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{{unblock|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:13, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
Hochschule Magdeburg (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
Do I understand correctly that my username is not compatible with your policy because it represents a university? My user account exists several years already and had also been verified. So I am not sure about changing the username. Will the verification stay if I change the username? Or ist it possible to change the englisch username only? In the German Wikipedia this username seems to be ok, and as I said, has already been verified as being used by the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal. It was set up by the press speaker of the university and is now used by me, the web editor. This username had been chosen to make obvious and transparent that the information we provide comes from the university itself. Our goal is not to advertise the university, but to provide information on our university and also related topics. The article I tried to set up was a simple translation of the already existing German article, so I cannot really understand why this should be advertising. Could you just tell me what to do to get rid off this block? Do I have to change the name or is there another possibility? how can I make clear this is an account by my university? I do not intend to use Wikipedia in a way which is against your policies, but I also need a name which is clearly connected to the university.
Decline reason:
Note that the German Wikipedia and the English Wikipedia have different rules. Here, WP:USERNAME, WP:COI, WP:PAID, and WP:PROMO apply, all of which you've been violating. If your goal here is to write about Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, this is the end of the line. If you wish to write about subject areas for which you have no conflict of interest, please follow the instructions above. Note that your username is only a small part of the problem here, but if you are renamed, that would apply to the German Wikipedia, too. Yamla (talk) 11:34, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
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