User talk:Sorbonneparis

Welcome![edit]

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May 2019[edit]

This is your only warning; if you add defamatory content to Wikipedia again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Doug Weller talk 07:25, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My response to WARNING[edit]

The warning was NOT JUSTIFIED (see my discussion at your TALK)and I would appreciate if you would remove it. Thanks very much indeed.Sorbonneparis (talk) 15:00, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've suggested moving the discussion on my talk page to WP:BLPN to get a wider input. Doug Weller talk 16:15, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

AGAIN (this is now my WARNING to DOUG WELLER: Would you PLEASE remove this unjustified WARNING.Sorbonneparis (talk) 15:44, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I can't do that as I'm not convinced I was wrong. And you wording definitely violated WP:NPOV. You can delete it yourself of course, we allow that and take it as meaning you've read it. Doug Weller talk 16:41, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

UK lecturers are the equivalent of professors elsewhere[edit]

Senior lecturers are the equivalent of full professors with other grades being the equivalent of junior professors. To suggest on Wikipedia that this was misrepresentation is a violation of WP:BLP. Note that discussion on Research.gate fails WP:RS. Doug Weller talk 07:36, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Explanation[edit]

Sorry, you misunderstood the correction and were probably not informed about the regulations. Equivalent means just "equivalent" but it does not mean to have a power to be used in a foreign country without original qualification. Would you please examine my comment below, consider putting back my changes and remove your warning addressed to me. One of the "Professors" was senior lecturer in UK. Radeljic was Senior lecturer in UK. The other were not, but they also claimed to be "Professors". Yet even if some title may be equivalent, this does not mean it could be used publically in other country and the law forbids to use the titles that are not recognised by some official body (University or similar) of the country where they are used. For example, in Germany:

Using foreign university degrees, titles, or positions in Berlin is regulated in Sec. 34a of the Berlin Higher Education Act (Berliner Hochschulgesetz, BerlHG). It is prohibited to use a degree, title, or position in a way that deviates from the provisions in Sec. 34a BerlHG and can even have criminal consequences (Sec. 132a German Criminal Code, StGB). University degrees and titles that were purchased may not be used. According to Sec. 34a(1) BerlHG, a foreign university degree, title, or position may be used regularly • only in the original form, that is, precisely the form in which it was awarded, • with the inclusion of the university that awarded the degree (known as the “origin information”). Reference: Senatskanzlei Berlin, Berliner Rathaus, Jüdenstr. 1, 10178 Berlin: https://www.berlin.de/sen/wissenschaft/en/university-studies/artikel.711552.en.php

In EU the rules are similar: "If your profession is regulated in the EU country where you want to practice, you may need to apply to get your professional qualification recognized there." (reference: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/professional-qualifications/regulated-professions/index_en.htm)Sorbonneparis (talk) 17:02, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Doug Weller talk 19:21, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I should have told you about these particular "rules" that we have for BLPs. We take biographies of living people extremely seriously. I've replied on my talk page and will get back to you tomorrow. Doug Weller talk 19:23, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved this to[edit]

WP:BLPN Doug Weller talk 20:20, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your username[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Sorbonneparis", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "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".

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There is no "name" that denotes just one single exclusive concept or thing. Connotations also always overlap. The rules that you mention must, to be effective, be very well defined. Apparently they are not clear enough. Your name contains a fragment "genije" that is in wide use for number of other things and implies something that is not possessed only by you. I would greatly appreciate if you would SPECIFICALLY state how, in what exact respect, by matching the explicit rule and the fragments of my username, violate the mentioned rules. Thank you very much indeed.Sorbonneparis (talk) 09:54, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]