User talk:FunderThuck

February 2016
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "FunderThuck", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because the name seems to be an offensive phrase, even if misspelled. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 21:13, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Note objecting so-called username violation
Not sure wether or not this is the right way to leave a note but I'll look into that if this issue hasn't been resolved.

I already checked the guidelines/policies before the choosing of my username and at the time I didn't see what was wrong with the name. Upon checking these again, I noticed a small line that said "Note that usernames that represent an inappropriate name with misspellings and substitutions are still considered inappropriate."

I understand that this is what got my username flagged but I don't think that it can really be interpreted as offending. An inappropriate play with letters at worst. No really, I don't think the F-word is all that offensive (in this case), it's not like I'm trying to target a certain group like a race or something. I've never received any complaints because of this username.

Another thing that I'd like to point out is that I used to have a different username but I had to change it (because Wikipedia fused together all accounts, whereas before they were seperated by language, if memory serves well. Back then I had to fill in a form to get my new username and it got accepted without a problem. FunderThuck (talk) 18:18, 22 February 2016 (UTC)FunderThuck
 * Thank you for your reply. Given your thoughtful reply I'm inclined to leave things be and not pursue this further.  Personally I still might recommend that you change it, because even though you don't find it offensive others might, or at least what the word represents.  It might save you problems in the future if you changed it, which is the only reason why I brought it up- but if you don't wish to I don't think anything needs to be done about it.  Thanks 331dot (talk) 19:14, 22 February 2016 (UTC)