[WikiEN-l] Username blocks on companies

Mon Jun 19 02:23:44 UTC 2006

Also, we have no way to know if that person is indeed from that company - it
could be someone trying to give them a bad reputation.  I think the blocks
were completely in order.

mboverload

On 6/18/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Erik Moeller wrote:
> > I don't know how common this is:
> >
> > # 01:30, June 19, 2006 RadioKirk blocked "Shout magazine (contribs)"
> > with an expiry time of indefinite (username, existing company)
> > # 01:02, June 19, 2006 RadioKirk blocked "Shi star entertainment
> > (contribs)" with an expiry time of indefinite (username, existing
> > company)
> > # 21:04, June 18, 2006 RadioKirk blocked "ParsInternet (contribs)"
> > with an expiry time of indefinite (Username (name of existing
> > company))
> > # 00:59, June 19, 2006 RadioKirk blocked "Hammond Publishing
> > (contribs)" with an expiry time of indefinite (username, existing
> > company)
> >
> > Given that we probably want people to identify who they work for,
> > especially when editing articles where this is relevant, is it a good
> > idea to block company accounts without any edits on sight?
>
> Yes. Firstly, it's an unacceptable username; secondly, it could be seen
> as a "group account"; thirdly, it could be being used for impersonation.
>
> > If so, perhaps we should at least modify the talk plage template to
> > indicate to the user how they can put the company information on
> > their user page? See
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hammond_Publishing for an
> > example of the current template.
>
> People identifying the company they work for shouldn't be editing the
> article on that company, per [[WP:AUTO]] and [[WP:CORP]].
>
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