Wikipedia talk:Username policy
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What's the reason to ask that new reports go to the top, where pretty much everywhere else we ask edits/posts go to the bottom? 331dot (talk) 19:09, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
- Are you talking about WP:UAA, WP:RFCN, or somewhere else? A few of those talk pages redirect here. Primefac (talk) 19:13, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
- Is redirecting why? I just noticed the statement here when I posted. 331dot (talk) 19:16, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
- Likely because these pages all deal with the username policy, and do not necessarily need to be discussed individually. Primefac (talk) 19:25, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
- Is redirecting why? I just noticed the statement here when I posted. 331dot (talk) 19:16, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
Misleading usernames
This should be changed to:
- Usernames that impersonate other people (see § Real names and § Similar usernames below).
- Usernames that give the impression that the account has permissions that it does not have; e.g. by containing the terms administrator, bureaucrat, steward, checkuser, oversight, or similar terms, such as admin, sysop, or moderator.
- Usernames that imply that the account has explicit ownership of certain articles, content, or topic areas, or that they have any kind of "power", "command", "control", or "authority" over other editors, or that a different level of accountability and application of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines should be enforced (such as implying that certain policies do not apply to them).
- Usernames that could be easily misunderstood to refer to a "bot" (which is used to identify bot accounts) or a "script" (which alludes to automated editing processes), unless the account is of that type; such as ABC Bot, XYZ script.
- Usernames that give the incorrect impression that the account is officially affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation; e.g. Foo (WMF), Bar (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Usernames that resemble IP addresses (as these are expected to designate non-logged-in users), timestamps, or other names which would be confusing within the Wikipedia signature format.
- Usernames that appear similar to naming conventions used by community administrative processes, such as those starting with Vanished user (see Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing).
- Usernames that resemble user warning templates or user block templates or otherwise imply administrative actions against another user (e.g. You have been blocked or You may be blocked without further warning)
Faster than Thunder (talk | contributions) 23:19, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
- Note that only the last line is different from the existing rules. Primefac (talk) 00:32, 13 February 2025 (UTC)