User talk:Kobe248BryantFan

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April 2020
Hi Kobe248Bryant, please take a moment to change your user name. A username should not be someone else's real name. You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:26, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * A simple change like "Kobe248BryantFan" would work, if you still wanted to keep the same theme. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 18:41, 24 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Disappointing that the administrators cannot present a united front here. What is wrong with KobeBryantFan? Nothing. There are all sorts of users declaring fandom here. This is a severe case of WP:BITE for an otherwise good-faith editor, as ToBeFree and I have both noted, the edits have been in good faith. Elizium23 (talk) 20:32, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I also don't see an obvious problem with "KobeBryantFan", though I think the response above is a bit over the top, and would encourage this user to retract it. 331dot (talk) 20:45, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Nothing to retract: this user has clearly been bitten based on the current active unblock request. I have nothing to apologize for, but an apology is warranted from Yamla. Elizium23 (talk) 21:13, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I apologize, I don't mean your response, but that of this user. 331dot (talk) 21:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Perhaps he will retract it on the condition that he be allowed to use "KobeBryantFan" which seems to make everyone happy and is certainly not against any policy implemented today. Elizium23 (talk) 21:34, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Maybe, though expressing hatred of anything causes me concern. I would like to hear from first. 331dot (talk) 21:36, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm okay with unblocking. I don't find "K o b e B r y a n t F a n" (which was the request, before the user edited the declined unblock request) to be significantly better than Kobe248Bryant but don't object if someone else wants to unblock this user and perform the rename. My quick scan of the contributions show no cause for concern outside of the username and therefore, there's good reason to believe they'd be a valuable contributor to Wikipedia if unblocked. --Yamla (talk) 21:49, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Since the user themselves wants "KobeBryantFan" per your diff, and since we are all agreed that "KobeBryantFan" does not violate the username policy, I would recommend the next global renamer that sees this rename the user to "KobeBryantFan" and lift this block. Mz7 (talk) 21:53, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict) Note that I explicitly did not see the comment from Bagumba above. For that, I unreservedly apologise. I have no doubt that this user felt he or she was getting the run-around when it came to picking a new username, and this was my fault. I still don't like "K o b e B r y a n t F a n" but had I noticed the other comment, I would not have reviewed the unblock-un request here. --Yamla (talk) 21:54, 24 April 2020 (UTC)