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Usernames that contain or imply personal attacks, or imply the intent to personally attack, harass, or threaten other Wikipedia editors. Usernames that appear intended to disrupt legitimate Wikipedia discussions and processes by provoking negative emotional reactions from other editors (also known as "trolling").
In addition, editors and administrators are highly encouraged to monitor recent changes filter tag and CAT:UAA for active username problems. In particular, administrators are reminded to remove usernames from that category after they block accounts that are included there.
If you wish to find out more information about an editor's contribution history, you need only click on the "History" tab of any article or talk page to which they have made a contribution and then click on the "contribs" link that appears in blue font next to that person's username to see a full list of every contribution that editor has ever ...
This is a list of Wikipedians whose usernames contain non-ASCII Unicode characters.Included are those from the top 10,000 most active Wikipedians (those with more than 9,000 edits) and a handful of others that have been added to this list by hand.
Once you have a good idea of Wikipedia's guidelines, policies, and standard practices you're ready to choose a good username. Your username will appear alongside every edit you make to Wikipedia. It's important to pick a name you feel both comfortable and confident sharing with a largely anonymous, online body of editors.
At the top of the "User-reported" section of WP:UAA, there is an HTML comment with a brief set of instructions for editors: REPORTING A USERNAME: Add * {{user-uaa|Example user}} How this username violates the username policy. ~~~~ This text is often deleted by editors when they report someone.
User names are not allowed to promote a cause, body, or stance. They simply provide a convenient way to reference an individual human user, or occasionally, an authorized bot. A person editing with an account is not treated as doing so on behalf of another body or person. (Exceptions are exceedingly rare and require approval.) Examples:
To learn more about redirects, visit Wikipedia's redirect editing guideline; Edit a protected page? Reach consensus on the page's talk page and then request an edit by adding {{Edit protected}} to the talk page. If the talk page is protected too, use WP:RFED. For minor tweaks of the Main Page, make a request on Talk:Main Page.