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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.
When you've chosen a username, click "Create account" at the top right and follow the instructions. Adding an email address to your account is strongly recommended; this allows you to send and receive emails with other editors. (Your email address is not revealed when other users contact you.) You can also receive email notifications whenever ...
When you are logged in, you will see your username displayed at the top right of the page. Click on this to get to your user page, which you can edit in the same way as any other wiki page. Most users write a little bit about themselves and their interests on their user page. You also have a User talk page.
A four-part, 57-page training intended for students doing assignments on Wikipedia, with more detailed introductions to core Wikipedia policies, editing basics, and more specific editing advice for students. Chapters: Welcome (4 pages); The Core (14 pages); Editing (24 pages); and Advanced and background (15 pages).
The course page should identify the user names of: the instructor; the liaison to the class from the WikiEd staff; the student editors; a listing of the articles the students are planning to work on (even if they don't yet exist); and the locations of any draft versions (such as the user's sandbox).
v. t. e. The user access level of editors affects their abilities to perform specific actions on Wikipedia. A user's access level depends on which rights (also called permissions, user groups, bits, or flags) are assigned to accounts. There are two types of access leveling: automatic and requested.
Choosing a username that is too similar to an existing username (in these cases, an account creator can approve the creation of similar usernames if certain criteria are met). Using a shared IP address or network connection (such as a public, school, or enterprise network) that has been blocked from editing Wikipedia, restricting you from ...