Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names

If you believe someone has chosen an inappropriate username under Wikipedia's username policy, you may list it here. However, before listing the user here, please consider contacting the user on his or her talk page and bring their attention to the problem and Wikipedia:Changing username.

When contacting the user, {{subst:UsernameConcern|reason for objection}} or {{subst:uncon|reason for objection}} may be helpful, but feel free to paraphrase it or write your own original text if you prefer. Please try to assume good faith and don't bite the newcomers, if possible: allow for the possibility of innocent error or other reasonable explanation.

Names that are offensive, inflammatory, impersonating an existing user, or asserting inappropriate authority will generally be permanently blocked by admins. Please also read Wikipedia:Username before reporting here. Grossly, blatantly, or obviously inappropriate usernames should be reported at WP:AIV instead.

Be aware that usernames are subject to specific criteria which differ from controls and guidelines regarding other forms of self-expression on Wikipedia. Please ensure you are familiar with the username policy before commenting on a username. This is not the place to discuss the behavior of a user unless it is directly related to their username.

Please inform all users reported here with {{subst:UsernameDiscussion}} or {{subst:und}}. If the RFC is closed as "Allow", please follow up by informing the user with {{subst:UsernameAllowed}} or {{subst:una}}. Admins who impose username blocks, please detail the specific reason with {{UsernameBlocked|reason for block}} or {{unb|reason for block}} (not just "Violates WP:U", please).

New - Optionally, if you block a name that is clearly vandalism or trolling, you can use {{subst:UsernameBlocked-vandal}}.

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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.
• you wish to have the block of a user reviewed. Instead, discuss the block with the blocking administrator (see also Wikipedia:Blocking policy § Unblocking).

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.
• is not already blocked.

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.

Add new requests below, using the syntax {{subst:rfcn1|username|2=reason ~~~~}}.

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The following discussion is an archived discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. Please see Deiz's comment - this account will be blocked in 24 hours, but is being given time to change his/her name. This discussion is temporarilly being left in place as a reminder to check back and make a block if necessary. Does anyone know if Superbot (talk · contribs) is an authorized bot? If not (and it seems like it from the contribution history), this account should be blocked. AecisBrievenbus 00:09, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Disallow contributions indicate user is not a bot. -SpuriousQ (talk) 00:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Disallow references that imply bots are against WP:U RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 00:12, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Disallow -WP:U - no names of Wikipedia things if it's not that thing. --TeckWiz ParlateContribs@ 00:15, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Disallow You have to BE a bot to be named a bot! --Xnuala 00:50, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Disallow Per above. Wikipedian27 02:33, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Absolutely clear Disallow - this one is specific in WP:U. Philippe Beaudette 02:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Disallow, but write a particularly kind note to the new editor, who probably had no reason to suspect this would be a problematic name. Newyorkbrad 02:39, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Disallow. I agree, we need to be sure to not have this editor feel that this disallowance = biting. --Kukini hablame aqui 03:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Comment - I'm confused by this - don't we ALWAYS want editors to feel that way? What makes one user more deserving of that than any others? This isn't intended to be a "bite" to User:Kukini, whom I respect, but is intended to point out that I see this occassionally (and am indeed guilty of saying it) and someone asked me the same question. It kind of re-adjusted my thinking. Philippe Beaudette 04:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Good point...although I am not sure we do as good of a job of not biting in here as we could. For instance, how many "welcomes" have we done recently in comparison to names we have rejected in this username review process? --Kukini hablame aqui 17:22, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Comment, would this user be allowed to change his name at WP:CHU? BuickCenturyDriver (Honk, odometer) 04:24, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] User notified of impending block, block to be imposed at or after 04:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC). Please remove this discussion after blocking. Deiz talk 04:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] Disallow Name is trademarked software - look up "SuperBot" on Google. --sunstar nettalk 15:16, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply] The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

This is being used to create an article in User Space which links to another article in User Space. Likely created by User:Aadenton whose own User Page looks like an article about himself. His talk page indicates that vanity articles about Adrian Denton were deleted three times.--EarthPerson 23:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Disallow. I'm taking the user page to WP:MFD. Sam Blacketer 23:12, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow misuse of userspace and username combined. NikoSilver 23:35, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow Per above. --Kukini ^{hablame aqui} 23:36, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow Promotional and implies a group account. ShadowHalo 00:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow per ShadowHalo. --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@ 00:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow: According to the userpage, the WWC is "a teenage professional wrestling promotion based in Westchester Senior High School". I wish them every luck and success, but one of the things Wikipedia is NOT is a free webspace provider; try MySpace instead. -- Ben 05:23, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Spanish first name or the religious figure? Aecis^Brievenbus 02:02, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Disallow - I highly doubt that they're talking about the Spanish name. // DecaimientoPoético 02:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• I share your doubt... but <grin> at least that would be alliterative! (Hoops4Hay-soos) -- Ben

• Reporting to AIV-This is like the 5th one today. If it's obvious just report it.
• Seeing this all by itself, I would not think it's a problem. However if, as Poetic Decay said, this username is part of a line of vandal usernames, then perhaps it should be disallowed. The user has so far not made any contributions though, so I'm for the moment going to say allow for now. -- tariqabjotu 03:12, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow, No usernames of religious figures. NikoSilver 10:52, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Username is very similar to that of former RHCP member Hillel Slovak, not a very common name. But when does "recently deceased" end? Aecis^Brievenbus 02:07, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow - I would say that "recently dead" should end at about 10 years after their death. But Hillel is almost 20 years dead, so I think it's fine. // DecaimientoPoético 02:12, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow per Poetic Decay. NikoSilver 10:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does this violate WP:U in any way? // DecaimientoPoético 02:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment-Sound like a news headline. Maybe it's real. :) --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@ 02:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  That seems unlikely. ShadowHalo 02:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow if User:Can't sleep, clown will eat me is fine, so's this! Reswobslc 03:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow I agree. This is just as clever, too. --Kukini ^{hablame aqui} 07:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow the squid (although a diver myself). NikoSilver 10:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow per above. 1ne 11:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is it too long of an username? I think so. Nol888_(Talk) 03:07, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• I think this is within the limits. For the record: the user previously created the accounts WeGottaGetABIGBucketOWaterAndPUTOUTTHESUN!! (talk · contribs), TheSunAndAlphaCentauriWillExplodeAndBurnEarth...AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! (talk · contribs) and TheSunMayLookHarmlessButItWillBurnPeople (talk · contribs). They were all blocked as way too long. Aecis^Brievenbus 03:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is probably the same user in the report above. They both sound like news headlines. --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@ 03:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other suspected usernames:

Everyone Will Be On Fire When The Sun Crashes Into Earth (talk · contribs)

The Sun Will Crash Into The Earth And Burn People (talk · contribs)

AllPeopleOnFireWhenSunCrashesIntoEarth.WhatsSoConfusing? (talk · contribs)

I dont think this guy's taking things seriously around here.SamKnows 03:34, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow the most recent one. Six words is okay; the other ones are obviously too long, and the user appears to know it by now. ShadowHalo 03:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• So he's gradually learning. Um, that's a good thing, right? But... he's leaving off the important part at the end, which even "Giant Squid" (no relation to Acalamari) got right: the name should read ExplodingSunSetsEarthlingsOnFire, more at 11. -- Ben 04:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Imagine the trouble this fellow might get into if he didn't have creating odd usernames to keep him busy. Wikipedia: Wicker-weaving for the New Generation. -- Ben 04:38, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• WP:POINT nuff said --w^{L<speak·check·chill>} 05:15, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:POINT? It looks more like a joke than a disruption to create a point. On the other hand, User:Can't sleep, Sun will explode me would be WP:POINT. --BigDT 06:03, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow, but warn about WP:SOCK and have the finger on the trigger for WP:RFCU in case we see similar usernames popping up. NikoSilver 11:02, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Username contains the name of a company. Aecis^Brievenbus 03:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Allow by the spirit of the law. Reason: It's Comcast, not JoeBlowHifiAudio.com. Anyone with common sense would not consider this spam, anymore than User:Boy Scout Steve would be spam promoting Boy Scouts of America. (The spam rule refers to both companies and groups, and the key operative word is spam). I'd assume this guy worked for Comcast, or has Comcast as his ISP. Reswobslc 03:46, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow per above --w^{L<speak·check·chill>} 05:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow. It's not only potential spam, but is a "unique trademarked name". I don't buy the User:Boy Scout Steve comparison; "Boy Scout" has come to be generalized and not necessarily refer to the organization. If it was User:Boy Scouts of America Steve, I'd lean towards disallowing it as well. I'm not sure how it's useful in any way for him to have the company name in is username, even if he works for them. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 07:24, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow per Consumed Crustacean. I'd disallow User:Boy Scouts of America Steve too. WP must start taking seriously the copyright issue. NikoSilver 11:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like a random sequence of letters. The first three letters could stand for "what", but what the other six letters stand for is beyond me. Aecis^Brievenbus 03:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow. This doesn't look random. Random would be something like "qrbqwehjrqlwekjhrqenmbaq" and longer. It looks like an abbreviation. Even my username looks more random than this. Reswobslc 03:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Aecis, try using the "nature of objection" optional parameter in either {{subst:UsernameConcern|Do these letters have a meaning? They appear to be a random string.}} or {{subst:UsernameDiscussion|Do these letters have a meaning? They appear to be a random string.}} on the user's talk page... or in your own words, ask him first. We have no special telepathic powers here. The Christians among us could pray that it means "What's His Will?", the barhoppers might bet on "What She Swill", and investment brokers could speculate on the market about "Wheat Shares Wait, Index Level 9" or some such.... -- Ben 05:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow, and strongly second Benedict's advice above. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 05:44, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow Does not appear fully random to me. --Kukini ^{hablame aqui} 06:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow - I'm with Ben. Philippe Beaudette 06:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow per Ben, this doesn't seem to be random. PeaceNT 08:17, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow, Ben said it. NikoSilver 11:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow, per Reswobslc; even my my old username could look as confusing. --w^{L<speak·check·chill>} 11:26, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New user, is he allowed to keep this name? BuickCenturyDriver (Honk, odometer) 10:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Disallow see deletion log of article, Ryulong's message in the user's talk, and user contribs. Obviously spam, and too similar to the format of a standard WP article. May imply multiuser account too. NikoSilver 11:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow per above. Maybe took the "send it to the userspace" notice in a different way than intended. --w^{L<speak·check·chill>} 11:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]