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| == {{user|Eric-ross-comcast}} == | |||
| Please remember that this is ''not a vote'', rather, it is a place where editors can come when they are unsure what to do with a username, and to get outside opinions (hence it's named "requests for comment"). There are no set time limits to the period of discussion. | |||
| Username contains the name of a company. ]]<sup>]</sup> 03:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| :'''Allow''' by the spirit of the law. Reason: It's Comcast, not JoeBlowHifiAudio.com. Anyone with common sense would not consider this spam, anymore than ] would be spam promoting ]. (The spam rule refers to both companies and groups, and the key operative word is ''spam''). I'd assume this guy worked for Comcast, or has Comcast as his ISP. ] 03:46, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| ::I didn't list this here because of spam issues, I listed it because this username contains a trademarked company name. ]]<sup>]</sup> 23:22, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| *'''Allow''' per above --]<sup><]·]·]></sup> 05:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| *'''Disallow'''. It's not only potential spam, but is a "'''unique trademarked name'''". I don't buy the ] comparison; "Boy Scout" has come to be generalized and not necessarily refer to the organization. If it was ], I'd lean towards disallowing it as well. I'm not sure how it's useful in any way for him to have the company name in is username, even if he works for them. -- ] <small>(])</small> 07:24, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| *'''Disallow''' per Consumed Crustacean. I'd disallow ] too. WP must start taking seriously the copyright issue. ]] 11:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| **Trademark ... a single word is non-creative and thus not a copyright problem. In both the case of Comcast or the BSA, the issue isn't using a "word", it's that the individual could be confused as being in some capacity connected with the company/organization in question.--] 03:17, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| ::True single words can't be copyrighted, but that's not the issue. Trademarks are a whole other beast, but the effect is the same, you can't use it. - ]|] 19:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' per Consumed Crustacean.--] <sup>]</sup><small>]<sub>] </sub></small> 14:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' per Consumed Crustacean. // ] 16:02, 25 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' unfortunately theres a trademark issue here ]<sup>See ] or ]</sup> 00:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| *'''Disallow''' - Clear trademark violation. ] 00:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| *'''Disallow''' trademark violation, clear cut. ]<small> <sup>(Need help? ])</sup></small> 00:41, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Comment''' Actually at first I was confused at the concerns, having done a 'xerox' on 'comcast' and indeed assuming that was his ISP or something. And that you were freaking out about ericross.com, a winery. But now I notice that there is an article on an ]. Which makes me ask the question: if this editor's name is "Eric Ross", how could he have any username that includes that? Or would "AnotherEricRoss" or something be 'okay'? Basically I'm asking, what will you be recommending for him to do? ] 03:13, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Clear cut allow''' That a username "contains the name of a company" is not ], and the name is not confusing. ] 19:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Comment''' I always thought that the name was a derivative of the e-mail address "ericross@comcast.com". E-mail addresses are discouraged and the @ sign disallowed. But I don't believe e-mail addresses are prohibited, and e-mail addresses containing ''comcast.com'' can't be any worse. Further, those who argue that such a username is a trademark violation are not lawyers and are likely in error, since for someone to violate a trademark, they have to be in a similar business and using the mark in a manner that confuses customers as to the origin of the products or services, not simply using the word as a username. Whether it runs afoul of the Misplaced Pages policy about not allowing "unique trademarked names" as a username is another issue entirely. ] 21:11, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :* See ], item '''E-mail addresses''' for specifics -- ] 22:21, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :*The justification given for the "unique trademarked names" rule is copyright and trademark issues. That rule as it stands is quite simply in error. ] 00:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :*That's half-right. The other justification is that it'd look bad to Comcast if we let someone represent themselves as a member of their organization, and then go around doing potentially offensive things (like slandering competitors, or posting Holocaust denial pages, or whatever). -]<sup>]</sup> 01:30, 27 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' as trademark violation, should be no big deal to shorten to ]. ] ] 05:36, 27 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| == {{user|OliveBranchMedia}} == | |||
| This is the same as a company name, . ] 23:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' due to spam potential, company names are disallowed by ] ]<sup>See ] or ]</sup> 23:05, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' as company name. User was notified of username issues on February 14, and has uploaded an image since but has not addressed the username issues. ]]<sup>]</sup> 23:08, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' per nom. --] (]) 23:26, 26 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' and what's that image in his/her only contrib? ]] 00:06, 27 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' per above. --] <sup> ]</sup> 00:08, 27 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' -company name. --] <sup>]</sup><small>]<sub>] </sub></small> 00:09, 27 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''', as with all company/organization names. -]<sup>]</sup> 01:31, 27 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' - clear cut. ] 02:47, 27 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Disallow''' as spam and per ]. ] ] 05:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
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