User talk:Diegesandclust
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Where do I put these four tildes (Diegesandclust (talk) 00:05, 13 September 2012 (UTC)) and do I put my name after it? The information is strictly factual so I cannot write much more or it would be conjecture. The information is verifiable from Hunt Auctions, eBay, Google and Wikipedia itself (see 1904 Olympic medal and Eagle Scout Medal). I am the grandson of Col. Chas. J. Dieges (founder of Dieges & Clust) and although he died 21 days before I was born the information can be verified from the above sources. I wrote ONLY what I know is factual. Also, There is no company, group, institution, or website. Not since January 1, 1980. So there is no conflict of interest from my user name. I would like to impart this knowledge and hope you will help get this DIEGES & CLUST information on your site as there is no one else to do it. Sincerely, Michael Weigner
Put four tildes after you're done writing and it will sign your post for you. Or you can click the signature template in the editing window. Have fun. Go Phightins! (talk) 02:18, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
September 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw how you edited or created Dieges & Clust, and I noticed that the username you have chosen, "Diegesandclust", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, or website, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or have the appearance of shared use. Please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Dori ☾Talk ☯ Contribs☽ 21:31, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
- I have added a couple of references to the page Dieges & Clust, and I've left some more avenues for investigation on the talkpage there. Please attend to DoriSmith's comment above as soon as possible; usernames such as yours are generally blocked on sight - often by me. Before you make any other edits to Wikipedia, please do the following:
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- Concerning my user name...There is no company, group, institution, or website involved with DiegeandClust...Not since January 1, 1980. That was 32 years ago. So, there is no conflict of interest in my user name. Dieges is my mother's maiden name and Clust was my maternal grandfathers friend who has not been alive for over a century. These names are near and dear to me. Clust gave my grandfather (Dieges) his big break. I am one of the last authorities on Dieges & Clust and I am fairly certain (at over 100 items) I have the largest collection of Dieges & Clust if not one of the largest collections. However, if you are still adamant about changing my username, please change it to Michael Dieges as I do not want to use my last name or change it to something that you think would be proper. I am going to need quite some help with this Dieges & Clust article and the corrections/citation needed on Roman Bronze Works and The Heisman Trophy as my arthritis is quite debilitating and even what I am writing here takes me several hours to type. Can you get this Dieges & Clust talk page to an actual article for all of us. I have very limited knowledge of how to do this. Thank you for any help you can give me. Diegesandclust (talk) 23:46, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
- I just notified Yunshui and DoriSmith of your message. They will probably show up in the next day or two. I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 01:33, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
- I'm neither a bureaucrat nor an admin, so I'm not quite sure what further help I can be in this situation. Yunshui is an admin, so he should be able to help move things along. Dori ☾Talk ☯ Contribs☽ 02:15, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
- To be honest, given your comments above, this seems to be a bit of a grey area. Whilst our policy is clear that "Usernames that are simply names of companies or groups are not permitted", the reasoning behind this is that such names imply either promotional intent or shared access to the account (both of which are verboten under other policies). Since your username reflects a company that no longer exists (and therefore would be neither promotional nor shared), I'm inclined to believe that it satisfies the spirit, if not the letter, of the policy. Given the attachement you have to the username, I think this could be an instance to ignore all rules and leave it as it is. If you have no objection, I will place a message at the top of this page to inform other editors of the mitigating circumstances. (Note that this is just my opinion; others may feel differently and have the right to open a request for comment on the matter if they do.)
- As regards the article; I tend not to do much content work at present, and then only in areas that interest me (sporting trophies, whilst fascinating to those who are into such things, don't really do it for me). As such, I'm personally unlikely to do much more with the article. However, rather than leave you to struggle with it alone, I'll do some category editing and add it to a WikiProject or two, which will make editors who do take an interest in such subjects aware of the page. I'll also see if I can de-orphan it to get a bit more traffic headed its way.
- Should you need help at any point with Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, editing process or anything else, please feel free to ask me; you can leave me a message by clicking here. All the best, Yunshui 雲水 06:58, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
- I'm neither a bureaucrat nor an admin, so I'm not quite sure what further help I can be in this situation. Yunshui is an admin, so he should be able to help move things along. Dori ☾Talk ☯ Contribs☽ 02:15, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
- I just notified Yunshui and DoriSmith of your message. They will probably show up in the next day or two. I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 01:33, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
- Concerning my user name...There is no company, group, institution, or website involved with DiegeandClust...Not since January 1, 1980. That was 32 years ago. So, there is no conflict of interest in my user name. Dieges is my mother's maiden name and Clust was my maternal grandfathers friend who has not been alive for over a century. These names are near and dear to me. Clust gave my grandfather (Dieges) his big break. I am one of the last authorities on Dieges & Clust and I am fairly certain (at over 100 items) I have the largest collection of Dieges & Clust if not one of the largest collections. However, if you are still adamant about changing my username, please change it to Michael Dieges as I do not want to use my last name or change it to something that you think would be proper. I am going to need quite some help with this Dieges & Clust article and the corrections/citation needed on Roman Bronze Works and The Heisman Trophy as my arthritis is quite debilitating and even what I am writing here takes me several hours to type. Can you get this Dieges & Clust talk page to an actual article for all of us. I have very limited knowledge of how to do this. Thank you for any help you can give me. Diegesandclust (talk) 23:46, 13 September 2012 (UTC)