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User names must not mislead, or give an impression that the user is anything other than "just a user". Examples: Implies user has some formal authority or position within Wikipedia, a connected body, or as a representative of some external body; Implies user is some well-known figure, unless factually the case.
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.
Re. "Contentious examples", don't turn the thing upside down: if after a long, and maybe even "close" discussion the wikipedia community decides for one version or another (which is the consensus then), there's no problem to use that example (apart from length of the list of course): the example expresses the consensus of the community, as much ...
This page details arguments that are commonly seen in deletion discussions that have been identified as generally unsound and unconvincing. These are arguments that should generally be avoided – or at the least supplemented with a better-grounded rationale for the position taken, whether that be "keep", "delete" or some other objective.
John Seigenthaler, an American journalist, was the subject of a defamatory Wikipedia hoax article in May 2005. The hoax raised questions about the reliability of Wikipedia and other websites with user-generated content. Since the launch of Wikipedia in 2001, the site has faced several controversies. Wikipedia's open-editing model, under which anyone can edit most articles, has led to concerns ...
A high number of Google hits does not make an article notable, and a low number does not make it not notable Harm, no WP:NOHARM WP:HARMLESS: Saying the existence of an article will do no harm is not grounds for keeping Inclusion, not an indicator of notability WP:INN: Just because Wikipedia already has an article does not mean the subject is ...
Some page names are not possible because of limitations imposed by the MediaWiki software. In some cases (such as names which should begin with a lowercase letter, like eBay), a template can be added to the article to cause the title header to be displayed as desired. In other cases (such as names containing restricted characters) it is ...
Satisfying the non-free content criteria is not like a multiple choice test. Examples: Keep – It's fair use. – FairUseImagesGalore 01:01, 1 January 2010 (UTC) (said in a discussion where fair use was never raised as a reason for deletion) Keep – But there's a rationale. – NonFreeImagesForever 01:01, 1 January 2010 (UTC)