User talk:Wikimedia Colombia

August 2021
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. It also appears that your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization, person or cause that you consider worthwhile. Unfortunately, many good causes are not sufficiently notable for their own Wikipedia article, and all users are discouraged from editing in any area where they have an inherent conflict of interest. You may wish to consider one of these alternative outlets. While user names that are the names of organizations are not permitted, you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Foundation", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87". Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit. Please also note that you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87". 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. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. Thank you. Cabayi (talk) 07:23, 4 August 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm not quite sure why this is not written in English - if you were using it to communicate on en-wiki then presumably any comms locally would be in English. If it's not, then it being blocked locally seems fairly irrelevant?


 * - in a line of policy I've not read before, WP:SHARED does allow for non-editing shared accounts. The account does have the userrights it claims, making it unlikely it's a misnamed fake. We could enact an article-space ban to enforce it and unblock the rest? Nosebagbear (talk) 19:36, 9 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the ping . I was responding to a UAA report of a new account with a username claiming to represent Colombia with no evidence in sight to support it. I should have checked SUL/CA as it had the rights at the point I blocked the account.
 * The account's remit (on my very poor understanding of Spanish) is for messaging the Colombian Chapter/User-group members. Their only edits on enwiki were because of the block I placed. I'll lift the block without restriction. The account shouldn't be blemished by undeserved blocks, and I don't believe the account will be used to edit enwiki (other than to appeal my dumb block). Cabayi (talk) 20:58, 9 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello Nosebagbear and Cabayi. I'm sorry for not writing in English, you are right. We request the unlocking because it really gives us a bad reputation as a chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation to have accounts blocked in some project.  With this account we do not intend to edit articles or participate in voting, simply if someone from enwiki were to join our chapter, we could be in contact with that person on their talk page.  Thank you very much for your help and I am sorry if my English is not perfectly understood. Wikimedia Colombia (talk) 21:57, 9 August 2021 (UTC)