User talk:☯

July 2008
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope not to seem unfriendly or make you feel unwelcome, but I noticed your username, and I am concerned that it might not meet Wikipedia's username policy. After you look over that policy, could we discuss that concern here?

I'd appreciate learning your own views, for instance your reasons for wanting this particular name, and what alternative username you might accept that avoids raising this concern.

You have several options freely available to you:
 * If you can relieve my concern through discussing it here, I can stop worrying about it.
 * If the two of us can't agree here, we can ask for help through Wikipedia's dispute resolution process, such as requesting comments from other Wikipedians. Wikipedia administrators usually abide by agreements reached through this process.
 * You can keep your contributions history under a new username. Visit Changing username and follow the guidelines there.

nancy (talk) 08:37, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your concern. I don't see how this username is confusing; in fact, it seems particularly distinctive, so it won't be difficult to identify or recognize. I suppose it's true that most people can't type the name easily on their keyboard, but that is true of all non-Latin characters, which are used commonly in usernames. Is that really a major concern? ☯ (talk) 09:26, 5 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Use of non-latin characters would be my principle concern - for example, I if I wanted to address you by name or refer to or link to your user space I would struggle & people would be forced to leap around cutting an pasting etc rather than just being able to hit a key. I can appreciate it that it is pretty cool and distinctive, I just fear that it is not very practical for collaboration. Also, I am not sure where your ambitions lie on Wikipedia but it would definitely hamper your chances of adminship for the same reasons.
 * I agree that it is not a cut and dried violation (I would probably have blocked you if it was!) but I think that a change to a more accessible shall we say, name is worth considering. Up to you. Kind regards, nancy  (talk) 09:59, 5 July 2008 (UTC)