User talk:Sean at SpringfieldCollegeArchives

Help me!
Is this an acceptable use for an account on Wikipedia?

This account has been established by the Springfield College Archives with the expressed goal of adding new content to Wikipedia relating to individuals in our collections that have no prior biographical article associated with them. We will be formatting these articles based on the biographical notes from the finding aids and providing digitized primary source materials. An example: Nearly finished processing the Peter V. Karpovich papers, there is only a brief biographical article in German, we would like to create an English article detailing the biography of Karpovich, a student of Ivan Pavlov, and notable Physical Education scholar who brought the field into the realm of science.

We are not sure if this type of use has been established before, IE an institutional entity that wants to help create new factual based content for individuals that are significant in their fields of study, but due to the nature of archival processing have not yet been given an article on Wikipedia.

We got a note on self promotion and want to ensure that we are acting in good faith, and are seeking to promote the distribution of factual information hitherto kept in the dark as either unprocessed or lacking in sufficient digital foot print.

SpringfieldCollegeArchives (talk) 16:28, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * ALas, no. I have removed the promo looking content from the user page. Please read WP:Paid for more info about the disclosure you need to make. You had the right idea if we remove the mission statement. I will lay on a template to explain the rest.

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 or request a change of username. 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.


 * Unfortunately not quite, for two reasons. Firstly, Wikipedia does not allow shared use of accounts. Your username as well as your use of "we" to refer to yourselves indicates that this is a shared account. Each of you should create an individual account. If you want your usernames to be associated with the Springfield College Archives, usernames such as "John at Springfield College Archives" would be acceptable. Secondly, Wikipedia content must be based on reliable published secondary sources that are independent of the subject, such as textbooks, peer-reviewed scholarly papers, or newspapers or reputable magazines. Whether the biographical notes in the finding aids meet Wikipedia's standards of reliability is debatable (personally I'd advise you put that question to the reliable sources noticeboard if you aren't sure about the reliability after reading the guideline), but primary source material clearly is not an appropriate source for Wikipedia content. You may want to take a look at WP:GLAM, though; it's a project to encourage collaborations between cultural institutions such as yours and Wikipedia (and related Wikimedia Foundation projects). Huon (talk) 18:16, 3 October 2017 (UTC)


 * globally renamed SpringfieldCollegeArchives to Sean at SpringfieldCollegeArchives (Per user request) Just Chilling (talk) 20:36, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * But it's not only the username that is s problem. We do not allow shared account regardless of username. Also, WP:COI editing is strongly discouraged regardless of the username. What kind of edits do you intend to make if unblocked? Do you intend to continue writing about the Springfield College Archives?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:02, 3 October 2017 (UTC)