Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names

If you believe someone has chosen an inappropriate username under Wikipedia's username policy, you may list it here. However, before listing the user here, please first contact the user on his or her talk page and give them an opportunity to change usernames voluntarily.

Names that are offensive, inflammatory, impersonating an existing user, or asserting inappropriate authority will generally be permanently blocked by visiting admins. If a matter turns out to be controversial, a subpage may be created here to discuss it.

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Can't sleep, Yankees will beat Red Sox

• Can't sleep, Yankees will beat Red Sox (talk · contribs)
• Pgk (talk · contribs)
• Tawker (talk · contribs)

Dispute between Pgk (talk · contribs) and Can't sleep, Yankees will beat Red Sox (talk · contribs) as to whether latter should be unblocked. The point of the arguement is whether the existance of Can't sleep, clown will eat me (talk · contribs) forbids anyone from creating a name with the "Can't sleep" prefix, similar to the "on Wheels" suffix used by many vandals.

• Allow. Ok, "on wheels" is one thing; we should disallow that because of the potential for those users to be WoW sockpuppets. Can't sleep isn't an abusive long-term vandal with a history of sockpuppets, but a good-standing member of the community. Accordingly, he should be free from impersonation, but "Can't sleep, Yankees will beat Red Sox" is not an impersonation, and will not be confused with "Can't sleep, clown will eat me." I would block something like "Can't sleep, me will eat clown" or something, but I think the WoW=Vandal, CS,CWEM=Not vandal distinction is important here. Mangojuice^talk 13:31, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow, sufficiently distinctive that there can be no confusion. Stifle (talk) 17:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Let me point out this is somewhat irrelevant now, as the user has changed usernames to User:YankeeFan2006 and both have been blocked indefinitely as sockpuppets of User:EddieSegoura. Mangojuice^talk 02:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Jesus (talk · contribs) This screen name currently has no contributions, so it shouldn't cause too much trouble to ask the user to change. The policy currently bans as "inflammatory" any "Names of religious figures such as "God" or "Allah", which may offend other people's beliefs." I am simultaneously posting notice on this user's talk page. --M@rēino 23:04, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I see nothing wrong with it: it's a common enough Hispanic name. --Carnildo 23:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • There was also a basketball player named God Shammgod, but that doesn't mean we should allow someone to be User:God.--M@rēino 13:27, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Disallow. Mareino is right. "Jesus" is a famous personage, and to go by that one name is effectively impersonation. Likewise, if my name were George Bush Murphy, I wouldn't get to be User:George Bush; it would be much preferable to be User:George Murphy or User:G. B. Murphy or User:Editorman or something. - Nat Krause^(Talk!) 18:22, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Allow He may be famous, but he is dead. Scienceman123 19:18, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Disallow. This looks like a pretty clear violation of the policy that prohibits names of religious figures. --Cswrye 04:01, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Allow Common Spanish name pronounced "Hehsous". No need to change if it is proven that the Spanish usage is correct. Abcdefghijklm 16:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Allow Common Spanish name --Sugarskane 04:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Allow I have a friend named Jesus. It is not necessarily a religous implication (even if you can guess that a person with the name jesus is christian). Can i not have a username: Christin_123 if my first name is Christian? to some extent, we have to be open to the possabilaty that he may not be intentionally offending anyoneDan 15:01, 20 July 2006 (UTC).[reply]
  • Disallow - This is the English Wikipedia, where the majority of users speak English; not Spanish. Fine, the name is probably fine on the es Wikipedia, but not here. An English speaker will see this as the religious figure, not a Spanish name. If English speakers saw this name, would you think of the Spanish variant? No. Iolakana|^T 20:36, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Disallow - His user page says "Jesus is the Christ...", disproving any notions of the Hispanic name "Jesus". --Illnab1024 23:28, 21 July 2006 (UTC) (Whose vote doesn't count any, but his voice does)[reply]
    • As a Note: This text was added by a Geoffreybeene. --Illnab1024 23:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
      • Well... if he was hoping this RFC would let him keep his name, he would have removed it. Iolakana|^T 11:10, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow Religious figure, he may be "dead" by scientific reasoning, but many Christians and most westerners would assosiate "Jesus" with the religious one, not a common spanish name. -Royalguard11^Talk 04:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• I'm closing this as block; partly because the user in question has never made any contributions anyway. For those who think the common hispanic name allows this, consider: wouldn't using a last name or another initial, or just about anything at all to distinguish the name from the unique string "Jesus" make this a whole lot more clear? Mangojuice^talk 13:35, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow - Common spanish name 62.147.46.22 19:19, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• AmazingRacist (talk · contribs) -- apparently a user name chosen in support of the article The Amazing Racist, which was listed for deletion because of its title. The following exchange took place on the user's talk page recently:

No offense, but your screename is a bit misleading. I know you meant it to say that you're a fan of The Amazing Race (right?), but it sounds more like you're a staunch racist. Unless that's what you mean... just thought I'd bring that to your attention. -- SmthManly / ManlyTalk / ManlyContribs 02:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC) Not quite dude, I'm merely a staunch defender of the principal of keeping information in Wikipedia, and not deleting it because you find it offensive, as happened to the article The Amazing Racist a few weeks ago. It's really just a way of promoting the idea of accepting the inclusion of articles, and not deleting them because you happen to find them offensive. Hope that helps a little bit. :)

Now, the user's aims may be honourable but there is potential for the name to be misleading and offensive. Thoughts? Exploding Boy 17:11, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with ManlyContribs. Understandably, your name may refer to the Amazing Race, however, my first impression, after reading your screen name was a racially biased person who he himself claims is above ordinary. Gunbolt 23:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User has apparently been blocked. Exploding Boy 16:29, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Twatcunt (talk · contribs)—Presumably no explanation is needed. It seems pointless to contact the user, who has been inactive for almost a year. Ardric47 04:59, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow would have to be a pretty interesting explanation to substantiate it....Bridesmill 14:07, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow. Also would have liked to see an explanation, but user blocked indefinitely by CryptoDerk. El_C 02:27, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• The Winds Are Broken (talk · contribs) - from the people who brought us the banned User:Breaky McWind, this username was a takeoff on my username purely for the purpose of vandalising my semiprotected user page. This is a continuation of a barrage of vandalism that prompted an admin to semiprotect before I could request it (many thanks to the admin who did). B.Wind 05:16, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow. User blocked indefinitely by Essjay, as per WP:STALK. El_C 02:27, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • User seems to have returned, this time as Shattered Breeze, and picked up where he/she/it left off. B.Wind 04:25, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • After two more lifetime bans, determined user is now back as Brrraaafffffttttt, with repeated vandalism. It's the same m.o. on all these vandalism accounts - and, despite statements to the contrary, semiprotection is not keeping the vandal from vandalizing on the first edit of a new name (in addition to the name issue, should the bar be raised from zero edits on a new account, to say, 20 or 30, before being permitted to edit an sprotected article?). B.Wind 03:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

General Eisenhower (talk · contribs) This user is claiming to be Dwight Eisenhower on his userpage. This is in breach of WP:USERNAME where it states Names of VIPs or well-known historical figures (e.g. Benjamin Franklin; Chuck Norris. Computerjoe's talk 18:54, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Disallow, but allow him to change his name. If he refuses, block. Will (^E_@) T 18:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - it never says on his userpage, "I am Dwight Eisenhower" --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 19:11, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • • Look at the blinking newmessage style notice "Welcome I'm General and future president Eisenhower." Pegasus1138^{Talk | Contribs | Email} ---- 19:22, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow but allow name change per the historical figures section of the Wikipedia:Username Pegasus1138^{Talk | Contribs | Email} ---- 19:22, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow per above. Ian13/talk 19:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  Note: as of now, the user seems to have filed a change request [1]. Ian13/talk 19:25, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  Note on note: Not sure whats happening now, usurp also seems to have either a big backlog - or is just generally not attended to. Ian13/talk 10:26, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - He does not say "I am Dwight Eisenhower". Mabie he should take "Welcome I'm General and future president Eisenhower" off his user page. Would that be okay? FellowWikipedian 20:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I did. General Eisenhower • (at war or at peace) 20:50, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow. No confusion will arise. Might breach the letter of the rules but not bothered. The Land 21:00, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow Is he keeping it? FellowWikipedian 21:26, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow Not really allowed by WP:USERNAME. However, user has requested it be changed, so it doesn't really matter any more. Master of Puppets ^{FREE BIRD!} 21:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow, he's enough of a long time user and there is no prospect of any true confusion here. NoSeptember ^talk 12:00, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow as references to the D. Eisenhower. Abcdefghijklm 16:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow, but allow username to be changed. --Gray Porpoise 14:34, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow, in agreement with Gray Porpoise. --Jon Cates 00:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow - Policy states "well-known living or recently deceased people." Eisenhower died almost 40 years ago, so he's obviously not "recently deceased." If anyone seriously thinks this is the reanimated corpse... that's their problem. Seldumonde 17:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• WikiRegulator (talk · contribs) -- Could be considered confusing to new users as a Wikipedia/Wikimedia staff/role account. Edits are fine though. -- Longhair 03:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

--User notified. Exploding Boy 16:29, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• KoreanLie (talk · contribs) - obviosuly created to foment debate/ push POV editing in the article Empress Myeongseong. Recommend a permenant block on this offensive POV user name, and an RfC to help dissolve debate on same article. - CobaltBlueTony 15:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • P.S. User also could be a sockpuppet of other editor with same bias and same editing technique on this article. - CobaltBlueTony 15:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

--- User has apparently been blocked. Exploding Boy 16:29, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• AtlanticWebfitters (talk · contribs). Advertising (as the user page makes clear). Complaint of linkspamming at WP:ANI. Septentrionalis 19:37, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Please review User_talk:AtlanticWebfitters and User_talk:24.137.90.147. Kff 09:33, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• NazismIsntCool (talk · contribs). This username is in violation of Wikipedia rules. Many accounts have been created (evidence) as responses to this username and its existence causes inflammatory remarks and incites vandalism. It is also not encyclopedic in name. Jimbo Wales has even suggested a name change. The only users for it have personal comments that do not hold to Wikipedia's standards. I suggest this name become officially changed because it is a bad reflection on Wikipedia's part and it looks like they allow derogatory political statements that create vandalism. This username creates problems and the user has not commented or tried to change it yet. --Winger11 03:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Allow. The phrase "Nazism Isn't Cool" is hardly controversial, any more than "Drunk Driving Isn't Cool" is. If someone called himself "DrunkDrivingIsntCool," would you say it's inflammatory toward drunk drivers? Let's not yield to heckler's veto here. -- Mwalcoff 02:46, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, Drunk driving is not a political movement nor does it have the ties to dramatic events in history like Nazism does. This is political provocation at its best and to call it "hardly controversial" is an understatement. --Winger11 02:45, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please -- The Nazis were not like the Democrats or Republicans. What if the username was "Racism Isn't Cool?" Or is racism a "political movement" too? -- Mwalcoff 05:25, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• • • I agree per above--^TheNation 23:39, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Allow -- Unless someone specifically finds it offensive, why are we wasting our time. This isn't a daycare

Comment, see talk page for offended users and problems.

• Allow -- It's not like we're arguing against "NazismIsWayCool". We're not even arguing against "DeathToTheNazis", "IHateNazis", "NazisGoAway", "NazismIsEvil" or even "NazismIsBad". As said above this is hardly a controversial username. Sure, some people will react to hit but is that problem really so endemic? For all we know, all the fake usernames might be from one single, motivated twit. Pascal.Tesson 05:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, Of course people will react to it that's why there's been so many impersonaters of this username. Again, this name is inviting vandals and for people to be offended (see talk page for offended people). You seem to be missing the point. Subject matter aside the name is a problem because of what it is causing. --Winger11 13:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow, perfectly okay. Stifle (talk) 17:29, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, How so? Please explain your reasoning. --Winger11 13:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Block Per WP:Usernmame "Inflammatory usernames: Wikipedia does not allow potentially inflammatory or offensive user names. Inflammatory usernames are needlessly discouraging to other contributors, and disrupt and distract from our task of creating an encyclopedia. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Names that promote or imply hatred
• Names that are recognised as slurs or insults
• Names that refer to symbols of hatred, including historical figures or events that are widely associated with such
• Names that promote or refer to violent or otherwise illegal real-world actions (e.g terrorism, organized crime)
• Names that promote a controversial or potentially inflammatory point of view"

This name certainly breaks the first four, and it sets a precedent for the fifth (if Nazism isn't cool, Communism isn't cool, Democrats aren't cool, Dan Quayle isn't cool, flat tax isn't cool, etc.) We shouldn't allow and "Xisn'tcool" names, as it is inherently inflammatory - it's begging to start an argument. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 01:41, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Disallow, yet allow user to change name. --Jon Cates 00:35, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

UpTheRa - despite requests this user has not chnaged his username. The name is a reference to the IRA and clearly breaches the username policy for names that refer to terrorism. Please see talkpage for the increasing offense this username is causing to Irish and British users. 20:34, 27 June 2006 Weggie (UTC)

Maybe I'm not up on the latest British slang, but I don't see how that name is a reference to the IRA. --Carnildo 21:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It stands for 'Up the IRA and is a sectarian chant. This clearly stated on the users pageWeggie 23:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Carnildo please so these two articles: [2] [3]. Thanks to User:Demiurge for finding these. --IslaySolomon 13:01, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• This user has made only good-faith edits as far as I can see, and has been polite when discussing this matter, so I don't think a block is called for. However, the fact remains that their username is a widely used sectarian slogan in Scotland and Ireland (see User_talk:UpTheRa#inappropriate_username for discussion). Demiurge 13:05, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Totally agree. All he needs to do is change his name and we can all move on with our lives. --IslaySolomon 13:08, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Disallow. The username is offensive to me. I respectfully request that the user in question change the username. I note that User:Taigkiller seems to have been blocked for similar reasons, yet his contribution list consists only of three edits, two of which are comments on user talk pages.

I also note that I put in a complaint about another user as he incited violence (suggesting that the Welsh start an "armed rebellion" against the "British") on his User Page, yet absolutely nothing was done about this. See the archived Wiki Admin page: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive35#Offensive user page --Mal 02:27, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Disallow - come on admin!

Allow - Unless the user says that his name is in response to the IRA, grow tougher skin

• User:I wanna kill Offensive username. --ais523 12:26, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
• "disallow" kinda creepy ---User:Kangor44

Blocked. Exploding Boy 16:29, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• User:Infinite Justice . User name is regarded as blasphemous enough that the US army dropped the name, instead choosing "operation enduring freedom". I'd try discussion, but the user exists only to maintain a POV fork of an article on his/her user page (blanked by me) - two edits in total over several months. Andjam 11:37, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Allow. Doesn't violate the policy in any way I can see. Exploding Boy 16:20, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow per Exploding Boy. If you have a problem with his userpage, you might do better filing a user conduct RFC or taking it to MFD. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 20:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Allow -- No violation of policy, not offensive

• Allow -- I see no issue with this name. --Jon Cates 00:35, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow -- No violation of policy. Seldumonde 17:33, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm looking for advice regarding my own username, Salvador Allende, an invokation of the former socialist president of Chile murdered by the CIA. User:Lacrimosus sees my name and inappropriate, saying trumpets my own political views too loudly and implies immediate bias in my edits. What do ya all think.--Salvador Allende 20:03, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On the one hand, you are cetainly wearing your colours on your sleeve, which is somewat refreshing; better than folks with hidden agendas. On the other hand, wiki editors all need to be able to put away political biases & strive for balanced reporting, which means often swallowing our political pride & admitting that the other side 'might' have a point etc. On the 'policy' hand, you're treading on thin ice naming yourself after a real person; inevitably results in people being upset. The better part of valour might simply be to pick a slightly more neutral, anonymous, or inconspicuous name.(You could even do something like SpiritOfAllende if you really had to but even there the assumption people will have (rightly or wrongly) is that you have a strong political agenda.)Bridesmill 22:28, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My opinion is pretty similar to Bridesmill's. Policy-wise, you're probably clear, but it might be a good idea to change it to something invoking Allende's name more indirectly anyway. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 20:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jossi blocked this user anyway. Septentrionalis 01:43, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• User:FuckaDuck . Highly offensive name, speaks for itself. Scienceman123 04:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Disallow, pretty clearly offensive. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 20:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow. Definitely offensive/vulgar. // Switchercat {talk} 22:12, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow Especially as User:LoveaDuck has not been taken. There should be more than the physical act.SBHarris 22:27, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• User:Editingoprah. Falls under "no names of well-known people" clause. Exploding Boy 05:57, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow - Per above
• Allow. - You're saying that no one else in the world might be named Oprah? In fact I know SIX people who are anmed Oprah. Now if it was "EditingOprahWinfrey" or something, I could understand. ~ Porphyric Hemophiliac § 02:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow - To claim Oprah is solely the name of one person is absurd. --Jon Cates 00:37, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• User:Wikipediatrix - too much like dominatrix. 58.169.73.29 00:16, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I figured it was a play on "pediatrics." At any rate, "trix" is just a standard suffix for a woman who does something (like a testatrix). I doubt it was meant to be offensive.

Allow concur; feminine ending for occupations ending w/ -or (editor/editrix); no longer common, but for real. Bridesmill 04:08, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Allow. Silly IP, 'trix is for girls! -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 13:08, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Allow. The suffix "-trix" is sometimes used for the feminine version of a professional. Unless the user does something to indicate that that name was chosen in bad faith, I think it's fine. --Cswrye 04:01, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Allow per above reasons. The username reminded me more of "pediatrics" than "dominatrix." --Gray Porpoise 14:40, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

állow' per all. Although it did sorta remind me of dominatrix at first glance. ~ c. tales \\tk// 20:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• User:Faustroll - This user was indefinitely blocked this morning for the word troll appearing in their username. They have appealed via e-mail:

"sorry to keep bothering you. But I think I should appeal this, first to you, and then to more admins. If there is a consensus that this pen name has a inappropriate feel, then I will accept it.

Why not try unblocking it and see if others find it acceptable? "FausTroll" would be a provocation, but one cannot be criticized for containing a word within a word. the character is faust-roll, not faus-troll by the way."

This follow-up came an hour later:

"I'm creating a new username DocFaustroll. Please do not block this new username, it has nothing to do with "troll", and you are wasting precious time that I could spend contributing to articles. If you look at the contribs for Faustroll, you will see that I have already improved one article, with clarifications, on the political philosopher Fukuyama, including citations."

Should the user be unblocked and/or change their username? (aeropagitica)  (talk)  22:20, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User has changed their username, RfC now cancelled as a result.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  22:30, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is Lesbianism! (result: blocked)

• bad username: "Wikipedia is Lesbianism!" block it 152.163.101.8 02:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's been blocked; thanks for pointing it out. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 14:13, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could this have any relation to the well-known vandal, Wikipedia is Communism!, even though xe seemingly made no edits? (just curious) --Gray Porpoise 02:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Either that or an impostor thereof, most likely. Sometimes vandals will register an account and then let it sit dormant for a while as a "sleeper", so that it can get around semi-protection once they start using it. That might be what happened here, or they might've registered it purely to troll. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 16:10, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Margaret Choad

Inappropriate username: User:Margaret Choad (contribs) - Take-off on comedian Margaret Cho's name and the slang term choad. -Tapir Terrific 16:33, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Just for the record, according to multiple internet people search sites (such as this one), there aren't any "Margaret Choad"s in the entire USA. Given that, I'd be inclined to block. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 14:27, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Amusingly enough, however, there is a "Codetoad Choad" listed in Schenectady, New York. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 14:28, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow I doubt "Margaret Penis" would be acceptable, so this shouldn't be either. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 23:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow, my dear Watson. I actually happen to know someone with the last name of Choad. Perhaps it is a family name, or the name of a friend, or simply a pseudonym. I have never heard of the term 'choad' as a derogatory term, and I am disinclined to declare this name 'offensive'. ~ Porphyric Hemophiliac § 22:44, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jimbo the Whale (result: blocked)

(Obvious. Vandal [4])Reswobslc 20:46, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Already blocked. WP:AIV would get a quicker response for obvious cases like these. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 21:04, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Besides, that's the wrong way to indicate being from Wales: properly, it's "Jimbo the Welshman". --Carnildo 21:13, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jimbo68

I believe this username is confusingly similar to our boss, Jimbo_Wales (talk · contribs). In addition, this user states that s/he is a 38-year-old Floridian, which closely matches the description of JW. Editor88 16:23, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow, unless he actively tries to impersonate Jimbo in other ways. Jimbo Wales is 39, and the account seems to be editing in good faith. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 13:31, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow, per above, plus the user was smart enough to not put simply "Jimbo", so that it could be understood that they weren't trying to impersonate him. ~ Porphyric Hemophiliac §
• Allow per above. --Gray Porpoise 02:30, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New jersey

Too close to the New Jersey article, even if the user did get a new athletics uniform. - CobaltBlueTony 17:41, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow, assuming he doesn't vandalise any more. I don't believe there's any policy about naming yourself after a place. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 13:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow. I don't know of any policy against this, either, and there's a distinct difference between the pages User:New jersey (though that does not yet exist) and New Jersey. --Gray Porpoise 14:45, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow Per nom --Scienceman123 03:34, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Barry White

Even though this editor is not vandalizing, it is too close to the name of the late celebrity singer Barry White. Handface 04:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although this is against policy, you should try contacting the user on their talk page before resorting to RfC. He or she may may be more than happy to change voluntairly once made aware of the policy violation. --jwanders^Talk 07:06, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:The_Jerkinator

Seems uncivil, but I wasn't sure so I figured I'd bring it here. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 15:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow. "Jerk" is somewhat uncivil, but the username is not directed against anyone. --Gray Porpoise 14:47, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• allow. May be a reference to JTPH3. ~ c. tales \\tk// 20:38, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:PenePasta

I'm not sure about this one. "Pene" is Spanish for "penis," but it could be an innocent misspelling of "penne." Of course, it doesn't help this user's case that he's vandalizing. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 22:49, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Disallow, but allow username change to PennePasta. Penne is a type of pasta, and I think that's what was meant. Of course, block if vandalism persists. --Gray Porpoise 14:50, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Per Gray Porpoise. Iolakana|^T 19:57, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Subhash bose

Abuses the name of Subhash Bose, signs as Netaji, too; borderline blockable as a troll, too, but the username would be inappropriate regardless. dab (ᛏ) 22:25, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Have you suggested a change to the user? The real Subhash Bose has been dead for a pretty long time, so I don't know that the two would be likely to be confused. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 15:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow The signature as Netaji shows intent to emulate SC Bose. -- Samir धर्म 02:16, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:My 42 (Base 13) (Result: Blocked)

Though the user is not abusive, the account name is too similar to My 42 is in (Base 13). Their user pages, talk pages, and barnstars are almost identical. I left a message on My 42 (Base 13)'s talk page asking if it was a sockpuppet account, with the heading, "Sockpuppetry? Please explain." My 42 (Base 13) responded by erasing my message with the edit summary, "No, sod off nosey", and left a random jumble of letters and numbers on my talk page. I do not understand, and request comments. --Gray Porpoise 02:54, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Probably a sockpuppet of User:Imacomp (see Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Imacomp (2nd)). I went ahead and listed it on ANI, so someone should block the account pretty soon. Thanks for pointing it out. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 15:38, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Blocked by User:Syrthiss. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 15:45, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Nig888

Username is suggestive of the racial slur "nigger". --Scienceman123 03:29, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow. Could also be something innocuous, like the user's initials or a reference to the acronym NIG (used by the National Insurance and Guarantee Corporation and the National Institute of Genetics, among others). I don't think I'd be comfortable blocking without some additional evidence, like a history of problematic edits (this account has no edits at all). -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 16:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow, per HB,WS. ~ Porphyric Hemophiliac § 22:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow given that the user's name could be Nigel. Tim 13:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Nig Nog (Result: Blocked)

Username is suggestive of the racial slur "nigger". --Scienceman123 03:29, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Blocked as a vandalism-only account by User:Curps. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 15:51, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Nig Nog is teh sux0r (Result: Blocked)

Attack username, pure and simple. --Scienceman123 03:29, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Already blocked by both User:Curps and User:Shanel, for username/vandalism. Thanks for pointing it out, though. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 16:07, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:MotherFunctor

Misspelling of profanity. –RHolton≡– 03:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow User seems to be contributing well, which removes a lot of the negative connotation from the name. --jwanders^Talk 07:25, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow Yes, I do contribute well, and believe strongly in supporting Wikipedia and its community. Admittedly an entendre, the handle is literally a reference to category theory, an exciting branch of mathematics that deals with the meta perspective, unifying similar mathematical phenomena across the entire panorama. There are a wide variety of "functors", including a forgetful functor, a faithful functor etc. It takes a small stretch to imagine what a mother functor might be. That I am interested in category theory and mathematics in general is the first message this handle serves. The second message is: I appreciate humor. While the entendre is obvious, that the handle is indecorous is not. But that a name clearly within guidlines evokes images outside those guidlines cannot be cause for invalidation. Would we forbid a Jacques Tits, or admonish a Lipschitz? No, Wikipedia is more grown up than that. At any rate, some humor in a handle or a user page is attractive to humans, healthy for the wiki community, and by and largely does not justify offense. MotherFunctor 10:13, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow. Seems harmless to me. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 12:57, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow per above. --Gray Porpoise 21:36, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:How dare you?

A borderline-attack username, with a userbox containing the middle finger on his user page, as well as numerous image uploads without proper certification. Editor88 00:15, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Allow per WP:BITE. The name is not particularly offensive, but the user should probably clean up his act, or else he or himself at the bad end of the banhammer. ~ Porphyric Hemophiliac § 02:21, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Disallow. I'd be unnerved have a conversation with such a user. Also, re WP:BITE, how are other newbies going to react if this is one of the first usernames they see? --jwanders^Talk 07:20, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow. WP:UN says, "Avoiding such names is in your own interest." The policy has nothing specifically against this kind of name, although the user may regret the name in the future. --Gray Porpoise 16:03, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Santorummm

Not sure whether this is a reference to the U.S. Senator or to the sex-related slang term, but I think either one qualifies it as an improper username. Powers 12:36, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For a start, let's inform the user that their name may not be appropriate. They might not be aware of that, and may happily change it. --Gray Porpoise 01:10, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, of course; I should have done that. We've had conflict on the Santorum disambiguation page, though, and I was afraid the user might take it the wrong way. I also kind of wanted to get at least one more opinion on whether it really was an inappropriate username or not. =) Powers 13:00, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Santorummm has not responded to my query, despite two attempts. What's the next step? Powers ^T 13:01, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Response here; Santorummm has declined to change his username and told me to get a life. Anyone here? Powers ^T 00:39, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Johnny Knight Levitates Instead of Being On Wheels!

I've noticed a spree of accounts that reference Johnny Knight, and in some cases, Willy on Wheels as well. Johnny Knight Flies Instead of Being On Wheels!, among others, was also made. --Gray Porpoise 21:49, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, Johnny Knight Commands 1000 SS. --Gray Porpoise 21:52, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Most recently, Johnny Knight is a Vandal by Ethnicity. --Gray Porpoise 21:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They've all been blocked. I think that obviously inappropriate usernames go to WP:AIV. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 21:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'll report them there when I see them. Thanks. --Gray Porpoise 21:56, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Zogbeater

I've username-blocked this user; his most recent edit shows that his name means "ZOG beater", which strikes me as a tad too inflammatory. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 23:07, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Crack duckies

Crack babies? Cap'nCrack? Drug? --Scienceman123 20:11, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think anything bad was intended, but a good first step to solving this problem is letting her know that her username isn't appropriate, and asking her to change it. --Gray Porpoise 21:28, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Cozycrackhead

Crack, once again. --Scienceman123 20:14, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Disallow. Intentional drug reference. --Gray Porpoise 23:50, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Tess Tickle

Homophonous with "testicle". jgp ^T_C 18:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Disallow - Per references to genitalia. Iolakana•T 18:43, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• This user's been blocked. --Gray Porpoise 00:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Scumbag

Suggests insult against user when used in discussion; hard to scan threads where user participates thereby. LotLE×talk

User:MuerteArbusto

"Muerte" means "death" in Spanish, while "Arbusto" means "Bush". I smell a usernameblock here...Scobell302 23:12, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]