User talk:Marcgriefer

September 2015
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Marcgriefer", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because in gaming slang a "griefer" is an aggressive player that gets their kicks from disrupting others. 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. Belchior90 (talk) 10:23, 21 September 2015 (UTC).

Griefer is my last name.

Thank you for your response. Your username was reported by an automated bot which looks for certain strings, such as "griefer". However, with your explanation that this is your name, I do not see a problem with your username. I have removed your username from the list of usernames with possible policy issues. Happy editing. Belchior90 (talk) 21:34, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

You may still want to know that when searching Google for "griefer", the entire first page is about this word's meaning of online disruption. Therefore having this word in your username may cause other people on Wikipedia to be skeptical or prejudiced towards you, so it might still be in your own interest to change to another username. However, if you insist on keeping your current name, I will not pursue the matter further. Belchior90 (talk) 05:45, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. I'm aware of the relatively recently coined term "griefer" but I'm unconcerned about any prejudice it might cause. A search on Marc Griefer should clear any doubts.