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ot be shared between more than one individual the following types of usernames are not permitted because they imply shared use usernames that are simply names of companies or groups are not permitted these also fall under promotional usernames above personal usernames that imply shared access such as jack and jill are not permitted usernames that are names of posts within organizations such as secretary of the xy foundation are not permitted as such a post may be held by different persons at different times however usernames are acceptable if they contain a company or group name but are clearly intended to denote an individual person such as mark at widgetsusa jack smith at the xy foundation widgetfan87 etc remember that promotional editing is not permitted regardless of the account s chosen username the conflict of interest guideline 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 advice on editing with a conflict of interest non script usernames shortcuts wp noemoji wp nonscript the following types of usernames are not permitted due to the difficulty with some web browsers in viewing non language unicode characters 3 usernames that contain emoji usernames that are considered to be emoticons or otherwise decorative usernames that use any non language symbols this includes symbols and characters unrelated to the list of writing systems symbols and characters that are on the block lists at unicode symbols note that this restriction does not apply to signatures which are governed by wikipedia s policies on the use of signatures confusing usernames shortcut wp unconf 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 on their own as to require action 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 exceptions 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 see grandfather clause 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 and the archives of the administrators noticeboards and requests for comment on usernames before deciding to take action as described below dealing with inappropriate usernames shortcut wp badname if you encounter an inappropriate username as described above there are various actions you might take use common sense in making your choice and avoid biting newcomers no action necessary if the name is not unambiguously problematic it may be sensible to ignore it assume good faith and also note the exceptions 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 recent edit talk to the user 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 subst uw username subst uw uall or subst uw coi username template for this request for comment 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 request for comment on the username inviting other users to discuss the issue report blatant violations if you believe that a username needs to be immediately blocked and is an obvious violation of policy you can report it to usernames for administrator attention this page should only be used for clear and egregious username violations that merit an immediate block and without any discussion or warning beforehand do not both warn a user account or discuss the username and your concerns with a user account and file a report against the user account at usernames for administrator attention at the same time a warning or discussion by another editor should be perceived as an invitation or an encouragement 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 biting of newcomers where the assumption of good faith likely should have been the preferred initial response report other problems if the user with a bad username is breaching other policies such as those against spam or vandalism 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 conflict of interest noticeboard usernames for administrator attention guidelines usernames for administrator attention uaa is a noticeboard for drawing attention to abusive usernames quickly see wikipedia usernames for administrator attention instructions for information on how to place or resolve uaa reports including the options that are available to administrators remember that blocking a new user is not actually something we want 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 other particular types of username real names wp impersonate redirects here for impersonation regarding signatures see wp signature forgery shortcuts wp realname wp impersonate minors are strongly discouraged from creating accounts in their real names or nickname which might be traced to them and all editors should carefully consider the consequences usernames like these increase the potential for harassment especially if they edit in controversial subject areas in some countries editing wikipedia can be illegal and using your real name can put you at risk of legal consequences while it is possible to rename your account later see changing your username below a record of your previous username remains permanently 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 userpage that you are unrelated to the well known person if a name is used that implies that the user is or is related to a specific identifiable person the account may sometimes be blocked as a precaution against damaging impersonation until proof of identity is provided if you have been blocked for using your real name please do not take offense we are trying to prevent somebody from impersonating you or impersonating someone you share a 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 info en wikimedia org be aware that emails are handled by a volunteer response team and that it may take a while before you receive a reply do not send them your scans of your passport or driver s license out of the blue you should be extremely careful with that 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 domain name that belongs to you or sending out a tweet using a verified account stage names users may use their stage name pen name 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 within wikipedia about themselves their projects etc however a user may not use someone else s stage name as a username as per the real names section of this page usernames with non latin characters shortcuts wp nonlatin wp latinplease see also wikipedia signatures non latin there is no requirement that usernames be in english furthermore contributors are welcome to use usernames that are not spelled using the latin alphabet but should bear in mind that other scripts are illegible to most contributors to the english wikipedia and sometimes the characters may not appear correctly to avoid confusion and aid navigation users with such usernames are encouraged to use latin characters in their signature western style numerals 0123456789 are also acceptable for technical reasons usernames containing the forbidden characters are not possible 4 similar usernames shortcuts wp impersonator wp similarname 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 wikipedia request an account usernames that are similar only to unused or inactive accounts should not be a problem special centralauth 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 if your username is similar to that of another contributor or an article you may wish to provide some form of disambiguation such as by adding distinguish to the top of your user page commonly misspelled usernames if your username is commonly misspelled consider helping people by adding redirects to your actual user page and talk page from the misspelled titles you may wish to consider registering the misspelled username as a doppelgänger account to prevent it from being 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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 not be affected by a block of user host 2 34 example net redacted ip addresses 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 phase ii software also exhibited this trait examples of this are 209 69 30 xxx and 62 110 183 xxx shared accounts see also wikipedia sockpuppetry role accounts shortcuts wp nosharing wp sharedaccount 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 promotional usernames and usernames implying shared use above exceptions to this rule can be made for non editing accounts approved to provide email access accounts approved by the wikimedia foundation see list and bot accounts that are maintained by more than one contributor provided the existence of such an arrangement is made clear and has consensus using multiple accounts shortcuts wp multiple wp multiaccount main page wikipedia sockpuppetry legitimate uses 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 bot account it is recommended that multiple accounts be identified as such on their user pages templates such as user alternative account or one of a selection of user boxes may be used for this purpose the use of multiple accounts outside of established policy for doing so is known as sockpuppetry and is not permitted for example multiple accounts may not be used to comment on proposals or requests cast votes or engage in edit warring because policies apply to individuals not accounts blocked or banned users must not use sock puppets to circumvent a block doing so will result in an extension of the block or ban changing your username shortcut wp unc usernames can be changed by global renamers requests should be made using special globalrenamerequest or at wikipedia changing username user accounts with few or no edits might not be renamed as it is quicker and easier to simply create a new account once a username has been changed existing contributions will be listed under the new name in page histories 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