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September 2015
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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Ieagroup", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to be the name of a group or organisation, and suggests that more than one individual may have access to this account. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you.
Yunshui 雲水 13:11, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
The user name IEAGROUP does not violate Wikipedia policy. It is the registered name of my company and I am the only person who has access to it or has knowledge of the password. It is the username I use for a number of accounts and it has never been a problem. I hope this satisfies your query.
You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.
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 ~~~~}} below this notice.
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--Orange Mike | Talk 03:39, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
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Request reason:
Attention of Orange Mike: I have very carefully gone through all of Wikipedia's rules and policies and in no way can I agree with you that my ID name of IEAGROUP represents a "group" in any way whatsoever. It DOES NOT represent an organization or anybody else and I have been using it as my Wikipedia login for almost 20 years with no problem. I have been using this as my personal ID for many private aspects of my life since long before Wikipedia even existed. I have been an occasional financial contributor to Wikipedia whenever I have been able to afford it as I believe in the principles portrayed by Wikipedia. I have often corrected mistakes I see other authors have made sometimes factual and sometimes typos. Like you, I am an elderly user of Wikipedia and when I see problems I report them. I am requesting that my ID be unblocked. Thank you. Michael Dodds Ieagroup (talk) 15:59, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
Decline reason:
First of all, your account is five years old; Wikipedia itself is no older than 15 or so. Secondly, I found this edit of yours illuminating. "[...] acting on behalf of The IEA Group in the United States who, under CEO Michael R. Dodds [...]" So this name does not represent the IEA Group? Seriously? Huon (talk) 16:53, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
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Request reason:
Dear Administrator Huon I would like to correct an ambiguous statement made in a previous request relating to using IEAGROUP as my ID for Wikipedia, 20 years ago. What was intended was to say that this ID was originally generated back in the 80's and about 20 years ago I started using it as a personal ID for emails. I have no idea when I first started using it for Wikipedia so what I said is in fact not quite accurate. In the early to mid nineties the IEA Group under my control and it had a group of 5 executives including myself. Four of these executives are now dead and have been for some time and they never had access to my ID. I am the only person of that group left in existence. The IEA Group ceased to exist as a group after 1996 and any references to the IEA Group since, are purely relative to what I have done personally in the world since. On a login in March 2009 I corrected information that was published in Wikipedia relative to Zhoushan Airport, work that had been done in 1994-95. It is correct and accurate and is not promotional. You can look at other edits I have done in Wikipedia as IEAGROUP and you will find everything I have done has been in 100% compliance with Wikipedia's Policy and Rules and in particular I make absolutely certain that any edits are 100% correct and verifiable and there is never any conflict of interest. I hope this reassures you that my ID of IEAGROUP does not cover anybody else to use my ID neither does anyone else know my password. I am retired and certainly my Wikipedia ID is never used to propomote business and I have complete control of it at all times. I make a final request for you to unblock my access to Wikipedia. re Ieagroup (talk) 19:24, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
Decline reason:
I have no reason to doubt that you are acting in good faith, and that what you say is true. However, your username is unacceptable for the following reasons
- Wikipedia policy forbids "Usernames that unambiguously represent the name of a company, group, institution or product". Your name does unambiguously represent the name of a group, whether or not you are editing on behalf of that group, and whether or not the group still exists.
- Wikipedia policy forbids "Usernames implying shared use", which your username does, whether or not the implication of shared use is accurate.
- If, as you suggest, your account does not in fact represent a group, then it is a misleading username, as it gives the false impression that the account does so.
I fully appreciate that it must seem annoying and arbitrary that you are suddenly required to change username that you have used for years, but the fact is that as long as you were editing only occasionally, your username did not come to the attention of administrtaors. Now that it has come to our attention, it is clear that the username is contrary to Wikipedia's naming policy, and you cannot continue to use it. (If you wish to keep the reference to "Ieagroup", you may request a username which includes a reference to the group, while making it clear that the account is for an individual,such as "Fred of Ieagroup".) The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:11, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
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Conflict of interest
editI see that, contrary to what you appear to suggest above, several of your edits to articles have related to your company, and those edits cannot reasonably be regarded merely as "corrections" to existing content, as you added completely new content. For example, in this edit you added content about the IEA Group, which was not previously mentioned in the article at all; this edit did the same in another article; this edit added additional content relating to the "group", quite unlike anything previously mentioned. It is clear that at best you have, contrary to what you have said above, been editing with a conflict of interest, and really it is difficult to see those edits as anything other than an attempt to use Wikipedia to publicise the work of the group. Whether the group still exists or not, editing to promote or publicise anything or anyone is contrary to Wikipedia policy. If you make another unblock request, please make it clear that in future you will not edit in that way, as well as offering to change to a username which complies with Wikipedia policy. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:28, 28 September 2015 (UTC)