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href="#Usernames_with_libelous,_contentious,_or_non-public_information"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Usernames with libelous, contentious, or non-public information</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usernames_with_libelous,_contentious,_or_non-public_information-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Misleading_usernames" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Misleading_usernames"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Misleading usernames</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Misleading_usernames-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Promotional_usernames" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Promotional_usernames"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Promotional usernames</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Promotional_usernames-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Usernames_implying_shared_use" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usernames_implying_shared_use"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Usernames implying shared use</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usernames_implying_shared_use-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-script_usernames" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-script_usernames"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Non-script usernames</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-script_usernames-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Confusing_usernames" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Confusing_usernames"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Confusing usernames</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Confusing_usernames-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Exceptions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Exceptions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Exceptions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Exceptions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Dealing with inappropriate usernames</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Dealing with inappropriate usernames subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-No_action_necessary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#No_action_necessary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>No action necessary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-No_action_necessary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Talk_to_the_user" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Talk_to_the_user"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Talk to the user</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Talk_to_the_user-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Request_for_comment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Request_for_comment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Request for comment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Request_for_comment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Report_blatant_violations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Report_blatant_violations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Report blatant violations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Report_blatant_violations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Report_other_problems" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Report_other_problems"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Report other problems</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Report_other_problems-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Usernames_for_administrator_attention_guidelines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usernames_for_administrator_attention_guidelines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Usernames for administrator attention guidelines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usernames_for_administrator_attention_guidelines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_particular_types_of_username" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_particular_types_of_username"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Other particular types of username</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_particular_types_of_username-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other particular types of username subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_particular_types_of_username-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Real_names" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Real_names"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Real names</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Real_names-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stage_names" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stage_names"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Stage names</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stage_names-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Usernames_with_non-Latin_characters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usernames_with_non-Latin_characters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Usernames with non-Latin characters</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usernames_with_non-Latin_characters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Similar_usernames" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Similar_usernames"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Similar usernames</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Similar_usernames-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Commonly_misspelled_usernames" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Commonly_misspelled_usernames"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Commonly misspelled usernames</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Commonly_misspelled_usernames-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-UseModWiki-era_anonymous_users" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#UseModWiki-era_anonymous_users"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>UseModWiki-era anonymous users</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-UseModWiki-era_anonymous_users-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shared_accounts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shared_accounts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Shared accounts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shared_accounts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Using_multiple_accounts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Using_multiple_accounts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Using multiple accounts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Using_multiple_accounts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Changing_your_username" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Changing_your_username"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Changing your username</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Changing_your_username-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Changing your username subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Changing_your_username-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Deleting_and_merging_accounts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deleting_and_merging_accounts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Deleting and merging accounts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Deleting_and_merging_accounts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " 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interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85" title="ويكيبيديا:سياسة اسم المستخدم – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:سياسة اسم المستخدم" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pol%C3%ADtica_de_nomes_d%27usuariu" title="Wikipedia:Política de nomes d'usuariu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Wikipedia:Política de nomes d'usuariu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%93%D0%86%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%8C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%86%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BB_%D1%86%D0%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Википедия:ГІахьалчагІазул цІарал – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Википедия:ГІахьалчагІазул цІарал" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:%C4%B0stifad%C9%99%C3%A7i_adlar%C4%B1" title="Vikipediya:İstifadəçi adları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:İstifadəçi adları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:ایشلدن آدی سیاستی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:ایشلدن آدی سیاستی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:ব্যবহারকারী নামের নীতি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:ব্যবহারকারী নামের নীতি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D2%A0%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%8B%D1%83%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D2%99%D1%8B%D2%A3_%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B4%D3%99%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Википедия:Ҡатнашыусыларҙың исемдәре – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Википедия:Ҡатнашыусыларҙың исемдәре" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिपीडिया:प्रयोगकर्तानाँव नीति – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:प्रयोगकर्तानाँव नीति" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5" title="Уикипедия:Потребителско име – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Потребителско име" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Korisni%C4%8Dko_ime" title="Wikipedia:Korisničko ime – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Wikipedia:Korisničko ime" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Anv-implijer/ez" title="Wikipedia:Anv-implijer/ez – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Wikipedia:Anv-implijer/ez" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Nom_d%27usuari" title="Viquipèdia:Nom d'usuari – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Nom d'usuari" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:U%C5%BEivatelsk%C3%A9_jm%C3%A9no" title="Wikipedie:Uživatelské jméno – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Uživatelské jméno" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Brugerkonti_og_-navne" title="Wikipedia:Brugerkonti og -navne – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wikipedia:Brugerkonti og -navne" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Kasutajanimi" title="Vikipeedia:Kasutajanimi – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia:Kasutajanimi" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%87%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%83%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πολιτική ονομασίας χρηστών – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πολιτική ονομασίας χρηστών" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Nombres_de_usuario" title="Wikipedia:Nombres de usuario – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Nombres de usuario" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:Uzantnomo" title="Vikipedio:Uzantnomo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipedio:Uzantnomo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lankideen_izenak" title="Wikipedia:Lankideen izenak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Wikipedia:Lankideen izenak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاست نام کاربری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاست نام کاربری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Nom_d%27utilisateur" title="Wikipédia:Nom d'utilisateur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Nom d'utilisateur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Nomes_de_usuario" title="Wikipedia:Nomes de usuario – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Nomes de usuario" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE:%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%AD%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AE_%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BF" title="વિકિપીડિયા:સભ્યનામ નીતિ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="વિકિપીડિયા:સભ્યનામ નીતિ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Wikipedia:Username policy" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EA%B3%84%EC%A0%95_%EC%9D%B4%EB%A6%84" title="위키백과:계정 이름 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:계정 이름" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1:%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%AB%D6%81%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Վիքիպեդիա:Մասնակիցների անուններ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիպեդիա:Մասնակիցների անուններ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिपीडिया:सदस्यनाम नीति – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:सदस्यनाम नीति" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Wu%C5%BEiwarske_mjeno" title="Wikipedija:Wužiwarske mjeno – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Wikipedija:Wužiwarske mjeno" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Suradni%C4%8Dko_ime" title="Wikipedija:Suradničko ime – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikipedija:Suradničko ime" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Annuroten_ti_nagan_ti_agar-aramat" title="Wikipedia:Annuroten ti nagan ti agar-aramat – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Wikipedia:Annuroten ti nagan ti agar-aramat" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kebijakan_nama_pengguna" title="Wikipedia:Kebijakan nama pengguna – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Kebijakan nama pengguna" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Nomine_de_usator" title="Wikipedia:Nomine de usator – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Wikipedia:Nomine de usator" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiuto:Nome_utente" title="Aiuto:Nome utente – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aiuto:Nome utente" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%A9%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%A9" title="ויקיפדיה:הנחיות לבחירת שם משתמש – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:הנחיות לבחירת שם משתמש" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Pranatan_bab_jeneng_naraguna" title="Wikipédia:Pranatan bab jeneng naraguna – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Wikipédia:Pranatan bab jeneng naraguna" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%B3%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BF" title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಬಳಕೆದಾರಹೆಸರು ನೀತಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಬಳಕೆದಾರಹೆಸರು ನೀತಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90:%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="ვიკიპედია:მომხმარებლის სახელების პოლიტიკა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვიკიპედია:მომხმარებლის სახელების პოლიტიკა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D2%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%83%D1%88%D1%8B_%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Уикипедия:Қатысушы аты – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Уикипедия:Қатысушы аты" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Wikipedia:Username policy" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia:Nomina_usorum" title="Vicipaedia:Nomina usorum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Vicipaedia:Nomina usorum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lg mw-list-item"><a href="https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy – Ganda" lang="lg" hreflang="lg" data-title="Wikipedia:Username policy" data-language-autonym="Luganda" data-language-local-name="Ganda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Luganda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Azonos%C3%ADt%C3%B3" title="Wikipédia:Azonosító – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikipédia:Azonosító" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%9A%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Начела за кориснички имиња – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Начела за кориснички имиња" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:ഉപയോക്തൃനാമനയം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:ഉപയോക്തൃനാമനയം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80" title="विकिपीडिया:सदस्यनाव नीती – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="विकिपीडिया:सदस्यनाव नीती" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dasar_nama_pengguna" title="Wikipedia:Dasar nama pengguna – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Dasar nama pengguna" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0:%D0%A5%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%B3%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D1%8D%D1%80" title="Википедиа:Хэрэглэгчийн нэр – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Википедиа:Хэрэглэгчийн нэр" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:%E1%80%A1%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B6%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9E%E1%80%B0%E1%80%A1%E1%80%99%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%99%E1%80%B0%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AB%E1%80%92" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:အသုံးပြုသူအမည် မူဝါဒ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:အသုံးပြုသူအမည် မူဝါဒ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gebruikersnaam" title="Wikipedia:Gebruikersnaam – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wikipedia:Gebruikersnaam" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिपिडिया:प्रयोगकर्ता नाम नीति – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विकिपिडिया:प्रयोगकर्ता नाम नीति" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%88%A9%E7%94%A8%E8%80%85%E5%90%8D" title="Wikipedia:利用者名 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:利用者名" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A1%E0%AC%BC%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%86:Username_policy" title="ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Username policy – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Username policy" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Foydalanuvchi_nomi_siyosati" title="Vikipediya:Foydalanuvchi nomi siyosati – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Vikipediya:Foydalanuvchi nomi siyosati" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A9%D9%8A%D9%BE%DB%90%DA%89%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86-%D9%86%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%AA%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87" title="ويکيپېډيا:د کارن-نوم تگلاره – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ويکيپېډيا:د کارن-نوم تگلاره" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Nazwa_u%C5%BCytkownika" title="Wikipedia:Nazwa użytkownika – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Nazwa użytkownika" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Nume_de_utilizator" title="Wikipedia:Nume de utilizator – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:Nume de utilizator" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Википедия:Имена участников – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Имена участников" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%8D:%D0%90%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8B_%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8D" title="Бикипиэдьийэ:Ааттаныы сиэрэ – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Бикипиэдьийэ:Ааттаныы сиэрэ" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Politika_e_emrave_t%C3%AB_p%C3%ABrdoruesve" title="Wikipedia:Politika e emrave të përdoruesve – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Wikipedia:Politika e emrave të përdoruesve" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%9A_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA" title="විකිපීඩියා:පරිශීලක නාම ප්‍රතිපත්තිය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:පරිශීලක නාම ප්‍රතිපත්තිය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username" title="Wikipedia:Username – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wikipedia:Username" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A" title="وڪيپيڊيا:يوزرنالو پاليسي – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="وڪيپيڊيا:يوزرنالو پاليسي" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Pou%C5%BE%C3%ADvate%C4%BEsk%C3%A9_meno" title="Wikipédia:Používateľské meno – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Wikipédia:Používateľské meno" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Uporabni%C5%A1ko_ime" title="Wikipedija:Uporabniško ime – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Wikipedija:Uporabniško ime" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Wikipedia:Username policy" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%BE%DB%8E%D9%86%DB%95%D8%B1" title="ویکیپیدیا:سیاسەتی ناوی بەکارھێنەر – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا:سیاسەتی ناوی بەکارھێنەر" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3" title="Википедија:Кориснички налог – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија:Кориснички налог" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Korisni%C4%8Dko_ime" title="Wikipedija:Korisničko ime – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Wikipedija:Korisničko ime" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ngaran_pamak%C3%A9" title="Wikipedia:Ngaran pamaké – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Wikipedia:Ngaran pamaké" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:K%C3%A4ytt%C3%A4j%C3%A4tunnus" title="Wikipedia:Käyttäjätunnus – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Wikipedia:Käyttäjätunnus" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Anv%C3%A4ndarkonto" title="Wikipedia:Användarkonto – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Wikipedia:Användarkonto" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D" title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:பயனர் பெயர் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:பயனர் பெயர்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiuto:Cambiare_il_nome_utente" title="Aiuto:Cambiare il nome utente – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="Aiuto:Cambiare il nome utente" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81" title="వికీపీడియా:వాడుకరిపేరు – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="వికీపీడియా:వాడుకరిపేరు" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2:%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%89%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%89" title="วิกิพีเดีย:ชื่อผู้ใช้ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="วิกิพีเดีย:ชื่อผู้ใช้" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedi:Kullan%C4%B1c%C4%B1_ad%C4%B1" title="Vikipedi:Kullanıcı adı – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Vikipedi:Kullanıcı adı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F:%D0%86%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%96%D0%B2" title="Вікіпедія:Імена користувачів – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вікіпедія:Імена користувачів" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a 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lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="Wikipedia:用户名方针" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E7%94%A8%E6%88%B6%E5%90%8D%E6%94%BF%E7%AD%96" title="Wikipedia:用戶名政策 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="Wikipedia:用戶名政策" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E7%94%A8%E6%88%B7%E5%90%8D" title="Wikipedia:用户名 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="Wikipedia:用户名" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a 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class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:U" and "WP:UN" redirect here. For the guidelines on user pages, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UP">WP:UP</a>. For the United Nations WikiProject, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WPUN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WPUN">WP:WPUN</a>. For the File Upload Wizard, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FUW" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FUW">WP:FUW</a>. For Userboxes, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">WP:Userboxes</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238436933">.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 0;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);box-sizing:border-box;color:var(--color-base,#202122)}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{border:2px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ombox-delete{border:2px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ombox-content{border:1px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ombox-style{border:1px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ombox-move{border:1px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ombox-protection{border:2px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.9em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This page documents an English Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policy</a>.</b><div style="font-size: 90%;">It describes a widely accepted standard that all editors should <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">normally</a> follow. Changes made to it should reflect <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PGCHANGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PGCHANGE">consensus</a>.</div></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:U"></span><span id="WP:UN"></span><span id="WP:UPOL"></span><span id="WP:USERNAME"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:U&redirect=no">WP:U</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UN&redirect=no">WP:UN</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UPOL&redirect=no">WP:UPOL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:USERNAME&redirect=no">WP:USERNAME</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> When choosing an account name, do not choose names which may be offensive, misleading, disruptive, or promotional. 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.sidebar-heading{background:#082849}}</style><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks help-box noprint plainlist" style="width:200px;clear:right"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Conduct" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Conduct policies</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Evasion_of_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Block evasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Clean_start" title="Wikipedia:Clean start">Clean start</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Username policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output 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It also specifies that a user account should be used only by one person, and that in most cases one person should use only one account. </p><p>You choose your username when <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why create an account?">creating a user account</a>. All contributions made using that account will then be attributed to the chosen username (contributions made while not <a href="/wiki/Help:Logging_in" title="Help:Logging in">logged in</a> to any account are attributed to the user's <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP address</a>). It is also possible to request a <a href="#Changing_your_username">change of username</a>, and have your past contributions re-attributed to the new name. </p><p>This policy applies to usernames on English Wikipedia. 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usernames</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Guidance_for_new_users" data-mw-thread-id="h-Guidance_for_new_users"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Guidance_for_new_users"></span>Guidance for new users<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Guidance_for_new_users"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:50%; border-width: 1px; font-size: 1em;"> <div class="quotebox-title" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dddddd;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">English Wikipedia username policy</a> summary</div> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <div style="font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 20px;"><b>Your username must represent you as an <i>individual person</i></b></div> <div style="font-size: 14px; padding-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 1.5em"> <p>Usernames are not allowed on Wikipedia if they: </p> <ul> <li style="margin-bottom: 1em">only contain the names of companies, organizations, websites, musical groups or bands, teams, clubs, creative groups, or organized events </li><li style="margin-bottom: 1em">only describe a particular role, title, position, department, or a group or team of people within a parent organization or group that can be represented or held by multiple people or by different people </li><li style="margin-bottom: 1em">are promotional in nature, or appear intended to advertise, promote, sell, gain support, or increase the attention or user-base audience of any person, company, market, product, channel, website, or other good or service </li><li style="margin-bottom: 1em">imply that your user account will be shared between more than one person </li></ul> </div> <div style="font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><b>Your username must be truthful, appropriate, and not foster a negative editing environment</b></div> <div style="font-size: 14px; padding-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 1.5em"> <p>Usernames are not allowed on Wikipedia and will be <b>immediately blocked</b> upon discovery if they: </p> <ul> <li style="margin-bottom: 1em">are offensive, profane, violent, threatening, sexually explicit, or disruptive, or that advocate or encourage any such behavior (including criminal or illegal acts) </li><li style="margin-bottom: 1em">contain statements that are libelous, contentious, or disparaging, or that disclose any private or non-public information about somebody else (either another editor, or a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:N">notable</a> living person) </li><li style="margin-bottom: 1em">are deliberately deceptive, confusing, misleading, unnecessarily long, similar to the username of other accounts, or attempt to impersonate or falsely represent somebody else (another editor, a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:N">notable</a> living person, an "official" <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> account, etc.) in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTHERE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTHERE">bad faith</a> </li><li style="margin-bottom: 1em">imply that the account has explicit ownership of any articles, content, or topic areas, or any kind of "power" or "authority" over other editors, a different application of Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PG">policies and guidelines</a> (such as implying that certain policies do not apply to them), or that the account has any administrative or "moderator" access levels or user rights </li><li style="margin-bottom: 1em">imply the intent to troll, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VAND" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VAND">vandalize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DE">disrupt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SOAP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SOAP">advertise</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPAM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPAM">spam</a> Wikipedia </li><li style="margin-bottom: 1em">imply the intent to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPA">personally attack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HARASS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HARASS">harass</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:911" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:911">threaten</a> other Wikipedia users </li><li style="margin-bottom: 1em">imply that you are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTHERE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTHERE">not here to build an encyclopedia</a> or will use Wikipedia for purposes <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOT">that it was not created for</a> </li></ul> </div> </blockquote> </div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NAMEGUIDE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NAMEGUIDE&redirect=no">WP:NAMEGUIDE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Your username is a nickname that will identify your account and thereby all of your contributions to Wikipedia. It can be your real name if you so choose, but you should be aware of <a href="#Real_names">the risks involved</a> in editing under your real name before choosing to use or disclose your real name on Wikipedia. Wikipedia usernames are <a href="/wiki/Case_sensitivity" title="Case sensitivity">case sensitive</a>, but the first letter is always automatically capitalized. By default, your username appears in your signature on posts to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">discussion pages</a>. For further details on signatures and how to customize them, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Wikipedia:Signatures</a>. </p><p>You must keep in mind that, once chosen, a username cannot be easily changed, and changing your username doesn't hide your previous username from all of the edits that you've made while using it (such as the signature of your previous username that you left on any talk pages, messages, discussions, and replies). For example, if "Dr. Franz Schröder" is your real name, and you choose this to be your username, your real name and doctorate will be evident on your edits, on history pages, and (unless you change your signature) on all posts, messages, and replies that you make to talk pages and discussions. <b>It is <i>highly recommended</i> that you read and understand the section on <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Real_names">using your real name</a> as your username before you decide to do so.</b> Likewise, reusing a name here which you also use on other sites may be as revealing as using your actual name. </p><p>You will be required to specify the username that you'd like to use when you are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why create an account?">creating a new account</a>, and you will subsequently use it (together with your password) to <a href="/wiki/Help:Logging_in" title="Help:Logging in">log in</a> to that account. Once you have an account, you may create a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">user page</a>, titled "User:XXXX" (where "XXXX" is your username), to provide relevant information about yourself to other Wikipedians. You or any other editor may also create a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines#User_talk_pages" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">user talk page</a>, titled "User talk:XXXX", that people can use to contact you. </p><p>The MediaWiki software will not allow you to register a new account with a username that is already taken by another account, nor will it allow you to register a username that is <i>too similar</i> to another account. You <a href="/wiki/Special:CentralAuth" title="Special:CentralAuth">can check</a> whether or not a username is already taken; if the username is not listed when you enter it into the username search, it means that the provided username is not taken. Please note that the page does not return usernames that are too similar; it only returns a match if the exact username you enter is already taken. You may still be able to obtain a username that is too similar to another account under certain circumstances; see <a href="#Similar_usernames">§ Similar usernames</a> below. </p><p>Your username can be virtually any string of characters (subject to a few <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(technical_restrictions)#Restrictions_on_usernames" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)">technical limitations</a>). However, it should be a name which other users will be comfortable with and which does not interfere with the project. A controversial name may give a bad impression to other users, and avoiding this is in your own interest. This page describes certain types of usernames that are specifically disallowed, primarily because they can be considered <i>offensive</i>, <i>misleading</i>, or <i>promotional</i>, or imply that the account does <i>not belong to an individual</i>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Inappropriate_usernames" data-mw-thread-id="h-Inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Inappropriate_usernames"></span>Inappropriate usernames<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Inappropriate_usernames"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:IU"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:IU&redirect=no">WP:IU</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>This section lists the types of usernames that are considered inappropriate. The same criteria also apply to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">signatures</a>. </p><p>These lists are not necessarily exhaustive. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#Use_common_sense" title="Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means">Use common sense</a> in applying these rules; a username containing a word that may seem offensive in one context may have a very different, more benign meaning in another. For guidance on how to deal with inappropriate usernames if encountered, see <a href="#Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames">§ Dealing with inappropriate usernames</a> below. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disruptive_or_offensive_usernames" data-mw-thread-id="h-Disruptive_or_offensive_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Disruptive_or_offensive_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"></span>Disruptive or offensive usernames<span id="Offensive"></span><span id="OFFENSIVE"></span><span id="Disruptive"></span><span id="DISRUPTIVE"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Disruptive_or_offensive_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ATTACKNAME"></span><span id="WP:DISRUPTNAME"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ATTACKNAME&redirect=no">WP:ATTACKNAME</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DISRUPTNAME&redirect=no">WP:DISRUPTNAME</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>The following types of usernames are not permitted, and will be immediately blocked upon discovery</b>, because they are <b>disruptive</b> or <b>offensive</b>: </p> <ul><li>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 containing profanities, or referencing highly contentious events or controversies.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Usernames that are blatantly profane, violent, threatening, or sexually explicit, or that advocate or encourage any such behavior (including acts that are deemed by most societies as either extremely immoral, criminal, or illegal).</li> <li>Usernames that deliberately offend, dehumanize, attack, demean, disparage, discriminate, or support or advocate any such behavior toward any race, religion, gender, sexual identity, sexual preference, political affiliation, or social group or status, or imply the intent to do so. Examples include: <ul><li>Usernames that contain discriminatory attacks, racial slurs, or pejorative terms</li> <li>Usernames that praise highly contentious people, groups (also known as "<a href="/wiki/Hate_group" title="Hate group">hate groups</a>"), or events—<i>future, past, or present</i>—that currently allocate, have allocated, or plan to allocate efforts or resources toward afflicting direct discriminatory, social, physical, or emotional harm toward those who identify as part of any of these groups.</li></ul></li> <li>Usernames that contain or imply <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">personal attacks</a>, or imply the intent to personally attack, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HARASS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HARASS">harass</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:911" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:911">threaten</a> other Wikipedia editors.</li> <li>Usernames that appear intended to disrupt legitimate Wikipedia discussions and processes by provoking negative emotional reactions from other editors (also known as "<a href="/wiki/Internet_troll" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet troll">trolling</a>").</li> <li>Usernames that show or imply the intent to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VAND" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VAND">vandalize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DE">disrupt</a>, or engage in bad-faith edits or behaviors that are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Here_to_build_an_encyclopedia#Clearly_not_being_here_to_build_an_encyclopedia" title="Wikipedia:Here to build an encyclopedia">clearly not intended to help build, expand, or grow the encyclopedia</a> in a positive or collaborative manner.</li></ul> <p><b>These accounts, upon their discovery, should be immediately blocked by administrators</b>, and consideration should be given, with appropriate judgment, if the username should be redacted from any logs or edit revisions - especially if they're grossly offensive or destructive in nature, and likely to offend many editors. Note that usernames that are inappropriate in another language, or that represent an inappropriate name with misspellings and substitutions, or do so indirectly or by implication, are still considered inappropriate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usernames_with_libelous,_contentious,_or_non-public_information" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usernames_with_libelous,_contentious,_or_non-public_information-Inappropriate_usernames"><span id="Usernames_with_libelous.2C_contentious.2C_or_non-public_information"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usernames_with_libelous,_contentious,_or_non-public_information-Inappropriate_usernames"></span><span class="anchor" id="BLPABUSE"></span>Usernames with libelous, contentious, or non-public information<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usernames_with_libelous,_contentious,_or_non-public_information-Inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Remove_contentious_material" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons § Remove contentious material</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Usernames" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons § Usernames</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BLPABUSE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BLPABUSE&redirect=no">WP:BLPABUSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>The following types of usernames are not permitted, and will be immediately blocked upon discovery</b>, because they <b>violate highly important and serious Wikipedia policies</b>: </p> <ul><li>Usernames that contain contentious or disparaging statements about another person (whether they be another editor, a notable <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">living or recently deceased person</a>, etc).</li> <li>Usernames that are clearly libelous, contain blatantly false or disparaging statements or accusations about another person, or constitute blatant violations of Wikipedia's policy on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">biographies of living people</a>.</li> <li>Usernames that contain any non-public, private, or personally identifiable information about another person,<sup id="cite_ref-libelnote_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-libelnote-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or contain any other information that would be deemed appropriate for suppression by an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OS">Oversighter</a>; e.g. usernames that state what the password to the account (apparently) is.</li></ul> <p><b>These accounts, upon their discovery, should be immediately blocked by administrators</b>. If such usernames are libelous or contain information that is usually suppressed (such as disclosure of non-public personal identifiable information about another editor, or blatantly libelous statements made about a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:N">notable</a> living person), the username should be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">suppressed from all logs by an Oversighter</a> to protect Wikipedia and the subjects involved from any kind of negative fallout or harm as a result of the account or username creation. Requests for removing attack usernames from logs should be reported to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stewards" title="Wikipedia:Stewards">global Stewards</a> team for evaluation and private removal from all WMF projects. This can be done either via <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC" title="Wikipedia:IRC">IRC</a> in the <span style="font-family: monospace,Courier; white-space: pre-wrap !important; word-wrap: break-word; max-width: 1200px; overflow: auto;">#wikimedia-stewards</span> <sup class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#wikimedia-stewards"><span style="color:green;">connect</span></a></sup> channel or via email to the stewards VRT queue at <span class="nowrap">stewards<span class="mw-no-invert"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikimedia.org</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Misleading_usernames" data-mw-thread-id="h-Misleading_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Misleading_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"></span>Misleading usernames<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Misleading_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="misleading"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:MISLEADNAME"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MISLEADNAME&redirect=no">WP:MISLEADNAME</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>The following types of usernames are not permitted</b> because they may be <b>misleading</b> in a way that disrupts the project: </p> <ul><li>Usernames that impersonate other people (see <a href="#Real_names">§ Real names</a> and <a href="#Similar_usernames">§ Similar usernames</a> below).</li> <li>Usernames that give the impression that the account has <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">permissions</a> that it does not have; e.g. by containing the terms <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators"><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">administrator</span></a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats"><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">bureaucrat</span></a>, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards" class="extiw" title="m:Stewards"><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">steward</span></a>, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CheckUser_policy" class="extiw" title="m:CheckUser policy"><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">checkuser</span></a>, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hiding_revisions" class="extiw" title="m:Hiding revisions"><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">oversight</span></a>, or similar terms, such as <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">admin</span>, <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">sysop</span>, or <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">moderator</span>.</li> <li>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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PG">policies and guidelines</a> should be enforced (such as implying that certain policies do not apply to them).</li> <li>Usernames that could be easily misunderstood to refer to a "bot" (which is used to identify <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">bot accounts</a>) or a "script" (which alludes to automated editing processes), unless the account is of that type; such as <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">ABC Bot</span>, <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">XYZ script</span>.</li> <li>Usernames that give the incorrect impression that the account is officially affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>; e.g. <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">Foo (WMF)</span>, <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">Bar (Wikimedia Foundation)</span></li> <li>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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">signature</a> format.</li> <li>Usernames that appear similar to naming conventions used by community administrative processes, such as those starting with <i>Vanished user</i> (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing</a>).</li></ul> <p>For accounts with usernames that are in this category, you should <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AGF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AGF">assume good faith</a> in cases where the username could be interpreted ambiguously. For example, a new user whose career is as a sysop might include that in their username, unaware of the policy prohibiting it. An attempt to discuss the username policy and concern with the user, and a request that they change their username should typically be attempted before considering further action. In cases where the violation of policy or the user's intent is clear, or likely created in bad faith, you should exhibit the use of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:USE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:USE">common sense</a> and fair and level-headed judgment when determining the appropriate action to take. These clear violations should be reported by following the instructions on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention" title="Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention">Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Promotional_usernames" data-mw-thread-id="h-Promotional_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Promotional_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"></span>Promotional usernames<span id="Company/group_names"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Promotional_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ORGNAME"></span><span id="WP:CORPNAME"></span><span id="WP:SPAMNAME"></span><span id="WP:PROMONAME"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ORGNAME&redirect=no">WP:ORGNAME</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CORPNAME&redirect=no">WP:CORPNAME</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SPAMNAME&redirect=no">WP:SPAMNAME</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PROMONAME&redirect=no">WP:PROMONAME</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:ORGNAME" redirects here. For the convention for organization names, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(companies)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (companies)">Wikipedia:Naming conventions (companies)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_who_are_indefinitely_blocked_for_promotional_user_names" title="Category:Wikipedians who are indefinitely blocked for promotional user names">Category:Wikipedians who are indefinitely blocked for promotional user names</a></div> <p><b>The following types of usernames are not permitted</b> because they are considered <b>promotional</b>: </p> <ul><li>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. <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">TownvilleWidgets</span>, <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">MyWidgetsUSA.com</span>, <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">TrammelMuseumofArt</span>, <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">OctoberfestBandConcert2019</span>). However, usernames that <i>contain</i> such names are sometimes permissible; see <a href="#Usernames_implying_shared_use">§ Usernames implying shared use</a> below. (Usernames which represent the subject of a biographical article are not considered promotional; see <a href="#Stage_names">§ Stage names</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Email_address" title="Email address">Email addresses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator" class="mw-redirect" title="Uniform Resource Locator">URLs</a> to domains or websites (especially if they promote a commercial web page) and don't simply identify a person. Although usernames that only contain <i>plain</i> domain names <i>on their own</i> (those that do not include the <a href="/wiki/Top-level_domain" title="Top-level domain">top-level domain</a>, such as <code>.com</code>, <code>.net</code>, <code>.co.kr</code>, etc. at the end) are sometimes acceptable (such as when the purpose is simply to identify the user as a person), they are inappropriate if their primary purpose is to advertise, promote, sell, gain support, or increase the attention or user-base audience of any person, company, market, product, channel, website, or other good or service. This includes any kind of websites that function in order to generate any kind of income or revenue for the owner. Examples include Patreon links or links to pages asking for donations, or revenue-generating click-thru links to vendors. All pages that are built or designed in one or more of these manners should be considered a commercial web page, and hence considered inappropriate for a username.</li></ul> <p>A user who <i>both</i> adopts a promotional username <i>and</i> who engages in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#ADVERTISING" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">inappropriate advertising or promotional</a> edits or behaviors – especially when made to their own user space or to articles about the company, group, or product – can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocked</a> from editing Wikipedia, and are often blocked much sooner than users who engage in only one of the two behaviors. In such cases, administrators should examine the user's edits to decide whether or not to allow them to create a new username. If there is evidence that the user would continue to edit inappropriately under a new username, the blocking administrator should enable the "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoblock" title="Wikipedia:Autoblock">autoblock</a>" and "prevent account creation" block settings. Otherwise, the user should be offered the opportunity to create a new account or have their current username changed. Before taking action, any disagreements as to whether a particular username is acceptable or not should be discussed at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_names" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names">Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names</a> <i>first</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usernames_implying_shared_use" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usernames_implying_shared_use-Inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usernames_implying_shared_use-Inappropriate_usernames"></span>Usernames implying shared use<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usernames_implying_shared_use-Inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ISU"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ISU&redirect=no">WP:ISU</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Role_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry § Role accounts</a></div> <p>Because Wikipedia's policy states that user accounts cannot be <a href="#Shared_accounts">shared</a> between more than one individual, <b>the following types of usernames are not permitted</b> because they imply <b>shared use</b>: </p> <ul><li>Usernames that are simply names of companies or groups are not permitted (these also fall under <a href="#Promotional_usernames">§ Promotional usernames</a> above). For example, <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">ABC Inc</span> or <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">XYZ Foundation</span> or <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">Foo University</span>.</li> <li>Personal usernames that imply shared access, such as <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">Jack and Jill</span>, are not permitted.</li> <li>Usernames that are solely the names of posts, positions, roles, or job titles within organizations, such as <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">Secretary of the XYZ Foundation</span>, are not permitted, as such posts or positions may be transferred or held by different persons at different times.</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>However, usernames <i>are</i> acceptable if they contain a company or group name but are clearly intended to denote an individual person, such as <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">Mark at WidgetFactory</span>, <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">Jack Smith at the XYZ Foundation</span>, <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">FacebookFanatic87</span>, etc.</li></ul></dd></dl> <p>Remember that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#ADVERTISING" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">promotional</a> editing is not permitted, regardless of any account's chosen username. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">conflict of interest guideline</a> advises all users to exercise caution if editing articles about businesses, organizations, products, or other subjects that they are closely connected to. If you choose to edit articles that are in any way related to your company or group, you will need to carefully follow Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest#Advice_for_editors_who_may_have_a_conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">advice on editing with a conflict of interest</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-script_usernames" data-mw-thread-id="h-Non-script_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Non-script_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"></span>Non-script usernames<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Non-script_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOEMOJI"></span><span id="WP:NONSCRIPT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOEMOJI&redirect=no">WP:NOEMOJI</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NONSCRIPT&redirect=no">WP:NONSCRIPT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>The following types of usernames are not permitted</b> due to the difficulty with some web browsers in viewing non-language Unicode characters:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Usernames that contain <a href="/wiki/Emoji" title="Emoji">emoji</a>.</li> <li>Usernames that are considered to be <a href="/wiki/Emoticon" title="Emoticon">emoticons</a> or otherwise "decorative".</li> <li>Usernames that use any non-language symbols. This includes: <ul><li>Symbols and characters unrelated to the <a href="/wiki/List_of_writing_systems" title="List of writing systems">list of writing systems</a>.</li> <li>Symbols and characters that are on the block lists at <a href="/wiki/Unicode_symbols" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicode symbols">Unicode symbols</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Note that this restriction does <b>not</b> apply to signatures, which are governed by Wikipedia's policies on the use of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">signatures</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Confusing_usernames" data-mw-thread-id="h-Confusing_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Confusing_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"></span>Confusing usernames<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Confusing_usernames-Inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:UNCONF"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UNCONF&redirect=no">WP:UNCONF</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>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 <b>on their own</b> as to require action. </p><p>Confusing usernames can often be a red flag for other problems. An editor with a confusing username or signature may be blocked sooner than usual for other inappropriate behavior, such as disruption or vandalism, if their confusing username contributes to the disruption. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exceptions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Exceptions-Inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Exceptions-Inappropriate_usernames"></span>Exceptions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Exceptions-Inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <p>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 <i>(see <a href="/wiki/Grandfather_clause" title="Grandfather clause">grandfather clause</a>)</i>. If you find an apparently problematic username being used by a long-standing editor, it is likely that the matter has been discussed before. Please search that user's talk page (and archives if applicable), <i>and</i> the archives of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard">administrators' noticeboards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_names" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names">requests for comment on usernames</a>, before deciding to take action as described <a href="#Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames">below</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames" data-mw-thread-id="h-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span>Dealing with inappropriate usernames<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BADNAME"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BADNAME&redirect=no">WP:BADNAME</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If you encounter an inappropriate username as described <a href="#Inappropriate_usernames">above</a>, there are various actions you might take. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#Use_common_sense" title="Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means">Use common sense</a> in making your choice, and avoid <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">"biting" newcomers</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No_action_necessary" data-mw-thread-id="h-No_action_necessary-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-No_action_necessary-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span>No action necessary<span data-mw-comment-end="h-No_action_necessary-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <p>If the name is not unambiguously problematic, it may be sensible to ignore it. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a>, and also note the <a href="#Exceptions">exceptions</a> 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 <i>recent</i> edit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Talk_to_the_user" data-mw-thread-id="h-Talk_to_the_user-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Talk_to_the_user-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span>Talk to the user<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Talk_to_the_user-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <p>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 {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-username" title="Template:Uw-username">subst:uw-username</a>}}, {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-uall" title="Template:Uw-uall">subst:uw-uall</a>}} or {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-coi-username" title="Template:Uw-coi-username">subst:uw-coi-username</a>}} template for this. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Request_for_comment" data-mw-thread-id="h-Request_for_comment-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Request_for_comment-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span>Request for comment<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Request_for_comment-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <p>If, following an attempt to discuss a problematic username with the user, there is still doubt or disagreement as to whether the name is appropriate, you may open a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFC/N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFC/N">Request for comment on the username</a>, inviting other users to discuss the issue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Report_blatant_violations" data-mw-thread-id="h-Report_blatant_violations-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Report_blatant_violations-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span>Report blatant violations<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Report_blatant_violations-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <p>If you believe that a username needs to be immediately blocked and is an obvious violation of policy, you can report it to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention" title="Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention">Usernames for administrator attention</a>. This page should only be used for clear and egregious username violations that merit an immediate block and without any discussion or warning beforehand. </p><p>Do not <i>both</i> warn a user account or discuss the username and your concerns with a user account, <i>and</i> file a report against the user account at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UAA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UAA">Usernames for administrator attention</a> at the same time. A warning or discussion by another editor should be perceived as an <i>invitation</i> or an <i>encouragement</i> for the user to change their username or otherwise resolve the matter at-hand, while filing a report against the account invites a block to be immediately placed and without warning or discussion beforehand. These two actions directly counteract with one another; performing both actions can cause confusion, frustration, and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BITE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BITE">biting of newcomers</a> where <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AGF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AGF">the assumption of good faith</a> likely should have been the preferred initial response. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Report_other_problems" data-mw-thread-id="h-Report_other_problems-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Report_other_problems-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span>Report other problems<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Report_other_problems-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <p>If the user with a bad username is breaching other policies, such as those against <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPAM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPAM">spam</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VAND" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VAND">vandalism</a>, follow up using those policies rather than reporting the username. If the user is editing in a biased or promotional way on a subject they appear to have a connection with, report them at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COIN">Conflict of Interest noticeboard</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usernames_for_administrator_attention_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usernames_for_administrator_attention_guidelines-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usernames_for_administrator_attention_guidelines-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span>Usernames for administrator attention guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usernames_for_administrator_attention_guidelines-Dealing_with_inappropriate_usernames"></span></h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention" title="Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention">Usernames for administrator attention</a> (UAA) is a noticeboard for drawing attention to abusive usernames quickly. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention/Instructions" title="Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention/Instructions">Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention/Instructions</a> for information on how to place or resolve UAA reports, including the options that are available to administrators. </p><p>Remember that blocking a new user is not actually something we <i>want</i> to do, it is something we do when it is needed to protect Wikipedia from harm. Generally, editors whose usernames are a technical or borderline violation of the Username policy should be given an opportunity to discuss the username and how they may register a new username. However, users who are reluctant to register a new username and are otherwise showing a positive history of contributions to Wikipedia should be allowed to continue editing in a positive fashion and the matter should be dropped. But this exemption does not apply to editors who have a clearly offensive username, disruptive or vandalizing edits, or edits that show a history of problematic bias or conflict of interest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Other_particular_types_of_username" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_particular_types_of_username"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span>Other particular types of username<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Real_names" data-mw-thread-id="h-Real_names-Other_particular_types_of_username"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Real_names-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span>Real names<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Real_names-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:IMPERSONATE" redirects here. For impersonation regarding signatures, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signature_forgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Signature forgery">WP:Signature forgery</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REALNAME"></span><span id="WP:IMPERSONATE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REALNAME&redirect=no">WP:REALNAME</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:IMPERSONATE&redirect=no">WP:IMPERSONATE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Minors and children are <i>strongly discouraged</i> from creating accounts with usernames that are their real names, any nicknames which might be traced to them, or that contain <i>any</i> personally identifiable information</b>. Furthermore, <b><i>all editors</i> – regardless of age – should take the time to carefully consider the risk and consequences before doing so</b>. Usernames with this information <i>significantly</i> increase the potential for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">harassment</a>, especially if these accounts edit in controversial subject areas. In some countries, editing Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia" title="Censorship of Wikipedia">can be illegal</a>, and using this information can put you at risk of legal consequences. While it is possible to rename your account later (see <a href="#Changing_your_username">Changing your username</a> below), a record of your previous username remains permanently. </p><p>Do not edit under a name that is likely to imply that you are (or are related to) a specific, identifiable person, unless it is your real name. If you have the same name as a well-known person to whom you are unrelated, and are using your real name, you should state clearly on your <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userpage" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Userpage">userpage</a> that you are unrelated to the well-known person. </p><p>If a username implies that the user is, or is related to, a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:N">notable</a>, identifiable or well-known person, the account may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocked</a> as a precaution against impersonation until the user's proof of identity is provided. </p><p>If you have been blocked for using your real name, please do not take offense; we are trying to prevent somebody from impersonating or harassing you, or someone you may share the same real name with. You are welcome to use your real name, but in some cases, you will need to prove that you are who you say you are. You can do this by sending an email to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="mailto:info-en@wikimedia.org">info-en<span class="nowrap" style="color:#3365BA"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/At_sign_blue.svg/15px-At_sign_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/At_sign_blue.svg/23px-At_sign_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/At_sign_blue.svg/30px-At_sign_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikimedia.org</a>. Be aware that emails are handled by a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Volunteer_Response_Team" title="Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team">volunteer response team</a>; it can take some time before you'll receive a reply. Do not send unsolicited scans of your <a href="/wiki/Passport" title="Passport">passport</a> or <a href="/wiki/Driver%27s_license" title="Driver's license">driver's license</a> to the volunteer response team. Instead, you should contact them to find out the best way to prove your identity. The best way will vary, but could be by using a mail address on a <a href="/wiki/Domain_name" title="Domain name">domain name</a> that belongs to you. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stage_names" data-mw-thread-id="h-Stage_names-Other_particular_types_of_username"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Stage_names-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span>Stage names<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Stage_names-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:USERSTAGENAME"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:USERSTAGENAME&redirect=no">WP:USERSTAGENAME</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Users may use their <a href="/wiki/Stage_name" title="Stage name">stage name</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pen_name" title="Pen name">pen name</a>, or other nickname as their username, provided that it uniquely identifies a single person. This is not considered promotional, even if commercial performances or publications are made under such a name, unless the user makes promotional edits <i>within Wikipedia</i> about themselves, their projects, etc. However, a user may not use <b>someone else's</b> stage name as a username, as per the <a href="#Real_names">§ Real names</a> section of this page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usernames_with_non-Latin_characters" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usernames_with_non-Latin_characters-Other_particular_types_of_username"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usernames_with_non-Latin_characters-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span>Usernames with non-Latin characters<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usernames_with_non-Latin_characters-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span></h3></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Non-Latin"></span><span class="anchor" id="NL"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NONLATIN"></span><span id="WP:LATINPLEASE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NONLATIN&redirect=no">WP:NONLATIN</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:LATINPLEASE&redirect=no">WP:LATINPLEASE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unified_login" title="Wikipedia:Unified login">Wikipedia:Unified login</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures#Non-Latin" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Wikipedia:Signatures § Non-Latin</a></div> <p>Users with usernames in non-<a href="/wiki/Latin_script" title="Latin script">Latin script</a> <a href="/wiki/Writing_system" title="Writing system">writing systems</a> are welcome to edit Wikipedia. There is no requirement that usernames must be in English or that Latin script <a href="/wiki/Character_(computing)" title="Character (computing)">characters</a> must be used. However, such usernames may appear illegible to other contributors to the English Wikipedia, and not every user's <a href="/wiki/Computer_keyboard" title="Computer keyboard">keyboard</a> or <a href="/wiki/Input_device" title="Input device">input device</a> may have immediate access to non-Latin characters. In addition, sometimes certain characters may not display correctly. As a courtesy to other contributors, and to avoid possible confusion or mis-identification, users with such usernames are encouraged to provide a Latin-character <a href="/wiki/Transliteration" title="Transliteration">transliteration</a> username on their <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">userpage</a>, and/or as their <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures#Non-Latin_usernames" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">signature</a>. </p><p>For technical reasons, usernames containing any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(technical_restrictions)#Restrictions_on_usernames" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)">forbidden characters</a> (<code># < > [ ] | { } /</code>, as well as <code> @ : =</code>), are not possible.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Usernames also cannot contain sequences of three or more consecutive tildes, as these are used to generate signatures, and cannot contain underscores. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Similar_usernames" data-mw-thread-id="h-Similar_usernames-Other_particular_types_of_username"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Similar_usernames-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span>Similar usernames<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Similar_usernames-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:IMPERSONATOR"></span><span id="WP:SIMILARNAME"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:IMPERSONATOR&redirect=no">WP:IMPERSONATOR</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SIMILARNAME&redirect=no">WP:SIMILARNAME</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Usernames that are very similar to existing ones cannot be registered normally – but if you do want to use one, you may request its creation at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account" title="Wikipedia:Request an account">Wikipedia:Request an account</a>. Usernames that are similar only to unused or inactive accounts should not be a problem. <a href="/wiki/Special:CentralAuth" title="Special:CentralAuth">Special:CentralAuth</a> can be used to check for such usernames. The program that checks for similarity is a bit over-sensitive—if the username is different enough as to prevent other people from confusing the two users, the request should be approved. One should not choose a username that implies a relationship with an existing editor (unless the account is actually owned or the relationship is acknowledged by the editor themselves). </p><p>If your username is similar to that of another contributor or an article, you may wish to provide some form of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">disambiguation</a>, such as by adding <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Distinguish" title="Template:Distinguish">distinguish</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> to the top of your <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">user page</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commonly_misspelled_usernames" data-mw-thread-id="h-Commonly_misspelled_usernames-Other_particular_types_of_username"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Commonly_misspelled_usernames-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span>Commonly misspelled usernames<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Commonly_misspelled_usernames-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span></h3></div> <p>If your username is commonly misspelled, consider helping people by adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">redirects</a> to your actual user page and talk page from the misspelled titles. You may wish to consider registering the misspelled username as a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Legitimate_uses" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">doppelgänger account</a> to prevent it from being registered by someone else. The software prevents registration of certain names that are found to be too similar to existing ones; if you cannot register your doppelgänger username for this reason, you should visit <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account" title="Wikipedia:Request an account">Wikipedia:Request an account</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UseModWiki-era_anonymous_users" data-mw-thread-id="h-UseModWiki-era_anonymous_users-Other_particular_types_of_username"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-UseModWiki-era_anonymous_users-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span>UseModWiki-era anonymous users<span data-mw-comment-end="h-UseModWiki-era_anonymous_users-Other_particular_types_of_username"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:USEMODDOMAIN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:USEMODDOMAIN&redirect=no">WP:USEMODDOMAIN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/UseModWiki" title="UseModWiki">UseModWiki</a>, the software used on Wikipedia throughout 2001 and in early 2002, treated users who edited without logging in or providing a screen name differently from modern-day MediaWiki. Anonymous users in that time were treated in one of two ways: </p> <ul><li><b>Domain names:</b> Up until about March 2001, an editor with an IP address "192.0.2.34" that was associated with domain name "host.2.34.example.net" would have their edit logged as being by "host.2.34.example.net". Examples of this are <a href="/wiki/User:Office.bomis.com" title="User:Office.bomis.com">office.bomis.com</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Dhcp-22-128.lclark.edu" title="Special:Contributions/Dhcp-22-128.lclark.edu">dhcp-22-128.lclark.edu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/cnts2p46.uwaterloo.ca" title="Special:Contributions/cnts2p46.uwaterloo.ca">cnts2p46.uwaterloo.ca</a>. Contributions by users with these usernames are affected by <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T2323" class="extiw" title="phab:T2323">T2323</a>. These usernames are usually <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLOCK">indefinitely blocked</a> on sight, as a) they don't make good usernames in light of the above criteria, b) they were never true usernames in the first place and would thus have been abandoned with changing software, and c) modern software is such that an innocent contributor editing from the "host.2.34.example.net" server would <em>not</em> be affected by a block of "User:host.2.34.example.net".</li> <li><b>Redacted IP addresses:</b> An editor with that same IP address that was not associated with any domain name (or all UseModWiki edits after about March 2001) would have their edit logged as being by "192.0.2.xxx". The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Phase_II_software" title="Wikipedia:Phase II software">Phase II software</a> also exhibited this trait. Examples of this are <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/209.69.30.xxx" title="Special:Contributions/209.69.30.xxx">209.69.30.xxx</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/62.110.183.xxx" title="Special:Contributions/62.110.183.xxx">62.110.183.xxx</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Shared_accounts" data-mw-thread-id="h-Shared_accounts"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Shared_accounts"></span>Shared accounts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Shared_accounts"></span></h2></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Sharing_accounts"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Role_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry § Role accounts</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOSHARE"></span><span id="WP:NOSHARING"></span><span id="WP:SHAREDACCOUNT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOSHARE&redirect=no">WP:NOSHARE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOSHARING&redirect=no">WP:NOSHARING</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SHAREDACCOUNT&redirect=no">WP:SHAREDACCOUNT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Any user account should represent an individual and not a group (and an individual should normally only have one user account; see next section). Sharing an account – or the password to an account – with others is not permitted, and evidence of doing so will result in the user being required to stop the practice and change their password, or in sanctions (up to and including the account being blocked), depending on circumstances. For accounts being used to represent a group or organization, see <a href="#Promotional_usernames">§ Promotional usernames</a> and <a href="#Usernames_implying_shared_use">§ Usernames implying shared use</a> above. </p><p>Exceptions to this rule can be made for <i>non-editing</i> accounts approved to provide email access, accounts approved by the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="foundation:">Wikimedia Foundation</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#List_of_role_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">list</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">bot accounts</a> that are maintained by more than one contributor, provided the existence of such an arrangement is made clear and has consensus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Using_multiple_accounts" data-mw-thread-id="h-Using_multiple_accounts"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Using_multiple_accounts"></span>Using multiple accounts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Using_multiple_accounts"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:MULTIPLE"></span><span id="WP:MULTIACCOUNT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MULTIPLE&redirect=no">WP:MULTIPLE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MULTIACCOUNT&redirect=no">WP:MULTIACCOUNT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Legitimate_uses" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry § Legitimate uses</a></div> <p>It is recommended that contributors not use multiple accounts without good reason. For example, a user may wish to create an alternate account for use on public computers as a precaution to keep their primary account more secure. Contributors operating any sort of automated editing process should do so under an alternative <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">bot account</a>. It is recommended that multiple accounts be identified as such on their <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">user pages</a>; <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages">templates</a> such as <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:User_alternative_account" title="Template:User alternative account">User alternative account</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/Related_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/Related accounts">one of a selection of user boxes</a> may be used for this purpose. </p><p>The use of multiple accounts outside of established policy for doing so is known as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">sockpuppetry</a>, and is not permitted. For example, multiple accounts may not be used to comment on proposals or requests, cast votes, or engage in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">edit warring</a>. Because policies apply to individuals, not accounts, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocked</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">banned</a> users must not use sock puppets to circumvent a block; doing so will result in an extension of the block or ban. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Changing_your_username" data-mw-thread-id="h-Changing_your_username"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Changing_your_username"></span>Changing your username<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Changing_your_username"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:UNC"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UNC&redirect=no">WP:UNC</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Usernames can be changed by <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_renamer" class="extiw" title="m:Global renamer">global renamers</a>; requests should be made at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username" title="Wikipedia:Changing username">Wikipedia:Changing username</a>. User accounts with few or no edits might not be renamed, as it is quicker and easier to simply <a href="/wiki/Special:CreateAccount" title="Special:CreateAccount">create a new account</a>. </p><p>Once a username has been changed, existing contributions will be listed under the new name in <a href="/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">page histories</a>, <a href="/wiki/Help:Diff" title="Help:Diff">diffs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:Log" title="Special:Log">logs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions" title="Special:Contributions">user contributions</a>. Signatures on discussion pages will continue to use the old name; while these can be changed manually, it is not recommended unless a contributor wishes to remove as much information as possible about their former name for privacy reasons. In such situations the old name will still be available in old versions of discussion pages, unless <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REVDEL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REVDEL">revision deletion</a> is used and log entries are hidden from public view. Username changes are listed in the <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/renameuser" title="Special:Log/renameuser">user rename log</a> and the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/gblrename" class="extiw" title="m:Special:Log/gblrename">global rename log</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deleting_and_merging_accounts" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deleting_and_merging_accounts-Changing_your_username"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deleting_and_merging_accounts-Changing_your_username"></span><span class="anchor" id="Deleting_an_account"></span>Deleting and merging accounts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deleting_and_merging_accounts-Changing_your_username"></span></h3></div> <p>It is not possible to delete user accounts, as all contributions must be assigned to some identifier, either a username or an <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP address</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Editors seeking privacy per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">courtesy vanishing</a> / <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Vanish" class="extiw" title="m:Right to Vanish">right to vanish</a> can usually have their accounts renamed and their user pages (and, in exceptional cases, user talk pages) <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages#Deleting_others'_user_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">deleted</a>. </p><p>It is not currently possible to merge more than one user account together and combine them into one user account on the English Wikipedia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identification" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identification">Wikipedia:Identification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention" title="Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention">Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_who_are_indefinitely_blocked_for_a_violation_of_the_username_policy" title="Category:Wikipedians who are indefinitely blocked for a violation of the username policy">Category:Wikipedians who are indefinitely blocked for a violation of the username policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(technical_restrictions)#Restrictions_on_usernames" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)">Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions) § Restrictions on usernames</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Unified_login" class="extiw" title="m:Help:Unified login">m:Help:Unified login</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note that some valid strings of characters may coincide with profanities or offensive words, like "shit" in <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Indian+intitle%3A%2F%5B%5E+%5Dshit%2F&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns0=1">some Indian names</a> or "porn" in <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=German+intitle%3A%2F%5B%5E+%28%5Dporn%2F+-pornography+-pornographic+-Thai&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns0=1">some German</a> <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Thai+intitle%3A%2F%5B%5E+%28%5Dporn%2F+-pornography+-pornographic&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns0=1">and Thai</a> names. When addressing these potential <a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem" title="Scunthorpe problem">Scunthorpe problems</a>, administrators should <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UCS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UCS">use common sense</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AGF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AGF">assume good faith</a>. <a href="/wiki/User:AmandaNP/UAA/Blacklist" title="User:AmandaNP/UAA/Blacklist">User:AmandaNP/UAA/Blacklist</a> notes some common sources of false positives; looking up a username or its components in a search engine may also be helpful.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-libelnote-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-libelnote_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The username is considered a violation of this policy, and the creation of the account considered an attempt to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OUTING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OUTING">disclose non-public or personally identifiable information</a> about another person, regardless of the legitimacy of the information shared and whether or not the information was correct.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Decided after an <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/808918433#RFC_about_disallowing_non-language_characters_in_usernames" title="Special:PermanentLink/808918433">2017 RfC</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The "/" character is used for subpages of userpages. Just under 40,000 legacy usernames contain one or more of these last three characters; see <a href="https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/87858" class="extiw" title="quarry:query/87858">Quarry 87858</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T34815" class="extiw" title="phab:T34815">bug T34815</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output 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colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_sockpuppetry" title="Template:Wikipedia sockpuppetry"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_sockpuppetry" title="Template talk:Wikipedia sockpuppetry"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_sockpuppetry" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia sockpuppetry"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Sockpuppetry" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Guidance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Legitimate_uses" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Legitimate uses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Inappropriate_uses_of_alternative_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Inappropriate uses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Meatpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Meat puppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Canvassing" title="Wikipedia:Canvassing">Canvassing</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Username policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Clean_start" title="Wikipedia:Clean start">Clean start</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Single-purpose_account" title="Wikipedia:Single-purpose account">Single-purpose account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sleeper_account" title="Wikipedia:Sleeper account">Sleeper accounts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment#Posting_of_personal_information" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Outing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry">Signs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_sockpuppetry#Motivations" title="Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry">Motivations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_sockpuppetry#Possible_signs" title="Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry">List of signs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_duck_test" title="Wikipedia:The duck test">Duck test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Obvious_sock_is_obvious" title="Wikipedia:Obvious sock is obvious">An obvious sock is obvious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_quick_to_assume_that_someone_is_a_sockpuppet" title="Wikipedia:Don't be quick to assume that someone is a sockpuppet">Don't be quick to assume that someone is a sockpuppet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lurkers" title="Wikipedia:Lurkers">Lurkers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations">Investigations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_sockpuppetry#Triggers_of_a_sockpuppet_investigation" title="Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry">Triggers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Administrators_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Administrators instructions">Administrators instructions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser" title="Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser">Requests for checkuser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/CheckUser_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/CheckUser criteria">CheckUser criteria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consequences_of_sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Consequences of sockpuppetry">Consequences</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Ban</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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practices">Personal security practices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Two-factor_authentication" title="Help:Two-factor authentication">Two-factor authentication</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Using_AWB_with_2FA" title="Wikipedia:Using AWB with 2FA">2FA for AWB</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Committed_identity" title="Template:Committed identity">Committed identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:On_privacy,_confidentiality_and_discretion" title="Wikipedia:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion">On privacy, confidentiality and discretion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Compromised_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Compromised accounts">Compromised accounts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_not_get_outed_on_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:How to not get outed on Wikipedia">How to not get outed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Blocks, bans, sanctions,<br/>global actions</th><td 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title="Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System">UTRS Unblock Ticket Request System</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_IP_addresses" title="Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses">Blocking IP addresses</a> <ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks">Range blocks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks/IPv6" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks/IPv6">IPv6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Open_proxies" title="Wikipedia:Open proxies">Open proxies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Ban_appeals" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Ban appeals">ArbCom appeals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sanctions" title="Wikipedia:Sanctions">Sanctions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Personal sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:General sanctions">General sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics" title="Wikipedia:Contentious topics">Contentious topics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_enforcement_log" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log">Log</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sanctions_(essay)" title="Wikipedia:Sanctions (essay)">Essay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Indefinite_is_not_infinite" title="Wikipedia:Indefinite is not infinite">Indef ≠ infinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse" title="Wikipedia:Long-term abuse">Long-term abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Standard_offer" title="Wikipedia:Standard offer">Standard offer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_actions" title="Wikipedia:Global actions">Global actions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related to accounts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Single-purpose_account" title="Wikipedia:Single-purpose account">Single-purpose account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sleeper_account" title="Wikipedia:Sleeper account">Sleeper account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism-only_account" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism-only account">Vandalism-only account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikibreak" title="Wikipedia:Wikibreak">Wikibreak</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts/WikiBreak_Enforcer" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/WikiBreak Enforcer">Enforcer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Retiring" title="Wikipedia:Retiring">Retiring</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Clean_start" title="Wikipedia:Clean start">Clean start</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Worm_That_Turned/Quiet_return" title="User:Worm That Turned/Quiet return">Quiet return</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">User groups</a><br/> and <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_groups#Global_user_groups" class="extiw" title="m:User groups">global user groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions">Requests for permissions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Administrator instructions">Admin instructions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Granting_and_revoking_user_rights" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Granting and revoking user rights">Admin guide</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator" title="Wikipedia:Account creator">Account creator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Account_creator" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Account creator">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Confirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">(Auto) confirmed</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Confirmed" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Confirmed">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autopatrolled" title="Wikipedia:Autopatrolled">Autopatrolled</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Autopatrolled" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser" title="Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser">AutoWikiBrowser</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/AutoWikiBrowser" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/AutoWikiBrowser">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">Bot</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter_helper" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter helper">Edit filter helper</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter noticeboard">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Event_coordinator" title="Wikipedia:Event coordinator">Event coordinator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Event_coordinator" title="Wikipedia:Requests for 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