Wikipedia:Offensive username proposal
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For the actual policy, please see Wikipedia:Username policy
Numerous vandals and miscreants have created insulting and offensive (and sometimes just annoying) usernames such as (real usernames have been replaced with User):
- User:! ! ! ! ! FUCK WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW FUCK ! ! ! ! !
- User:! ! ! ! ! I'm HereToHelp! I like to fuck trees!
- [[User:! ! ! ! [User] is an unemployed bum]]
- [[User:!!!! [User] was a sockpuppet of Willy on Wheels]]
- [[User:!!!!!!!!!!!![User] is a pedophile who has AIDS]]
- [[User:([User]'s mom has some really huge tator tots)]]
- User:And people clamor to block you even if you aren't slick willy
- [[User:And suck on them, [User] ]]
- [[User:And you know [User] likes the titties]]
- User:Assholes with Ugly Testicles
- [[User:[Vulgar pun of username] Loves Badonkadonk]]
- User:Be..non fucked.......w.i.k.i.p.e.d.i.a in its nigger hole
- [[User:[User]shouldunbanmeorhesgay]]
- [[User:[User] and [User] Are Gay Together]]
- [[User:Willy + [User] = lifetime of titty-fucking]]
- [[User:¡[User] blocked the US Congress on Wheels!]]
Indeed, garbage like this is the bulk of what shows up in the first few pages of our "User list". Such accounts cannot be destroyed, but are subject to username changes. I propose that we warehouse these offensive accounts by using the username change function to change said accounts to a series of numbered accounts prefaced by a "￥" (which comes near the end of all characters in the Wiki alphabetization scheme).
Each of the above could be changed and the actual pages moved to, e.g., User:￥-00001. Please discuss this proposal on the talk page. bd2412 T 20:58, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Revised proposal[edit]
Pursuant to the extensive discussion of this topic, I propose that the following be adopted as a guideline:
- Bureaucrats are encouraged to rename an account for which the username constitutes defamation of another user, or reveals personal information about another user.
- Bureaucrats, may, within their discretion, rename an account for which the username constitutes a non-defamatory attack on another person or entity, or pointless vulgarity.
How about that? (Please discuss on the talk page). bd2412 T 23:15, 14 January 2008 (UTC)