User talk:University of Piraeus

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July 2023

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "University of Piraeus", 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, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

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Paid editing

Hello University of Piraeus. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:University of Piraeus. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=University of Piraeus|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. --Hammersoft (talk) 03:03, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Editing on behalf of the university

Hi. Whatever your username you can't edit on behalf of the university. You've got a conflict of interest. Secretlondon (talk) 08:08, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

July 2023

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, or website, I have blocked this account from editing. You are welcome to continue editing after you have chosen a new username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy.

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Thank you. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:35, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

University of Piraeus (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

UserUnipigr (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Your reason here Dear Wikipedia Support Team,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to appeal the recent block on my Wikipedia account, username "University of Piraeus," and to request a change of my username to "UserUnipi.gr."

Firstly, I want to express my sincere apologies for any unintended violations of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines that may have led to my account being blocked. I am currently unaware of the reasons for the block, as I did not receive any prior notification or warning. I have always endeavored to contribute positively to the Wikipedia community and abide by its rules.

My primary motive for requesting a username change is to update my identity on Wikipedia to better align with my online presence and activities. "UserUnipi.gr" reflects my affiliation with the University of Piraeus and provides a more recognizable and appropriate username for my contributions.

I understand the importance of maintaining a transparent and accountable editing environment on Wikipedia, and I assure you that I will continue to adhere to the platform's policies and guidelines diligently.

In light of the above, I kindly request that you consider unblocking my account and granting my request for a username change to "UserUnipi.gr." I genuinely value the Wikipedia community and believe that my contributions can continue to be valuable to the platform.

Thank you for taking the time to review my appeal and request. I eagerly await your response and the opportunity to resume my contributions to this invaluable resource for knowledge sharing.

Decline reason:

Aside from the unacceptable nature of your choice of new username, I am declining this request because it was clearly written by an AI. We want to hear from you, not an AI. 331dot (talk) 08:56, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unipi.gr is the name of a website, and accordingly, is not an acceptable Wikipedia username. Cullen328 (talk) 01:18, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

UserUnipigr University of Piraeus (talk) 01:30, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Renamer note: That username is still about the University and not you, unless your name is user. - FlightTime (open channel) 01:40, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also not too different from your two rename requests. - FlightTime (open channel) 01:47, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

But I don’t want to use my real name, so I just want to use UserUnipigr as a username that is not about University. And I want to be unblocked. Thanks. University of Piraeus (talk) 02:12, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's up to our Administrators, I was just pointing out my concerns. - FlightTime (open channel) 02:32, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in mind, no matter what username you end up with, you can not make the same type of edits you were making, they'll still be COI editing. You'll need to use {{Edit COI}} to make requests and have other editors make them for you. - FlightTime (open channel) 02:39, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

UTRS appeal #76496 is closed. I told them the same thing. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 06:45, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please read and heed WP:PAID -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 06:45, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We are not your support team. We are not here to support you efforts to use Wikipedia in a promotional manner. We are the team that blocks people from breaking Wikipedia Community rules. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 06:47, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to use your real name. You can have an individual name that does not promote your employer. Do you think FlightTime or Deepfriedokra are our real names. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 06:48, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Many minions of organizations cannot see themselves as having a separate identity from their employer. Dig deep. You are more than that. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 06:52, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As noted, you don't need to use your real name, but your name needs to be individualistic. 331dot (talk) 09:01, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good Lord! Are we talking to a bot?! -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:33, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]