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Examples: Names promoting a business, group, activist stance, or organization. Offensive ordisruptive. User names are used to simply identify users uniquely. They may not be used to convey offensive or disruptive messages. Examples: Similar to names associated with problem users. Contains improper personal information.
This policy describes what kinds of usernames are acceptable on the English Wikipedia and how unacceptable or doubtful usernames can be dealt with. It also specifies that a user account should be used only by one person, and that in most cases one person should use only one account. You choose your username when creating a user account.
Mention that any block for a user's behavior can be extended to an indefinite block if the blocking admin feels that the user's choice of username is contributing to the problematic behavior; specifically mention WP:DE, WP:TE, WP:CIV/WP:NPA as examples. Such blocks are meant to, in addition to blocking the user, to disallow their username.
These examples have all gained consensus in the past and while the policy page has been generalized it does not contradict any of these. Good guide. 1 != 2 15:42, 3 January 2008 (UTC) Reply . These aren't even examples, they're rules trying to be made part of the policy through the back door.
Your username must be truthful, appropriate, and support a positive editing environment Usernames are not allowed on Wikipedia and will be immediately blocked upon discovery if they: are offensive, profane, violent, threatening, sexually explicit, or disruptive, or that advocate or encourage any such behavior (including criminal or illegal acts)
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This template is not for blatant violations of the username policy; it is only for edge cases or questionable usernames. Report blatant violations to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention. This template should always be substituted (i.e., use { { subst:Uw-username }}). Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by ...
Those three usernames violate Wikipedia username policy by being likely to offend other contributors, seem intended to provoke emotional reactions, and/or show a clear intent to disrupt Wikipedia. Anything that unambiguously refers to sexual organs, sexual acts, or excretory bodily functions is likely to meet at least one of those criteria.