Universität Bremen

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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Universität Bremen. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article University of Bremen, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Murph9000 (talk) 14:53, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you Murph9000! This is an account created by Universität Bremen (University of Bremen), which was verified by Wikipedia after registration. We update the article about the University to make sure facts are correct and up to date. We always try to add the best citation available. Please let us know if there is anything we need to do additionally. Edit:

We have noted that our Account on Wikipedia.org looks different from our account in the German Wikipedia (see: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Universit%C3%A4t_Bremen). Is it possible to have this account the same way as in the German Wikipedia, meaning that we can edit our "own" article? We do not aim to spread marketing texts, but want to make sure the article is always up to date.Universität Bremen (talk) 15:17, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Universität Bremen We (the English Wikipedia) do not have a reciprocal policy as far as I know, like the one on the German Wikipedia with regard to shared/official accounts. You can have a username that identifies each user an individual. When you say "we" - how many people have access to this account? As far as the content goes, because of your conflict of interest, you should request edits on the talk page where an uninvolved editor will either implement them or decline based on en-wp policy. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 15:42, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Sorry for the confusion, "we" as in the institution. Only one editor (me) has access to this account. It appears that the policies of English and German Wikipedia are conflicting. German Wikipedia encourages institutions to use an account that identifies the user as the institution. They offer a verification for such accounts (see here on the University's account page: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Universit%C3%A4t_Bremen). The article "University of Bremen" is marked as part of the WikiProject Germany, I am not sure if that makes any difference. However, it seems the policy here is different from German Wikipedia so I will of course not edit any further and instead suggest edits. Thank you for bringing this to my attention!Universität Bremen (talk) 08:10, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created University of Bremen, and I noticed that your username, "Universität Bremen", 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 "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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