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A multiple-use name or anonymity pseudonym is a name used by many different people to protect anonymity. It is a strategy that has been adopted by many unconnected radical and cultural groups, where the construct of personal identity has been criticised.
- Disruptive Or Offensive Usernames
- Usernames with Libelous, Contentious, Or Non-Public Information
- Misleading Usernames
- Promotional Usernames
- Usernames Implying Shared Use
- Non-Script Usernames
- Confusing Usernames
- Exceptions
- No Action Necessary
- Talk to The User
The following types of usernames are not permitted, and will be immediately blocked upon discovery, because they are disruptive or offensive: 1. Usernames that are likely to offend other contributors or cause disruption to productive Wikipedia processes or discussions, or make harmonious editing difficult or impossible to achieve; e.g. by containin...
The following types of usernames are not permitted, and will be immediately blocked upon discovery, because they violate highly important and serious Wikipedia policies: 1. Usernames that contain contentious or disparaging statements about another person (whether they be another editor, a notable living or recently deceased person, etc). 2. Usernam...
The following types of usernames are not permitted because they may be misleadingin a way that disrupts the project: 1. Usernames that impersonate other people (see § Real names and § Similar usernamesbelow). 2. Usernames that give the impression that the account has permissions that it does not have; e.g. by containing the terms "administrator", "...
The following types of usernames are not permitted because they are considered promotional: 1. Usernames that unambiguously represent the name of a company, organization, website, product, musical group or band, team, club, creative group, or organized event (e.g. TownvilleWidgets, MyWidgetsUSA.com, TrammelMuseumofArt, OctoberfestBandConcert2019). ...
Because Wikipedia's policy states that user accounts cannot be shared between more than one individual, the following types of usernames are not permitted because they imply shared use: 1. Usernames that are simply names of companies or groups are not permitted (these also fall under § Promotional usernamesabove). 2. Personal usernames that imply s...
The following types of usernames are not permitteddue to the difficulty with some web browsers in viewing non-language unicode characters: 1. Usernames that contain emoji. 2. Usernames that are considered to be emoticonsor otherwise "decorative". 3. Usernames that use any non-language symbols. This includes: 3.1. Symbols and characters unrelated to...
Some usernames appear problematic without fitting clearly into any of the above categories. This is often the case with confusing or extremely lengthy usernames, which are highly discouraged but which are not so inappropriate on their ownas to require action. Confusing usernames can often be a red flag for other problems. An editor with a confusing...
Some usernames that appear to be in breach of this policy have been allowed to stand by consensus because they were created before a change in the policy that would now prohibit such names (see grandfather clause). If you find an apparently problematic username being used by a long-standing editor, it is likely that the matter has been discussed be...
If the name is not unambiguously problematic, it may be sensible to ignore it. Assume good faith, and also note the exceptions in the section on inappropriate usernames. Also, except in extreme cases, it is probably not worth taking action unless the user has made at least one recentedit.
If you see a username that is problematic but was not obviously created in bad faith, politely draw the user's attention to this policy, and try to encourage them to create a new account with a different username. If you want, you can use the {{subst:uw-username}}, {{subst:uw-uall}} or {{subst:uw-coi-username}} template for this.
An anonymity pseudonym or multiple-use name is a name used by many different people to protect anonymity. It is a strategy that has been adopted by many unconnected radical groups and by cultural groups, where the construct of personal identity has been criticised.
This guideline contains conventions on how to name Wikipedia articles about individual people. It should be read in conjunction with Wikipedia's general policy on article naming, Wikipedia:Article titles, and, for articles on living or recently deceased people, also in conjunction with the Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons policy, which ...
In the U.S., the middle name is often abbreviated to the middle initial (e.g. Mary Lee Bianchi becomes Mary L. Bianchi). [4] This is usually standard for signatures or omitted entirely in everyday use (e.g. just Mary Bianchi). An individual may have more than one middle name, or none.
Multiple username policy. Toggle Multiple username policy subsection. Doppelgänger accounts. Wikipedia:Username. WP:UN. WP:NAME. WP:UPOL. You can make an account so that a username is shown beside the changes you make. A username is a way of telling who is writing something. This helps people to communicate and to keep records.
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name [1] that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname.
