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February 2009
If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
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Company names as usernames
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope not to seem unfriendly or make you feel unwelcome, but I noticed your username, and I am concerned that it might not meet Wikipedia's username policy for the following reason: "Use of Wikipedia for promotion of a company or group is not permitted, and accounts that do this will be blocked. Use of a company or group name as a username is not explicitly prohibited, but it is not recommended, and depending on the circumstances may be seen as a problem. (see WP:Username_policy)". After you look over that policy, could we discuss that concern here?

I'd appreciate learning your own views, for instance your reasons for wanting this particular name, and what alternative username you might accept that avoids raising this concern.

You have several options freely available to you:
 * If you can relieve my concern through discussing it here, I can stop worrying about it.
 * If the two of us can't agree here, we can ask for help through Wikipedia's dispute resolution process, such as requesting comments from other Wikipedians. Wikipedia administrators usually abide by agreements reached through this process.
 * You can keep your contributions history under a new username. Visit Changing username and follow the guidelines there.

Dori (Talk • Contribs) 01:40, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors;
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam); and,
 * 4) avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Cerejota (talk) 08:34, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

  Please let me know how we can upload the logo of The Change Group,if the original refercences, see also can be included —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thechangegroup (talk • contribs)  — Thechangegroup (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia, because it has been identified as an account used for promotion of a company or group, with a username that implies that this has been done by that company or group. See FAQ/Organization and Conflict of interest''.

This kind of activity is considered spamming and forbidden by policies, and also violates our username policy.

However, if you feel that there has been a mistake in your blocking, please appeal this block by adding the text   or email the administrator who blocked you. Your reason should include your response to this issue and a new username you wish to adopt that does not violate our username policy (specifically, understand that accounts are for individuals, not companies or groups, and that your username should reflect this). Please check that your new username has not already been taken by checking this list. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  16:13, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

I would like to change my user name to moneychanger and would also like to upload a logo. I would like to know how the logo's of some companies have been permitted and how I could upload a logo of The Change Group.As far as the comment about advertsing is concerned it doesnt seem to wash as it is etremely unlikely that a customer would be influenced by this page. I see it as an avenue to let the world know about the existence of The Change Group which should not be misrepresneted with advertising (which seeks to increase revenue).The link to a charity run by the organisation treefoundation.org has also been removed which is rather surprising.{subst:unsigned|Thechangegroup}}Please do not add advertising or inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.


 * I'm not an admin, but I can help with some of your questions:
 * The problem with your previous logo was that it was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons—and while that's fine for most images, they don't accept any with a claim of fair use.
 * You can upload a low-res logo to Wikipedia, which can then be used under fair use so long as you follow the Non-free use rationale guidelines.Some examples of logos following these guidelines are:
 * Oanda.png
 * CustomHouse logo.png
 * Tesco Personal Finance.png
 * I removed the mention of the charity because I was not able to find any reliable sources (such as news reports) that covered The Change Group's connection to the Tree Foundation. That doesn't mean they don't exist, so if you have access to verifiable coverage of the two working together, that would be welcome.
 * As regards advertising, well, you may say that it's solely to increase revenue, but that's not how Wikipedia sees it. Consequently, information that comes from (for example) a company's website or a press release is considered to be advertising. I cannot recommend too strongly that you read the FAQ for businesses and organizations.
 * In particular, note how that article answers, "Can my organization have an account?" Because of this, I doubt an admin will change your username to User:Moneychanger (although—as I mentioned above—I'm not an admin, so I can't say for sure), and would prefer you to use the name of an individual. You can find the username policy here.
 * If you have any other questions that I can help with, please feel free to ask on my talk page. Dori (Talk • Contribs) 00:41, 17 February 2009 (UTC)


 * "I see it as an avenue to let the world know about the existence of The Change Group": that's intention to promote, what we call "spamming" around here. It's not permitted. If the world doesn't already know about The Change Group, then by definition it's not notable, and an article about it has no place here. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  01:04, 17 February 2009 (UTC)