User talk:MVB420

June 2025

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Thank you. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 19:02, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll reply to your talk page query in due course, but your username is not permitted anyway Jimfbleak - talk to me? 19:04, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, why do you think your own website is an independent third-party source, as we require here? Jimfbleak - talk to me? 19:06, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is not. But the use of company pages is permissable.

From Wikipedia:Verifiability - Wikipedia

Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information about themselves, usually in articles about themselves or their activities, without the self-published source requirement that they are established experts in the field, so long as:

The material is neither unduly self-serving nor an exceptional claim;
It does not involve claims about third parties;
It does not involve claims about events not directly related to the source;
There is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity; and
The article is not based primarily on such sources.

This is how the links were used, to verify basic facts only. That aside, only a handful of links were pointing to the company website, the majority of links are to independent sources such as leading industry magazines, the leading industry organization that we received the award from, and others. MVBTechkonUSA (talk) 19:27, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

From Wikipedia:Article wizard

Referencing

Reliable, independent sources (see above) are preferred over non-independent sources
Non-independent sources (like company websites or press releases) can be used to verify basic facts only.

MVBTechkonUSA (talk) 19:32, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I understand, having a company name in my username is only against the rules if it's the only thing the username consists of.

From Wikipedia:Username policy - Wikipedia :

Usernames are not allowed on Wikipedia if they:

only contain the names of companies, organizations, websites, musical groups or bands, teams, clubs, creative groups, or organized events

Under Promotional Usernames:

However, usernames that contain such names are sometimes permissible; see § Usernames implying shared use below.

No shared use is implied in my username (nor the name of my colleague, TechkonSteph, who posted the article. To the contrary, we're openly disclosing our affiliation with the company, as required by Wikipedia rules. (The disclosure is also part of our User pages). MVBTechkonUSA (talk) 19:21, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Same thing about my username btw, but I realize that it is not obvious that MVB are my initials, and so I have in fact requested a username change. MVBTechkonUSA (talk) 19:28, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jimfbleak: This is a courtesy notification that this account's username has been changed from "MVBTechkonUSA" to "MVB420" via a global request. If the old username was the only reason for the block, their username now complies with the username policy and the account can be unblocked. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:57, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]