Bureau of Meteorology social media officer

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Hello, Bureau of Meteorology social media officer, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Good afternoon. I see that your first few edits on Wikipedia have been reverted because they breached Wikipedia's content guidelines (mentioned in earlier comments on this page) about referencing, and "blowing your own trumpet". If you want to rewrite large chunk's of the Bureau of Meteorology article, it might be best for you to draft it in a sandbox or draft and invite other Wikipedia editors to review it before it is inserted into the article.

Other areas that you might be able to help Wikipedia given your access and skills might be to review and insert climate data into articles about Australian places. Some place articles (such as Adelaide) have information about climate and weather, but there are many articles about rural areas (a cluster of examples is Nuriootpa, South Australia, Tanunda, South Australia, Barossa Valley and Barossa Valley (wine)) that do not have this information because reliable information is not easily available online to most Wikipedia editors. As just about every rural post office has collected daily weather data for many years, I assume that the BoM has vast libraries of data that could be used to enhance the article on almost every page about a place that has or had a post office. Would this be something that is in your remit as a social media officer?

Again, welcome. I hope that your first experience has not been too negative, and encourage you to engage with other Australian editors at Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board if you want some advice or encouragement. Wikipedia is not a promotional platform, but well-sourced weather and climate information would be greatly appreciated. --Scott Davis ^Talk 03:38, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Hello, In case you're not aware, there's a discussion concerning this account at Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board#Fine line. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:44, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

FYI: Wikipedia:ISU#Usernames implying shared use

Hi BOM social media officer. I predict that someone will challenge your user name here on Wikipedia soon. So you have a head start, please be aware of Wikipedia policy on user names that imply shared use by a company or institution: Wikipedia:ISU#Usernames implying shared use. Cheers, Donama (talk) 04:16, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

November 2015

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy.

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 ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page. Thank you. Diannaa (talk) 00:27, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Your creation of this account was done in good faith

Hi I think your creation of this account was done in good faith. As an employee of the BOM, please have a look at the GLAM-Wiki initiative (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) where institutions like yours partner with Wikimedia to provide content as Wikipedians in residence. Donama (talk) 22:33, 26 November 2015 (UTC)