User talk:Duke of Derp

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because your username, Duke of Derp, suggests you are not here to build the encyclopedia.You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our username policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you wish for your existing contributions to carry over under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
 * Adding below. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "Email this user" from their talk page.
 * At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a change of name request.
 * Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use. Therefore, please check the list here to see if a name is taken prior to requesting a change of name.

Appeals: If, after reading the guide to appealing blocks you believe you were blocked in error, then you may appeal this block by adding below this notice. -- The Anome (talk) 19:29, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Duke. I saw that your one edit was a perfectly reasonable one to Contrapoints and then you got blocked for your username. This may seem overly harsh given that "Duke of Derp" sounds more like a harmless joke than anything intentionally disruptive. Unfortunately we do get a lot of bozos who register under silly names and then go on to do stupid things in order to try to disrupt Wikipedia, so that explains what may have been an unexpectedly harsh pre-emptive response to your chosen username. Anyway, please don't be discouraged. Please just pick a new name and follow the instructions above. I'm sure it will work out OK. --DanielRigal (talk) 20:43, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

What about the username violates the username policy or is disruptive? Am I missing something here? The only edit they made was constructive. Sro23 (talk) 06:01, 19 November 2020 (UTC)


 * "Derp" suggests an intention to act moronically, and hence disruptively; see, . I'm suggesting that they change their username to fix this, not that they should go away. -- The Anome (talk) 17:47, 19 November 2020 (UTC)