MPIPressOfficer Jeanine

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, and I noticed that your username, "MPIMuensterPresse", 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 invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 11:01, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Dear 331dot,

I just received a message that my username may not be correct.

Could you please change it from: MPIMuensterPresse to: Jeanine Mueller-Keuker at MPI Muenster

I'm sorry if I don't follow the correct channels to do so, I only edit Wikipedia for our Institute (I'm the press officer).

Best regards Jeanine

If you click the words "this form" in the message above, it will take you to where you can request a new username. Please note that per the Username policy usernames cannot be that of an organization or position; they must identify you as an individual user. You don't have to use your real name if you don't want to, but your username must indicate that you and only you personally are using it. If you want to indicate MPI in your name, you can format it as described above, such as "Jeanine at MPI".

You will also need to review the conflict of interest policy, as you should generally not directly edit in areas where you have a COI, instead first suggesting edits on the article talk page. I would also add that if you are a paid employee, you are required by Wikipedia's Terms of Use to clearly state that somewhere; either on this page, article talk pages, or in edit summaries when you edit.

I know this is probably a lot of information, and if you have any questions, please post them here; I will see them and respond. Thanks 331dot (talk) 11:14, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Dear 331dot, I'm not so quite sure how to rename then. On one hand, I am the press officer and I merely want the information on our institute and directors to be correct and relatively up to date. For this reason, I THOUGHT that putting the name of our institute (MPI would not be enough, since there are 80 Max Planck Institutes) would add credibility. However, Maybe I can just have my real private name? If anyone want to google me, I can be found quickly... So, just being a private person is fine, or? If so: with first and last name? Do you accept ü as well? Thanks!

All that really matters is that your name identify you as an individual and not a position. If you want to just use your name or a personal nickname, that's fine. If you want to have it in the suggested format of "Jeanine at MPI" or "MPIPressOfficer Jeanine", that's fine too.

Having the name of your institute in your username might not be a bad idea, as it will help indicate to others your association with the institute. The more open you are about your conflict of interest and possible paid association, the much better things will be for you in your editing.

I would again stress that you will need to review conflict of interest and the paid editing policies. Those don't mean that any changes you want will not be allowed, but there are certain steps that must be taken to ensure as neutral a point of view as possible. Again, if you have questions, please ask. Thanks 331dot (talk) 11:34, 11 August 2016 (UTC)