User talk:Joyce Nower, Ph.D.

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

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

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 requesting comments from other Wikipedians. Wikipedia administrators usually abide by agreements reached through this process.
 * You can keep your contributions history under a new username. Visit Changing username and follow the guidelines there.

--jonny-mt 04:31, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

(P.S. The issue is not that your username is inappropriate; rather, Wikipedia has a policy against user names that imply the user is a well-known individual due to the possibilities open to imposters. If you choose to continue using this username, please note that you may have to someday verify that you are the individual in question.)