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**You DO NOT report usernames here unless (1) They have actually edited and (2) If they have edited, you have asked them nicely to register a new username AND they have refused. If you don't do this, you'll be blocked. ] 13:14, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

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    Usernames for administrator attention Shortcut

    This page is intended for reports of usernames that are blatant and serious violations of the username policy requiring an immediate block. Reports will be assessed in accordance with the username policy, the UAA instructions, and the following bullet points. Please ensure you are familiar with the assessment criteria before making a report.

    1. Except in the instance of an egregious name violation, please do not report accounts with no edits or those who have not edited in the preceding 2 weeks.
    2. Real names are permitted, except when the editor implies they are someone other than themselves, such as impersonating a notable living person.
    3. Promotional names require evidence to be blocked. Do not report a username merely because it "appears" promotional.
    4. For libellous usernames or usernames that contain another editor's nonpublic personal information, please contact an oversighter and do not report it here.
    5. Discuss less-serious violations with the user on their talk page so that they can rename or abandon their account in good faith. Templates such as {{Uw-username}} or {{Uw-coi-username}} may be used. If, after discussion with a user, the problem still seems unresolved, a username request for comment may be in order.
    6. Do not leave a username warning on a user's talk page and also immediately report them here. Do one or the other, and not both simultaneously.
    7. Patrollers are asked to remove reports that have been declined, are bot-reported false positives or are otherwise non-blatant or stale reports.
    You can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format. Note: Patrollers may wish to monitor usernames flagged by filters 54, 148 and 149; private filters 102, 354, 499, 579; and this recent changes filter tag. This page was last updated at 17:21 on 24 December 2024 (UTC). Purge the cache of this page if it is out of date.

    Usernames to be blocked

    List usernames here that require blocking by an administrator. You should list a name here in one of two situations:

    1. The username is clearly, blatantly inappropriate. Simply violating WP:U is not a reason to block; it needs to be clear that the username was created in bad faith.
    2. The username violates the username policy, and the user has been made aware of this fact, but refuses to change it.

    Do not list run-of-the-mill WP:U violations here. Blocking is a last resort, not a first step.


    Questionable usernames

    This is a noticeboard where you can list usernames that may violate the username policy.

    • Most entries here should be dealt with by leaving {{UsernameConcern}} on the user's talk page.
    • In clear-cut cases, you should simply put the {{UsernameConcern}} template on the user's talk page yourself, instead of listing it here.
    • You may remove an entry from here if you have talked to the user, or if you think there is no reason for concern.
    • If you have additional information that shows that the username was clearly created in bad faith, move it to the "Usernames to be blocked" section, or simply block it if you are an admin. Use common sense when doing this.

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