User talk:Vinny the Dolphin

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Vinny the Dolphin (talk · contribs) has been paid by College of Mount Saint Vincent on their behalf.

July 2018

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Cmsv wikipedia", 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 permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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Renaming request

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Orphaned non-free image File:College of Mount Saint Vincent seal.jpg

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August 2020

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.

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Thank you. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:44, 31 August 2020 (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.

Vinny the Dolphin (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

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

Request reason:

I want to change the username to not include wikipedia sorry about that! Don't want any of the content to be lost. Cmsv wikipedia (talk) 19:16, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Decline reason:

That username still includes "wikipedia". Additionally, you will be expected to abide by WP:COI once unblocked. Yamla (talk) 19:28, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cmsv_wikipedia should be renamed to CMSV_web -- is that possible?

No. You need something that identifies you as an individual. It doesn't have to be your real name, but we don't want a "role" account. See WP:USERNAME. We want an account that clearly belongs to just a single person. Remember, you'll be expected to abide by WP:COI once unblocked, so you won't be writing about the College of Mount Saint Vincent. --Yamla (talk) 20:47, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ok! What about Vinny the Dolphin? Otherwise please advise what type of account name the web person at Mount Saint Vincent should have to curate the College of Mount Saint Vincent wikipedia page? That's all I want. Thank you so much!

Renamed, so I've unblocked you. I say again, though, WP:COI applies. You are expected not to curate the College of Mount Saint Vincent page. You may be blocked if you continue to violate WP:COI. Stick to pages for which you have no conflict of interest, please. --Yamla (talk) 21:30, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! But if I can't curate the College of Mount Saint Vincent page, how does Yale University update their page for instance? I can make whatever credits necessary. Should I add Template:connected contributor to my user page? Or this Template:connected contributor (paid)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinny the Dolphin (talk • contribs) 21:34, August 31, 2020 (UTC)

Editors who have a conflict of interest with a subject should avoid editing that article directly. Instead, you should make requests or suggestions in the article's Talk page so that other editors can evaluate and possibly carry out those requests and suggestions. ElKevbo (talk) 02:32, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Does the note that I added to the top of my contributor page work?

COI

Stop! Please revert the last three edits you made to College of Mount Saint Vincent. You are welcome to suggest edits on the article's talk page, but shouldn't be directly editing the article. --Yamla (talk) 15:47, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ok then do I go to the talk version of the article and say that I would like the following update and say what the update is? Who is going to make the actual edits? Thank you!

You can suggest edits on the article's talk page, being clear that you have a conflict of interest. Maybe nobody will think the edits are appropriate. If so, the edits won't be made. However, you hope to be convincing enough that someone without a conflict of interest will wish to make the edits for you. Again, though, if your only goal here is to write about the College of Mount Saint Vincent, this is basically the end of the line. We expect you will primarily contribute in areas for which you have no conflict of interest, as has been repeatedly pointed out to you. --Yamla (talk) 17:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

September 2020

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a message letting you know that one or more of your recent edits to College of Mount Saint Vincent has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.

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Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 15:50, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Could someone approve this addition? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:College_of_Mount_Saint_Vincent if not, how can I get them go through? Thank you!

Remember, we aren't interested in you if your only goal is to write about the College of Mount Saint Vincent, as appears to be the case so far. WP:COI tells you how to suggest edits. There's absolutely no guarantee that your edits will ever be made, though. --Yamla (talk) 15:13, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]