User talk:Universität Paderborn

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Universität Paderborn", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Aloneinthewild (talk) 21:36, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Universität Paderborn. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the request edit template);
 * disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:37, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

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. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:37, 27 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Ed, thank you very much for the information. I'm working for the PR-office at Paderborn University. A short time ago, we started to change outdated facts on the University Paderborn page. We've got a verification for our german page/account. See: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Universit%C3%A4t_Paderborn . Is it possible to unblock the account under the same circumstances? Beste Regards --Universität Paderborn (talk) 15:26, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, I don't speak for Ed and I am not an administrator, but I was the one who noticed your post and username today. The English Wikipedia has different policies about usernames than the German Wikipedia.  On the English Wikipedia, usernames that are that of an organization or group are not permitted unless the name itself indicates that it is used by an individual. For example, while "Microsoft Corporation" would not be acceptable, "BillGates of Microsoft Corporation" would be acceptable. I realize this is different than the German Wikipedia but it is a long standing policy on the English version. This difference in policies didn't matter too much until usernames were made global across all versions of Wikipedia(but username policies were not made global). If you don't want to change your name, you probably could register a username that you would only use here on the English Wikipedia that does comply with policy here. 331dot (talk) 15:40, 27 November 2017 (UTC)


 * You should also review the policies linked to above about conflict of interest and paid editing. I don't know about the German Wikipedia, but on the English Wikipedia those that represent an organization or business are strongly advised to not edit the article about their organization directly, instead suggesting changes on the talk page first. 331dot (talk) 15:43, 27 November 2017 (UTC)