User talk:Avenueporn

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 for the following reason: Having "porn" in one's username may cause a disruption. 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.

--UberScienceNerd Talk Contributions 02:04, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi and thank you for your courteous & respectful approach in addressing this concern.

While I do appreciate your friendly approach, I'm afraid I don't agree with your concern.

I have read the username policy which you linked, but I don't think my username is misleading, promotional, offensive, or disruptive (the categories of usernames which are considered inappropriate).

You said having "porn" in one's username "may" cause a disruption -- but "disruptive names" are clearly defined in the Wikipedia policy to "include outright trolling or personal attacks, or otherwise show a clear intent to disrupt Wikipedia."

I think we'd agree the use of the word "porn" is neither tolling nor a personal attack... So one can only assume you must be suggesting it shows a "clear intent to disrupt Wikipedia." I'm afraid I don't see how such a supposed intent to disrupt Wikipedia is made "clear" from the use of the word "porn".

Nonetheless, let me state explicitly: I have no intention of disrupting Wikipedia, only of contributing to it.

The name is derived from the hit Broadway musical Avenue Q and my favorite song from that musical, "The Internet Is For Porn".

It is the same username I have used for years on other sites, and nobody has ever had an issue with it before.

-- Avenueporn
 * Your name has since been removed from Usernames for administrator attention (which was the cause of the above message). No actions will be taken. Happy editing, and welcome to Wikipedia. :) Giggy (talk) 13:01, 19 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the reply. When a username is brought up on the "usernames for administrator attention" page that is neither a blatant violation nor an obvious non-violation, contacting the user is somewhat habitual, actually; I will give more careful consideration next time. Have fun editing! --UberScienceNerd Talk Contributions 17:54, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

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