User talk:Danger/Username cat

I systematically clean out Category:Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues every day or so. If you're upset or curious about why I've removed a particular account from this category, read on. I might have addressed your worry below.

Stale account
The most common template that places a user in this category (Template:uw-coi-username) suggests that the editor abandon the offending account and create a new one. If the account hasn't been used in at least a week, I assume that it has been abandoned. There's no compelling reason that I can see to block abandoned or stale accounts, especially those that haven't been used in a particularly disruptive manner. If stale accounts are kept in the tracking category, the category (which balloons to 300+ entries if I take a vacation) becomes a useless backlog instead of a handy place to put users currently being monitored based on their usernames. Plus, blocking takes roughly 3 times as long as removal and is WP:BITE-y.

Name not a violation of policy
Usually I will leave a note if I've removed a name because of this, but sometimes I forget. Just remember: we have an admin named Bongwarrior. A name that would have offended my grandmother is not necessarily disruptive or a policy violation.

I made an error
This category fills up like the cesspits at a football game. Removing 15–20 names a day, sometimes I get confused on dates, forget to check contributions or my cat steps on the keyboard. If I've removed an account that is currently disruptive, let me know and I'll deal with it.