User talk:African American Studies Group 5

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "African American Studies Group 5", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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 * , can you have a look at this username? I also think it's unacceptable--but I have a feeling this is a class assignment/project of some sort. And while I feel sad for them that I reverted their edits, what they did didn't help in improving the article. African American Studies Group 5, can you explain what you are? Is this an educational thing? 209.51.172.142 (talk) 15:25, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

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Note that shared accounts are not permitted. --Yamla (talk) 15:31, 12 December 2018 (UTC)