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If you believe someone has chosen an inappropriate username under Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Username|username policy]], you may create a subpage here to discuss whether the user should be forced to change usernames. However, before listing the user here, please first contact the user on his or her talk page and give them an opportunity to change usernames voluntarily. |
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==Reports== |
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''Tools : [[Special:Listusers]], [[Special:Ipblocklist]]'' |
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Please remember that this is ''not a vote'', rather, it is a place where editors can come when they are unsure what to do with a username, and to get outside opinions (hence it's named "requests for comment"). There are no set time limits to the period of discussion. |
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*{{User|Ombudsman}} |
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**Please see [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names/Ombudsman]] |
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*{{User|Еdit}} |
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**I think this user name is quite misleading. I noticed it a few days after this user joined, and requested he change usernames, but he has declined. To add to the confusion, his signature is "<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[User:Еdit|edit]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>" which he has also declined to change. — [[User:Knowledge Seeker|Knowledge Seeker]] [[User talk:Knowledge Seeker|দ]] 03:23, 10 October 2005 (UTC) |
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**'''Update''': all right; it appears that he is not {{User|Edit}} but instead {{User|Еdit}}, where the first letter is not a normal ''E'' although I don't understand what it is. That further adds to the confusion, in my opinion. — [[User:Knowledge Seeker|Knowledge Seeker]] [[User talk:Knowledge Seeker|দ]] 03:29, 10 October 2005 (UTC) |
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***It's a [[Ye (Cyrillic)]], and yes, they should change their name. Given the concensus here and the fact they're unwilling to discuss the matter I've usernameblocked. --[[User:fvw|fvw]][[User talk:Fvw|<SMALL><FONT COLOR="green">*</FONT></SMALL>]] 13:25, 10 October 2005 (UTC) |
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**'''Comment''': I think his/her username should be changed or he should at least stop putting brackets around it because it looks almost exactly like an edit link. I was confused when I saw it on AfD and thought there was an error in the nomination. I mentioned this on his user page, but he removed my comment without a response. He removed [[User:Marskell|Marskell's]] comment as well. I changed the username at the top to the correct one so it would be more visible. -- [[User:Kjkolb|Kjkolb]] 10:08, 10 October 2005 (UTC) |
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**'''Comment''': He removed my comment and then re-removed it after I said it had not been addressed. "I have had the handle for a long time" is not addressing it. Nothing wrong with being clever but this appears to be a definite effort to confuse people. Instead of this [edit] he is using this {edit}—hardly better. [[User:Marskell|Marskell]] 10:25, 10 October 2005 (UTC) |
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**'''Comment''': Agreed that this appears to be a deliberate effort to confuse and disrupt. — [[User:ciphergoth|ciphergoth]] 11:26, 10 October 2005 (UTC) |
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**[[Wikipedia:Username]] is pretty clear on cases like this: ''Do not choose names such as recent changes, Administrator, or any other part of the interface or commonly used terms on Wikipedia.'' Use of the "special" E makes it look like this was deliberately chosen to confuse. A new username should be chosen. <font color="green">[[User:Android79|android]]</font><font color="purple">[[User talk:Android79|79]]</font> 12:20, 10 October 2005 (UTC) |
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*See [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User name games]] for discussion on misleading signatures. |
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*{{User|Trollderella}} |
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** Please see [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names/Trollderella]] |
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*{{User|Fenian Swine}} |
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** Please see [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Fenian Swine]] |
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* {{User|음낭}} |
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:This user keeps adding a redirect of 음낭 to [[Kim Jong-il]], who is currently the leader of North Korea. I cannot read Korean, so I can't confirm whether this is a good-faith edit or not, but assuming that it is, we shouldn't allow 음낭 as a username as it is the name of a well-known international statesman, [[User:Jguk|jguk]] 22:52, 20 August 2005 (UTC) |
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:That says something other than Kim Jong-il ("Um-nang", roughly), so the username itself isn't offensive, AFAIK. – [[User:Ugen64|ugen64]] 06:59, 22 August 2005 (UTC) |
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:*"Eum-nang" is Korean for "scrotum". [http://www.umich.edu/~ksag/Contents_2004/living/medical_terms.html] [[User:Kappa|Kappa]] 07:02, 22 August 2005 (UTC) |
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::Oh, heh, guess my Korean's not quite up to speed... – [[User:Ugen64|ugen64]] 07:08, 22 August 2005 (UTC) |
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:::This would be the equivalent of redirecting [[chimpanzee]] to [[George W. Bush]]. As such, I'd suggest something be done about this guy; he seems to be a vandal. - [[User:206.114.20.121|206.114.20.121]] 19:01, 22 August 2005 (UTC) |
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{{User|Vandaltroll}} |
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*No argument needed. <p style="font-family: Comic sans, Comic Sans MS, monospace;"><font color=turqoise>[[User:V. Molotov|V.]] [[User_talk:V. Molotov| Molotov]] [[Image:California_state_flag.png|25px]]15:40, 6 September 2005 (UTC)</p> |
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**Yes, argument needed. There is too much paranoid hysteria about the words [[Vandal]] and [[Troll]] in usernames. The user has only three edits, let's give them some time and assume good faith before stamping feet and demanding or enforcing a change of name. --[[User:81.77.192.56|81.77.192.56]] 08:11, 18 September 2005 (UTC) |
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*I've done a usernameblock. <small>[[User:Jtkiefer|<font color="FF9900">Jtkiefer</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Jtkiefer|<font color=#00A86B>T</font>]] | [[Special:Emailuser/Jtkiefer|<font color="FF0033">@</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jtkiefer|<font color="0000FF">C</font>]]</sup> </small> ----- 16:58, 25 September 2005 (UTC) |
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**'''Pathetic'''. Now, what are you going to do about [[User:GrumpyTroll]] with your trigger happy finger? --[[User:81.79.136.62|81.79.136.62]] 16:42, 26 September 2005 (UTC) |
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{{user|۞}} and {{user|░}}. A single Unicode character for a username is simply not a good idea. Some users' browsers may not display them correctly, and not being able to navigate to a user's page or talk page without using copy/paste is annoying. <font color="green">[[User:Android79|android]]</font><font color="purple">[[User talk:Android79|79]]</font> 14:46, 16 September 2005 (UTC) |
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::I can vouch for that. The first one appears as a rather nice little (very little) image, but the second one is just a square on my screen. I suggest the users incorporate these caracters into a name containing mostly letters and numbers. [[User:Exploding Boy|Exploding Boy]] 15:32, 16 September 2005 (UTC) |
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:::Actually, I would suggest they not use the characters ''at all''. Any character not typable from a standard English keyboard (with exceptions for special characters from other languages – é, ü, ß, etc.) should be off-limits. <font color="green">[[User:Android79|android]]</font><font color="purple">[[User talk:Android79|79]]</font> 15:38, 16 September 2005 (UTC) |
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Yes, after I posted that I started realising that searching for a user name like that would be very difficult indeed. If, for example, someone wanted to search for my user page or talk page, they could simply type User:Exploding Boy or User talk:Exploding Boy into the search box. With names like those above this is impossible. [[User:Exploding Boy|Exploding Boy]] 15:43, 16 September 2005 (UTC) |
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:I've started a more general discussion on this problem over at [[Wikipedia talk:Username]]. <font color="green">[[User:Android79|android]]</font><font color="purple">[[User talk:Android79|79]]</font> 16:04, 16 September 2005 (UTC) |
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:You will note that both of these user names only created a normal wiki page with their username which were immediately listed for AfD, I have no doubt these are troll accts. [[User:Alkivar|<font color="#FA8605">'''ALKIVAR'''</font>]][[User_talk:Alkivar|™]][[Image:Radioactive.png|18px|]] 22:57, 10 October 2005 (UTC) |
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Navigation: Archives • Instructions for closing administrators • |
This page is for bringing attention to usernames which may be in violation of Wikipedia's username policy. Before listing a username here, consider if it should be more appropriately reported elsewhere, or if it needs to be reported at all:
- Report blatantly inappropriate usernames, such as usernames that are obscene or inflammatory, to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention.
- For other cases involving vandalism, personal attacks or other urgent issues, try Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents; blatant vandalism can also be reported at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, which is sometimes a better option.
Do NOT post here if:
- the user in question has made no recent edits.
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Before adding a name here you MUST ensure that the user in question:
- has been warned about their username (with e.g. {{subst:uw-username}}) and has been allowed time to address the concern on their user talk page.
- has disagreed with the concern, refused to change their username and/or continued to edit without replying to the warning.
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If, after having followed all the steps above, you still believe the username violates Wikipedia's username policy, you may list it here with an explanation of which part of the username policy you think has been violated. After posting, please alert the user of the discussion (with e.g. {{subst:UsernameDiscussion}}). You may also invite others who have expressed concern about the username to comment on the discussion by use of this template.
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[edit]Please remember that this is not a vote, rather, it is a place where editors can come when they are unsure what to do with a username, and to get outside opinions (hence it's named "requests for comment"). There are no set time limits to the period of discussion.
- Place your report below this line. Please put new reports on the top of the list.