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 first contact the user on his or her talk page and give them an opportunity to change usernames voluntarily.
Names that are offensive, inflammatory, impersonating an existing user, or asserting inappropriate authority will generally be permanently blocked by visiting admins. If a matter turns out to be controversial, a subpage may be created here to discuss it.
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Can't sleep prefix
Involved parties
- Can't sleep, Yankees will beat Red Sox (talk · contribs)
- Pgk (talk · contribs)
- Tawker (talk · contribs)
Dispute between Pgk (talk · contribs) and Can't sleep, Yankees will beat Red Sox (talk · contribs) as to whether latter should be unblocked. The point of the arguement is whether the existance of Can't sleep, clown will eat me (talk · contribs) forbids anyone from creating a name with the "Can't sleep" prefix, similar to the "on Wheels" suffix used by many vandals.
- Allow. Ok, "on wheels" is one thing; we should disallow that because of the potential for those users to be WoW sockpuppets. Can't sleep isn't an abusive long-term vandal with a history of sockpuppets, but a good-standing member of the community. Accordingly, he should be free from impersonation, but "Can't sleep, Yankees will beat Red Sox" is not an impersonation, and will not be confused with "Can't sleep, clown will eat me." I would block something like "Can't sleep, me will eat clown" or something, but I think the WoW=Vandal, CS,CWEM=Not vandal distinction is important here. Mangojuicetalk 13:31, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- Allow, sufficiently distinctive that there can be no confusion. Stifle (talk) 17:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Jesus (Result:blocked)
- Jesus (talk · contribs) This screen name currently has no contributions, so it shouldn't cause too much trouble to ask the user to change. The policy currently bans as "inflammatory" any "Names of religious figures such as "God" or "Allah", which may offend other people's beliefs." I am simultaneously posting notice on this user's talk page. --M@rēino 23:04, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- I see nothing wrong with it: it's a common enough Hispanic name. --Carnildo 23:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- There was also a basketball player named God Shammgod, but that doesn't mean we should allow someone to be User:God.--M@rēino 13:27, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow. Mareino is right. "Jesus" is a famous personage, and to go by that one name is effectively impersonation. Likewise, if my name were George Bush Murphy, I wouldn't get to be User:George Bush; it would be much preferable to be User:George Murphy or User:G. B. Murphy or User:Editorman or something. - Nat Krause(Talk!) 18:22, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- Allow He may be famous, but he is dead. Scienceman123 19:18, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow. This looks like a pretty clear violation of the policy that prohibits names of religious figures. --Cswrye 04:01, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- Allow Common Spanish name pronounced "Hehsous". No need to change if it is proven that the Spanish usage is correct. Abcdefghijklm 16:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Allow Common Spanish name --Sugarskane 04:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Allow I have a friend named Jesus. It is not necessarily a religous implication (even if you can guess that a person with the name jesus is christian). Can i not have a username: Christin_123 if my first name is Christian? to some extent, we have to be open to the possabilaty that he may not be intentionally offending anyoneDan 15:01, 20 July 2006 (UTC).
- Disallow - This is the English Wikipedia, where the majority of users speak English; not Spanish. Fine, the name is probably fine on the es Wikipedia, but not here. An English speaker will see this as the religious figure, not a Spanish name. If English speakers saw this name, would you think of the Spanish variant? No. Iolakana|T 20:36, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow - His user page says "Jesus is the Christ...", disproving any notions of the Hispanic name "Jesus". --Illnab1024 23:28, 21 July 2006 (UTC) (Whose vote doesn't count any, but his voice does)
- As a Note: This text was added by a Geoffreybeene. --Illnab1024 23:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- Well... if he was hoping this RFC would let him keep his name, he would have removed it. Iolakana|T 11:10, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
- As a Note: This text was added by a Geoffreybeene. --Illnab1024 23:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow Religious figure, he may be "dead" by scientific reasoning, but many Christians and most westerners would assosiate "Jesus" with the religious one, not a common spanish name. -Royalguard11Talk 04:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'm closing this as block; partly because the user in question has never made any contributions anyway. For those who think the common hispanic name allows this, consider: wouldn't using a last name or another initial, or just about anything at all to distinguish the name from the unique string "Jesus" make this a whole lot more clear? Mangojuicetalk 13:35, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
AmazingRacist (result: blocked)
- AmazingRacist (talk · contribs) -- apparently a user name chosen in support of the article The Amazing Racist, which was listed for deletion because of its title. The following exchange took place on the user's talk page recently:
No offense, but your screename is a bit misleading. I know you meant it to say that you're a fan of The Amazing Race (right?), but it sounds more like you're a staunch racist. Unless that's what you mean... just thought I'd bring that to your attention. -- SmthManly / ManlyTalk / ManlyContribs 02:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC) Not quite dude, I'm merely a staunch defender of the principal of keeping information in Wikipedia, and not deleting it because you find it offensive, as happened to the article The Amazing Racist a few weeks ago. It's really just a way of promoting the idea of accepting the inclusion of articles, and not deleting them because you happen to find them offensive. Hope that helps a little bit. :)
Now, the user's aims may be honourable but there is potential for the name to be misleading and offensive. Thoughts? Exploding Boy 17:11, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
I agree with ManlyContribs. Understandably, your name may refer to the Amazing Race, however, my first impression, after reading your screen name was a racially biased person who he himself claims is above ordinary. Gunbolt 23:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
- User has apparently been blocked. Exploding Boy 16:29, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Twatcunt (result: blocked)
- Twatcunt (talk · contribs)—Presumably no explanation is needed. It seems pointless to contact the user, who has been inactive for almost a year. Ardric47 04:59, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow would have to be a pretty interesting explanation to substantiate it....Bridesmill 14:07, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow. Also would have liked to see an explanation, but user blocked indefinitely by CryptoDerk. El_C 02:27, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
- The Winds Are Broken (talk · contribs) - from the people who brought us the banned User:Breaky McWind, this username was a takeoff on my username purely for the purpose of vandalising my semiprotected user page. This is a continuation of a barrage of vandalism that prompted an admin to semiprotect before I could request it (many thanks to the admin who did). B.Wind 05:16, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow. User blocked indefinitely by Essjay, as per WP:STALK. El_C 02:27, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
- User seems to have returned, this time as Shattered Breeze, and picked up where he/she/it left off. B.Wind 04:25, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- After two more lifetime bans, determined user is now back as Brrraaafffffttttt, with repeated vandalism. It's the same m.o. on all these vandalism accounts - and, despite statements to the contrary, semiprotection is not keeping the vandal from vandalizing on the first edit of a new name (in addition to the name issue, should the bar be raised from zero edits on a new account, to say, 20 or 30, before being permitted to edit an sprotected article?). B.Wind 03:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
General Eisenhower
General Eisenhower (talk · contribs) This user is claiming to be Dwight Eisenhower on his userpage. This is in breach of WP:USERNAME where it states Names of VIPs or well-known historical figures (e.g. Benjamin Franklin; Chuck Norris. Computerjoe's talk 18:54, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow, but allow him to change his name. If he refuses, block. Will (E@) T 18:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Comment - it never says on his userpage, "I am Dwight Eisenhower" --GeorgeMoney T·C 19:11, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Look at the blinking newmessage style notice "Welcome I'm General and future president Eisenhower." Pegasus1138Talk | Contribs | Email ---- 19:22, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow but allow name change per the historical figures section of the Wikipedia:Username Pegasus1138Talk | Contribs | Email ---- 19:22, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow per above. Ian13/talk 19:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Note: as of now, the user seems to have filed a change request [1]. Ian13/talk 19:25, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Note on note: Not sure whats happening now, usurp also seems to have either a big backlog - or is just generally not attended to. Ian13/talk 10:26, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
- Comment - He does not say "I am Dwight Eisenhower". Mabie he should take "Welcome I'm General and future president Eisenhower" off his user page. Would that be okay? FellowWikipedian 20:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Allow. No confusion will arise. Might breach the letter of the rules but not bothered. The Land 21:00, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Allow Is he keeping it? FellowWikipedian 21:26, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow Not really allowed by WP:USERNAME. However, user has requested it be changed, so it doesn't really matter any more. Master of Puppets FREE BIRD! 21:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Allow, he's enough of a long time user and there is no prospect of any true confusion here. NoSeptember talk 12:00, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow as references to the D. Eisenhower. Abcdefghijklm 16:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
WikiRegulator
- WikiRegulator (talk · contribs) -- Could be considered confusing to new users as a Wikipedia/Wikimedia staff/role account. Edits are fine though. -- Longhair 03:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
--User notified. Exploding Boy 16:29, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
KoreanLie (result: blocked)
- KoreanLie (talk · contribs) - obviosuly created to foment debate/ push POV editing in the article Empress Myeongseong. Recommend a permenant block on this offensive POV user name, and an RfC to help dissolve debate on same article. - CobaltBlueTony 15:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
- P.S. User also could be a sockpuppet of other editor with same bias and same editing technique on this article. - CobaltBlueTony 15:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
--- User has apparently been blocked. Exploding Boy 16:29, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
AtlanticWebfitters
- AtlanticWebfitters (talk · contribs). Advertising (as the user page makes clear). Complaint of linkspamming at WP:ANI. Septentrionalis 19:37, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
- Please review User_talk:AtlanticWebfitters and User_talk:24.137.90.147. Kff 09:33, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
NazismIsntCool
- NazismIsntCool (talk · contribs). This username is in violation of Wikipedia rules. Many accounts have been created (evidence) as responses to this username and its existence causes inflammatory remarks and incites vandalism. It is also not encyclopedic in name. Jimbo Wales has even suggested a name change. The only users for it have personal comments that do not hold to Wikipedia's standards. I suggest this name become officially changed because it is a bad reflection on Wikipedia's part and it looks like they allow derogatory political statements that create vandalism. This username creates problems and the user has not commented or tried to change it yet. --Winger11 03:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- Allow. The phrase "Nazism Isn't Cool" is hardly controversial, any more than "Drunk Driving Isn't Cool" is. If someone called himself "DrunkDrivingIsntCool," would you say it's inflammatory toward drunk drivers? Let's not yield to heckler's veto here. -- Mwalcoff 02:46, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
- Comment, Drunk driving is not a political movement nor does it have the ties to dramatic events in history like Nazism does. This is political provocation at its best and to call it "hardly controversial" is an understatement. --Winger11 02:45, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- Please -- The Nazis were not like the Democrats or Republicans. What if the username was "Racism Isn't Cool?" Or is racism a "political movement" too? -- Mwalcoff 05:25, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- Comment, Drunk driving is not a political movement nor does it have the ties to dramatic events in history like Nazism does. This is political provocation at its best and to call it "hardly controversial" is an understatement. --Winger11 02:45, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- I agree per above--TheNation 23:39, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Allow -- Unless someone specifically finds it offensive, why are we wasting our time. This isn't a daycare
- Comment, see talk page for offended users and problems.
- Allow -- It's not like we're arguing against "NazismIsWayCool". We're not even arguing against "DeathToTheNazis", "IHateNazis", "NazisGoAway", "NazismIsEvil" or even "NazismIsBad". As said above this is hardly a controversial username. Sure, some people will react to hit but is that problem really so endemic? For all we know, all the fake usernames might be from one single, motivated twit. Pascal.Tesson 05:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Comment, Of course people will react to it that's why there's been so many impersonaters of this username. Again, this name is inviting vandals and for people to be offended (see talk page for offended people). You seem to be missing the point. Subject matter aside the name is a problem because of what it is causing. --Winger11 13:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- Allow, perfectly okay. Stifle (talk) 17:29, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- Comment, How so? Please explain your reasoning. --Winger11 13:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
UpTheRa (result: blocked)
UpTheRa - despite requests this user has not chnaged his username. The name is a reference to the IRA and clearly breaches the username policy for names that refer to terrorism. Please see talkpage for the increasing offense this username is causing to Irish and British users. 20:34, 27 June 2006 Weggie (UTC)
- Maybe I'm not up on the latest British slang, but I don't see how that name is a reference to the IRA. --Carnildo 21:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
- It stands for 'Up the IRA and is a sectarian chant. This clearly stated on the users pageWeggie 23:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
- Carnildo please so these two articles: [2] [3]. Thanks to User:Demiurge for finding these. --IslaySolomon 13:01, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
- This user has made only good-faith edits as far as I can see, and has been polite when discussing this matter, so I don't think a block is called for. However, the fact remains that their username is a widely used sectarian slogan in Scotland and Ireland (see User_talk:UpTheRa#inappropriate_username for discussion). Demiurge 13:05, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
- Totally agree. All he needs to do is change his name and we can all move on with our lives. --IslaySolomon 13:08, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow. The username is offensive to me. I respectfully request that the user in question change the username. I note that User:Taigkiller seems to have been blocked for similar reasons, yet his contribution list consists only of three edits, two of which are comments on user talk pages.
- I also note that I put in a complaint about another user as he incited violence (suggesting that the Welsh start an "armed rebellion" against the "British") on his User Page, yet absolutely nothing was done about this. See the archived Wiki Admin page: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive35#Offensive user page --Mal 02:27, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow - come on admin!
- Allow - Unless the user says that his name is in response to the IRA, grow tougher skin
I wanna kill (result: blocked)
- User:I wanna kill Offensive username. --ais523 12:26, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
- "disallow" kinda creepy ---User:Kangor44
Blocked. Exploding Boy 16:29, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Infinite Justice
- User:Infinite Justice . User name is regarded as blasphemous enough that the US army dropped the name, instead choosing "operation enduring freedom". I'd try discussion, but the user exists only to maintain a POV fork of an article on his/her user page (blanked by me) - two edits in total over several months. Andjam 11:37, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- Allow. Doesn't violate the policy in any way I can see. Exploding Boy 16:20, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- Allow per Exploding Boy. If you have a problem with his userpage, you might do better filing a user conduct RFC or taking it to MFD. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 20:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Allow -- No violation of policy, not offensive
Salvador Allende
I'm looking for advice regarding my own username, Salvador Allende, an invokation of the former socialist president of Chile murdered by the CIA. User:Lacrimosus sees my name and inappropriate, saying trumpets my own political views too loudly and implies immediate bias in my edits. What do ya all think.--Salvador Allende 20:03, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- On the one hand, you are cetainly wearing your colours on your sleeve, which is somewat refreshing; better than folks with hidden agendas. On the other hand, wiki editors all need to be able to put away political biases & strive for balanced reporting, which means often swallowing our political pride & admitting that the other side 'might' have a point etc. On the 'policy' hand, you're treading on thin ice naming yourself after a real person; inevitably results in people being upset. The better part of valour might simply be to pick a slightly more neutral, anonymous, or inconspicuous name.(You could even do something like SpiritOfAllende if you really had to but even there the assumption people will have (rightly or wrongly) is that you have a strong political agenda.)Bridesmill 22:28, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- My opinion is pretty similar to Bridesmill's. Policy-wise, you're probably clear, but it might be a good idea to change it to something invoking Allende's name more indirectly anyway. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 20:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Jossi blocked this user anyway. Septentrionalis 01:43, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Fuckauck (result: blocked)
- User:FuckaDuck . Highly offensive name, speaks for itself. Scienceman123 04:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow, pretty clearly offensive. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 20:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow. Definitely offensive/vulgar. // Switchercat {talk} 22:12, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow Especially as User:LoveaDuck has not been taken. There should be more than the physical act.SBHarris 22:27, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Editingoprah
- User:Editingoprah. Falls under "no names of well-known people" clause. Exploding Boy 05:57, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Disallow - Per above
Wikipediatrix
- User:Wikipediatrix - too much like dominatrix. 58.169.73.29 00:16, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
- I figured it was a play on "pediatrics." At any rate, "trix" is just a standard suffix for a woman who does something (like a testatrix). I doubt it was meant to be offensive.
- Allow concur; feminine ending for occupations ending w/ -or (editor/editrix); no longer common, but for real. Bridesmill 04:08, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
- Allow. Silly IP, 'trix is for girls! -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 13:08, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
- Allow. The suffix "-trix" is sometimes used for the feminine version of a professional. Unless the user does something to indicate that that name was chosen in bad faith, I think it's fine. --Cswrye 04:01, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Faustroll (result: name changed)
User:Faustroll - This user was indefinitely blocked this morning for the word troll appearing in their username. They have appealed via e-mail:
"sorry to keep bothering you. But I think I should appeal this, first to you, and then to more admins. If there is a consensus that this pen name has a inappropriate feel, then I will accept it.
Why not try unblocking it and see if others find it acceptable? "FausTroll" would be a provocation, but one cannot be criticized for containing a word within a word. the character is faust-roll, not faus-troll by the way."
This follow-up came an hour later:
"I'm creating a new username DocFaustroll. Please do not block this new username, it has nothing to do with "troll", and you are wasting precious time that I could spend contributing to articles. If you look at the contribs for Faustroll, you will see that I have already improved one article, with clarifications, on the political philosopher Fukuyama, including citations."
Should the user be unblocked and/or change their username? (aeropagitica) (talk) 22:20, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
User has changed their username, RfC now cancelled as a result. (aeropagitica) (talk) 22:30, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia is Lesbianism! (result: blocked)
- bad username: "Wikipedia is Lesbianism!" block it 152.163.101.8 02:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
- It's been blocked; thanks for pointing it out. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 14:13, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Margaret Choad
Inappropriate username: User:Margaret Choad (contribs) - Take-off on comedian Margaret Cho's name and the slang term choad. -Tapir Terrific 16:33, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- Just for the record, according to multiple internet people search sites (such as this one), there aren't any "Margaret Choad"s in the entire USA. Given that, I'd be inclined to block. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 14:27, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Amusingly enough, however, there is a "Codetoad Choad" listed in Schenectady, New York. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 14:28, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Jimbo the Whale (result: blocked)
(Obvious. Vandal [4])Reswobslc 20:46, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Already blocked. WP:AIV would get a quicker response for obvious cases like these. --Sam Blanning(talk) 21:04, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Besides, that's the wrong way to indicate being from Wales: properly, it's "Jimbo the Welshman". --Carnildo 21:13, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Jimbo68
I believe this username is confusingly similar to our boss, Jimbo_Wales (talk · contribs). In addition, this user states that s/he is a 38-year-old Floridian, which closely matches the description of JW. Editor88 16:23, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- Allow, unless he actively tries to impersonate Jimbo in other ways. Jimbo Wales is 39, and the account seems to be editing in good faith. --Sam Blanning(talk) 13:31, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Too close to the New Jersey article, even if the user did get a new athletics uniform. - CobaltBlueTony 17:41, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- Allow, assuming he doesn't vandalise any more. I don't believe there's any policy about naming yourself after a place. --Sam Blanning(talk) 13:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)