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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 the risks involved in editing under your real name before choosing to use
Facebook employs a real-name system. Its online Name Policy states: "Facebook is a community where people use their real identities. We require everyone to provide their real names, so you always know who you're connecting with. This helps keep our community safe." [12] This strongly encourages users to provide real names when creating an account.
If a user wishes to stop using a personally identifying username (e.g. their real name or a name connected to it) this request should usually be performed. It should be noted, though, that the rename log will contain a permanent record of the name and that total privacy is only possible by creating a new account. See also m:Right to vanish.
Editors on Wikipedia choose a username when creating an account. By default, this is the name you should use to refer to them. If they sign using a different name or explicitly invite you to use their real name on Wikipedia, you may do so. However, just because you know someone's real name does not mean you should use it on Wikipedia.
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User names must be reasonably easy to distinguish and use. Examples: Too close to another user's name; Too close to some term which might be taken as having a particular (specific) meaning on Wikipedia; Very long names, particularly without clear readability or clear breaks, or made up of apparently random or hard-to-check characters
Glassdoor announced a new policy that will require users to sign up using their real name. Users will still be able to post anonymously when writing reviews of their current or former employers.
The Facebook real-name policy controversy is a controversy over social networking site Facebook's real-name system, which requires that a person use their legal name when they register an account and configure their user profile. [1]