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Daniel Case (talk) 19:22, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

GEBC at Meridians Journal (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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GEBC at Meridians Journal (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

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Renamed so unblocked. Note that your prior edit was inappropriate and your very next edit must be to declare your conflict of interest, as per WP:COI. You should refrain from writing about Meridians Journal and anything else for which you have a conflict of interest. Yamla (talk) 21:24, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am the new editorial assistant to the Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism journal. I was not aware of the account until now. Your message states I must refrain from writing about Meridians journal, but I know there are many academic journals with wikipedia pages. Could you help advise me on how to properly create a wikipedia page for our academic journal without violating any rules for Wikipedia? Thank you very much for your time. GEBC at Meridians Journal (talk) 22:43, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You should not do so. If this is your only goal, you need to step away. If not, you must immediately declare your conflict of interest, as required by WP:COI and as you've been warned to do, as your very next edit. --Yamla (talk) 00:21, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How could we have a page created for the journal? I have noticed that other academic journals have their own Wikipedia page. What is the process that we need to take for this to happen? 131.229.150.122 (talk) 17:35, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I wanted to follow up on my previous message. Please let me know when you can. 131.229.150.122 (talk) 19:07, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]