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Wickedsuperbikes (talk · contribs)

Name of a business. Refused by WP:AIV. RJASE1 17:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

• Allow in good faith, any evidence that's who this person is editing as? - CHAIRBOY (☎) 17:54, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow. "Usernames that promote a company: Usernames of or closely resembling the names of companies and groups are discouraged and may be blocked as a violation of Misplaced Pages policy against spamming and advertisement." Coemgenus 18:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow Company name. --TeckWiz Contribs_@ 19:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

• Comment. This anti-company name thing is almost becoming too big, and I think we should have some more discussion about it. As quoted above by Coemgenus, WP:U says "... are discouraged and may be blocked..." . That is not the same as absolutely prohibited and will be blocked. We have to look at intent with the name. In this case, my first thought of the username is not that it is a business, just some person who likes superbikes. I believe we should assume good faith. Of course, if the user starts spamming or making edits that even subtly advertise the company, then obviously the name becomes a violation of WP:U. That is not to say that we should wait for intent in all cases; some names would always be bad e.g. User:Heart and Stroke Foundation. This pursuit of finding all usernames that are also companies also becomes a slippery slope. I'm pretty sure there are many businesses called "Joe's Garage." So is User:Joe'sGarage advertising, or is he/she a Frank Zappa fan? Anyway. Comments and feedback are welcome. (note: I will cross-post this to the Talk page). Regards, Flyguy649_contribs 19:24, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

• Allow per my comment above. Flyguy649_contribs 19:24, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Allow per Flyguy649. Without any edits that suggest this person is impersonating a company or making spammy edits, I believe this should be allowed. LastChanceToBe 20:55, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Allow per Flyguy649. // DecaimientoPoético 21:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Allow - The name shoud be allowed but to avoid any sort of problems in the future, it would be advisable to tell the user to change his name around a bit to maybe "Wickedsupabikes"..Just my 2 cents..--Cometstyles 21:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Allow unless WP:COI issues become apparent. This username isn't necessarily linked to the business. Sam Blacketer 23:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Allow per Flyguy649 24fan24 (talk) 17:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

PYOINC (talk · contribs)

Online business. Refused by WP:AIV. RJASE1 17:47, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

• Allow in good faith, any evidence that's who this person is editing as? - CHAIRBOY (☎) 17:54, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow. "Usernames of or closely resembling the names of companies and groups are discouraged and may be blocked as a violation of Misplaced Pages policy against spamming and advertisement." Coemgenus 18:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow Company name. --TeckWiz Contribs_@ 19:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Allow in good faith, and per my comment in Wickedsuperbikes, above. Also, on its website the company linked above styles itself as "PYO Entertainment", "PYO Entertainment International, Inc.", and "Put Yourself Out", and never as "PYO Inc." on their webpage as far as I can see. Flyguy649_contribs 19:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow - Because of the inclusion of "INC" which roughly means "incorporated" which are used for company names..--Cometstyles 22:02, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

  Ah, so "TINC" means "T, Incorporated"? I'd always wondered. Now, is it reasonably possible that "INC" might on occasion stand for anything else? -- Ben /_HIST 06:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

• Allow. The company in question does not appear to promote itself as PYOINC, so I'm led to believe that User:PYOINC's name is merely a coincidence. —Psychonaut 14:19, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
• Allow - Username not necessarily affiliated with said company. 24fan24 (talk) 17:02, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Wilcoxandhall (talk · contribs)

Online business. Refused by WP:AIV. RJASE1 17:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

• Allow in good faith, any evidence that's who this person is editing as? - CHAIRBOY (☎) 17:54, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• weak allow not likely to be a coincidence, but I don't see any real danger Bucketsofg 18:00, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow. "Usernames of or closely resembling the names of companies and groups are discouraged and may be blocked as a violation of Misplaced Pages policy against spamming and advertisement." Coemgenus 18:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow - per Coemgenus - Alison 18:36, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow Company name. --TeckWiz Contribs_@ 19:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow. Obvious company name, different from my comment in Wickedsuperbikes above. Flyguy649_contribs 19:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow - as per Coemgenus..--Cometstyles 22:03, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow. Company name. Promotional. Vassyana 13:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
• Allow - CHAIRBOY 24fan24 (talk) 17:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

AMD64 (talk · contribs)

• The name of this user is the name of a well known product. Almost all of his contributions are AMD related. He could be working in AMD or something and trying to promote his company's products. --Meno25 10:11, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow as per Meno25. Napoleon Dynamite42 12:57, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow. Product name. Promotional. Vassyana 13:29, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow as per Meno25 and Vassyana. It's a bit like a Big Mac writing about hamburgers. Even if the user isn't associated with the company their name supports, they are promoting a product. Flyguy649_contribs 14:31, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow per above arguments. RJASE1 16:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow because of connection between name and edits. 24fan24 (talk) 17:07, 17 March 2007 (UTC)