User talk:Dick data

My concern about your username (Dick data)
Hello, Dick data, and thank you for contributing to Wikipedia!

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

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 asking for a "third opinion", or requesting comments from other Wikipedians. Admins usually abide by agreements reached through this process.
 * If you decide to just go ahead and change your username, it is possible for you to keep your present contributions history under the new username: simply request a new name here following the guidelines on that page, rather than creating a whole new account.

Let me reassure you that my writing here means I don't think your username is grossly, blatantly, or obviously inappropriate; such names get reported straight to Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV), or blocked on sight. This is more a case where opinions might differ, and it would be good to reach some consensus — either here or at WP:RFC/NAME. So I look forward to a friendly discussion, and to enjoying your continued participation on Wikipedia. Thank you again! NAHID 07:21, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Uh, it's no big deal to me - it's a historical thing - my name is Richard (Dick) Davis. Some people at work started referring to me as Dick Data because of my knowledge of how to use our software in ways that it was not intended to be used. The name was not meant to be complimentary, but I adopted it for the football pool to blunt their derision. That was more than 30 years ago and I have used either dick_data or dickdata ever since. I have no particular attachment to the name at this point as I am retired, but if I use a different name it will be more difficult to log in. But, as I say, it's no big deal. I can be richard_data or even richard_davis if necessary. I don't expect to contribute very often - this is the first time I've been back to do that. BTW, my email is dickdata41@aol.com if you want to communicate directly.Dick data (talk) 20:03, 15 April 2009 (UTC)