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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Fahrradmonteur.de", may not comply with our username policy. You may not use a username that represents the name of an organization, product, or service, such as "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not your role, such as "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".
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Wikimedia Commons is a separate project with its own rules. Our only concern is that your username violates English Wikipedia's username policy. Please take the steps to correct this as described above, or your account may be blocked.
(Translated from English to German with Google Translate)
Dies ist die englische Wikipedia. Bitte verfassen Sie Ihre Kommentare daher auf Englisch. Falls Sie auf Deutsch kommunizieren müssen, fügen Sie bitte eine Übersetzung Ihres ursprünglichen Kommentars bei.
Bitte melden Sie sich in Ihrem Konto an, damit wir wissen, dass wir mit der Person kommunizieren, die das Konto erstellt hat.
Wikimedia Commons ist ein separates Projekt mit eigenen Regeln. Uns ist lediglich aufgefallen, dass Ihr Benutzername gegen die Richtlinien für Benutzernamen der englischen Wikipedia verstößt. Bitte befolgen Sie die oben beschriebenen Schritte, um dies zu korrigieren, andernfalls kann Ihr Konto gesperrt werden. --Drm310🍁 (talk) 15:20, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
(Automatic translation!) I do not edit here, nor will I do so in the future. My username complies with Commons rules. I use this account to upload images to Commons—either images I use on my private site via Instant Commons or ones I originally uploaded there myself. In the past, I have several times faced suspicions of copyright infringement from people who were unaware of what my site was. Fahrradmonteur.de (talk) 19:17, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
I've done some additional research on our policies regarding usernames and sockpuppetry, and consulted with other administrators. If you don't intend to edit English Wikipedia with this account, then there are no issues with your current usage. Using this account only for image uploads to Wikimedia Commons is a legitimate use of alternate accounts.
Thank you for clarifying the situation, and I apologize for any confusion this may have caused. Take care.
(Translation / Übersetzung)
Ich habe unsere Richtlinien zu Benutzernamen und Sockenpuppe nochmals geprüft und mich mit anderen Administratoren beraten. Wenn Sie mit diesem Account nicht die englische Wikipedia bearbeiten möchten, ist Ihre aktuelle Nutzung unproblematisch. Die Verwendung dieses Accounts ausschließlich zum Hochladen von Bildern auf Wikimedia Commons ist eine legitime Nutzung von Zweitaccounts.
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Fahrradmonteur.de", may not comply with our username policy. You may not use a username that represents the name of an organization, product, or service, such as "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not your role, such as "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".