User talk:Iloverosemarybailey

Welcome!
Hello Iloverosemarybailey,

Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page contains a lot of helpful material for new users—please check it out! If you need help, visit Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place   on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Kiefer .Wolfowitz 19:41, 3 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Dear ILoveRosemaryBailey,


 * I smile when I address you, having spent many enlightening hours with Professor Bailey's books and papers. (Your name is even more good spirited than Paul Heaton's naming of The Beautiful South.)


 * Your donated picture is a wonderful picture of a wonderful dress adorning a wonderful statistician and wonderful mathematician. In the future I shall always smile when considering finite fields (even $Z_2$, the nemesis of many a beautiful conjecture)!


 * The friendly editors at WikiProject Mathematics and WikiProject Statistics would welcome your participation. :)


 * (I shall modify the formatting of some articles. It's now preferably to use the "mr=" format, rather than "id=" format.)


 * Cheers, Kiefer .Wolfowitz 19:51, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Username
Hi again, Iloverosemarybailey!

I reviewed the username policy, and now believe that my enthusiasm for your name may have been inappropriate .... :(

I noticed that your username (Iloverosemarybailey) need not meet Wikipedia's username policy because Wikipedia discourages editors from having usernames containing the name of a real person.

I'll mention also that Wikipedia advises editors to avoid using a real-life name, because of the danger of harassment and the benefits of privacy.

I'll quote the policy for your convenience: Use of a real name allows contributions to be more easily traced to an individual. This may make a contributor more vulnerable to issues such as harassment, both on and off Wikipedia. You should consider the benefits and drawbacks of making substantial contributions under your real name before doing so, especially if you plan on editing or discussing potentially controversial subjects in Wikipedia articles or on any of the associated project or talk pages. While it is possible to rename accounts (see Changing your username below), a record of the previous name will still exist. Do not register a username that includes the name of an identifiable living person unless it is your real name. This includes implying a relationship with another person. If you share a name with a well-known person, you need to make it clear that you are not the well-known person of that name. Such usernames may be blocked as a precaution, until proof of identity is provided.
 * If you have been blocked for using your real name, please don't take offense; we're trying to prevent somebody from impersonating you! You are welcome to use your real name, but in some cases, you will need to prove you are who you say you are. You can do this by sending an e-mail to [mailto:info-en@wikimedia.org info-en@wikimedia.org]; be aware that the volunteer response team that handles e-mail is indeed operated entirely by volunteers, and an immediate reply may not be possible.

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, or you may simply create a new account to use for editing. Thank you.

Best regards, Kiefer .Wolfowitz 20:40, 3 September 2011 (UTC)