User talk:Mostlyspam

October 2015
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Mostlyspam", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because spamming is against Wikipedia's guidelines and policies. 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. Liz Read! Talk! 03:36, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Liz. Thanks for your welcome. Seems an inauspicious start for my welcome to be an objection to a username I have used since the middle 90s. "mostlyspam" is the username I use on almost all public servers including github, gmail, live.net, several forums, and the university. It is an inoffensive username; nothing more. I know Wikipedia has to deal with vandalism and spam on industrial scales, but objecting to the username because the letters "spam" are included is a bit over the top. I just went through the username policy twice. I don't see anything even resembling a near miss. The username should be a non issue. Mostlyspam (oct 12, 2015).
 * The problem is that the name can be interpreted as a proclamation or confession that you intend to vandalize this encyclopedia by inserting spam, rather than making constructive edits. While we do have a policy of assuming good faith on the part of our fellow editors, the name itself in the context of our perennial problems with spammers tends to set off alarms in the minds of other editors who do not necessarily know you or your record. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  18:00, 12 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Mike. I appreciate your position.  I doubt anyone will actually think I am proclaiming my intent to spam.   Maybe we should wait and see if my edits are in fact spam.  Should be easy to delete my account if it is found I am spamming.  I notice in RFC Names the username Terrorist96 was allowed to stand because he was not advocating terrorism.  Mostlyspam (talk) 22:59, 12 October 2015 (UTC).