User talk:SUNY Empire State

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, SUNY Empire State. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article Empire State College, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
instead propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 20:53, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

February 2016

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. 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.

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 {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page. Thank you. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:25, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I don't understand. We are a university. Why can't our user name reflect our university? I am the chief communications officer, and much of our Wikipedia page is now outdated, as I don't think it's been updated since 2016. Almost every college and university has a Wikipedia page. Please help me understand why we are blocked for editing. Thank you. SUNY Empire State (talk) 14:35, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Our name changed from SUNY Empire State College to Empire State University in March 2023. SUNY Empire State (talk) 14:36, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried to read and understand our Wikipedia:Username policy? Vanjagenije (talk) 18:47, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also, we have policy against the WP:Conflict of interest. If you are affiliated to the Empire State University, and you obviously are, you shouldn't directly edit the Empire State University page, because that would be the conflict of interest. Vanjagenije (talk) 18:50, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So an entity can't edit its own content to make sure it stays current and correct? SUNY Empire State (talk) 19:55, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have tried to read it, yes, but I don't understand it. SUNY Empire State (talk) 19:54, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In short:

(a) Wikipedia does not allow usernames that imply they belong to a company, organization or a group. That is because user accounts may only belong to individuals. Your username implies it belongs to the university. That is why you have to change the username (see above how to do it.)
(b) It is not allowed to directly edit pages if you have the WP:Conflict of interest. You are free to make WP:edit requests at Talk:Empire State University. Vanjagenije (talk) 20:40, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]