User talk:Member25 of JOY EL Science Club

February 2018
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "JOY EL Science Club", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it is that of a group. 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. 331dot (talk) 11:38, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

Please indicate that you have seen this message. Thank you 331dot (talk) 13:44, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

My apologies! I am new to Wikipedia and did not know how to respond to your question. I was not aware that the user name becomes the name of the article. I want to change the user name to JOY EL Science or JOY of Science; whichever fits in with the policy of Wikipedia. Or am open to suggestions on user name. Thank you for your patience. Neil
 * OK, I think you have confused your username and userpage with that of article space. This page is your user talk page, and is meant for communication with you; the page that has "User:" in the title is your userpage, and is meant for you to provide a brief introduction about yourself and your Wikipedia editing(if you wish, you are not required to have anything on your user page). Information about acceptable userpage content can be found at WP:USERPAGE.  Neither page is article space.  Articles will not have "User:" in the title.
 * You can change your username by clicking this link and filling out the form. It requires you to have an email address, if you cannot or do not wish to provide one, you can use this method of requesting a username change. Your username needs to indicate you as an individual user per the Username Policy.  You do not have to use your real name, just something unique to you. If you want to indicate that you are affiliated with a group, a name in the format of "YourName of GroupName" would be acceptable.
 * As a newly registered user, you will not be able to directly create new articles until you are autoconfirmed(which means when your account is 4 days old and has at least 10 edits). You can, however, use the Article Wizard to draft and submit an article for review.  You may also wish to read Your First Article, as successfully creating a new article is one of the hardest things to do on Wikipedia.
 * If you have any other questions, please ask. You may ask here, or you may also wish to ask at the Teahouse, an area for new users to ask questions(I contribute there as well). 331dot (talk) 14:02, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

I really appreciate you explaining this to me. Thank you. I had one last question on this before I fill out a form for change in username; does the user name - Member of JOY EL Science Club - sound acceptable? Thank you.
 * "Member" is likely too generic, as it would suggest that the name could be passed to another individual who belongs to the club, or even used by multiple people at the same time(neither of which is permitted). Something such as "Member47 of JOY EL Science Club" or "JohnPublic of JOY EL" or anything like that would be better, anything that indicates only one person is using the username. As I said earlier, you do not need to use your real name. 331dot (talk) 14:32, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

Got it! Really appreciate your guidance on this. Thank you :)