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Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?
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I have restored the block notice. Please don't remove it as long as the block is in force. You are welcome to remove it if and when the block is lifted.JamesBWatson (talk) 20:14, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
I created the International Vaccine Access Center(IVAC) Wikipedia page for purely informational purposes to increase awareness about pneumonia, other infectious diseases, and vaccines that exist for these diseases in the developing world. IVAC is a non-profit center within the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the most prestigious school in Public Health in the country and the best authority on the issues that I intended to provide information on through this page. I understand that my page was blocked because my username made it sound as if I was promoting this organization and writing this page as an organization and not an individual. However, my intention in creating this article was not to promote IVAC in any way but instead to provide the general public with up-to-date information regarding pneumonia as well as other important public health issues revolving around vaccines and other infectious diseases on which IVAC is a well-established authority. If the page is unblocked, I will only provide informational data that is intended to teach the public about important public health issues related to infectious diseases and the information that IVAC can provide as an expert on the subject and as a center affiliated with the most knowledgeable and expert public health academic institution in the world.
Decline reason:
I have no reason to doubt your good faith in what you say. However, Wikipedia does not exist to provide a medium for an organisation to publicise its work or the issues on which it is working. You say that you wish "to teach the public about important public health issues", but teaching the general public is not part of Wikipedia's remit. Wikipedia limits itself to neutral reporting of what is already established in numerous reliable sources, and has a policy of not publishing new material, as well as not serving as a medium to promote or promulgate information on behalf of an organisation. The pages you created were, in my assessment, promoting the work of the organisation. From what you have written you seem to think that promoting what you regard as a good cause does not count as promotion, but it does. You may possibly find it of interest to read Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:12, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
