User talk:IBUMedia Center
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[edit]Hi IBUMedia Center! I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay.
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Happy editing! CommanderF1 (talk) 07:28, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia policy is that a user account is for an individual person in his or her personal capacity, not for an organisation, so you shouldn't continue to edit wirh your current user name. However, a user name such as "John Smith at UBL Media Centre" would be fine, indicating that the account is for one person while at the same time showing your connection to the organisation. Also, no matter what user name you use, you should read the guideline on conflict of interest, and make sure you edit in accordance with it. JBW (talk) 07:45, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
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You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. 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.
If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} 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
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Thank you. GirthSummit (blether) 08:13, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, IBUMedia Center. 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 conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. 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, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
- propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
- disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
- 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 are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.
Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Warning: You ignored my message above, and continued to edit contrary to Wikipedia's user name policy and conflict of interest guidelines, and the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use relating to paid editing. If you do so again you are likely to be blocked from editing without the option of creating a new account. JBW (talk) 08:24, 30 May 2020 (UTC)