User talk:John Goliano

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. Again, welcome, and have fun editing! Howicus (Did I mess up?) 23:29, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

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Also, your username strikes me as a little strange. I think that someone could take your username as implying some sort of official position; that's not allowed under the Username policy. You might want to request to have your username changed at Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 23:29, 10 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I'll also add my welcome, but I also must say that I agree with Howicus. Actually, I would have phrased his objection to your choice of names a bit more emphatically, and I would say that you must change your username, because the Username policy specifically disallows:
 * Thanks in advance for addressing this issue, which is quite easy to reconcile. On a related note (and possible solution?), I saw your edit summary commenting that you had a previous user account many years ago with over 10K edits.  That's an impressive history...  have you looked into reviving that old account, so you don't have to start all over again?  What was your old username?  Wikipedia never erases anything, so they might just need to brush away a few cobwebs....  — groll tech   ( talk ) 01:18, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Hello John!  I was just checking in, and wanted to thank you for resolving this so quickly.  This topic can be considered closed.  And again, welcome back!  — groll tech   ( talk ) 12:30, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Hello John!  I was just checking in, and wanted to thank you for resolving this so quickly.  This topic can be considered closed.  And again, welcome back!  — groll tech   ( talk ) 12:30, 24 April 2016 (UTC)