User talk:JenAPOPO

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Thank you. Alexf^(talk) 13:53, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

JenAPOPO (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

We are APOPO staff. We used an official email address to sign up. The purpose of this account is to fix various factual errors on APOPO and Magawa pages. We chose a username to reflect that these edits came from an official representative of our charity to prevent them from being reverted. It reflects poorly on our charity when false information regarding our work and research is presented. Thank you. APOPOstaff (talk) 14:20, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

I agree with you that having a username which indicates that you are connected to the organisation you are editing about is a good idea, but Wikipedia policy requires an account to be for one person, not for a group of people. A suitable arrangement would be for each of you to have an individual account, with usernames such as "Nedum at APOPO", "Mary at APOPO", and so on. That would both show your connection to APOPO and comply with Wikipedia's policies. In any case, Wikipedia policy does not allow your account to be unblocked to continue editing under its present name. JBW (talk) 14:36, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, APOPOstaff. 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. This applies no matter what username you use. JBW (talk) 14:37, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Renamed, unblocked, courtesy ping to Alexf - Cabayi (talk) 15:33, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]