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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.
Do not include non-free files (copyrighted files lacking a free content license) on your user page or on any subpage thereof, per the non-free content policy. Non-free files found on user or user talk pages will be removed without warning and, if unused in a Wikipedia article, will be deleted entirely .
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.
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.
Page names that start with " User: ", followed by your user name, followed by a slash ( / ), are in your user space. To create one, edit your user page and add a link starting with a slash ( / ); for example, [ [/Example]]. Save the page, and follow the link that was added to create the page. To create more pages in your user space, return to ...
These aren't even examples, they're rules trying to be made part of the policy through the back door. People will use these to justify their dubious blocks, and they are far too easily misused. As one example: "Indicates a controversial or potentially inflammatory stance or statement" essentially means "Block any name you don't like".
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)