User talk:S127.0.0.1

November 2008
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 for the following reason: it resembles an IP address. 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.

Blueboy96 21:55, 23 November 2008 (UTC)


 * If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

The address 127.0.0.1 is actually the so-called 'localhost' address; it is what every computer refers to itself as. As such, I meant it as a simple joke. It could not in any case be the same as an IP address used by a non-registered user, as it is specifically dedicated to this usage. In order to make clear that it was not an IP address, I have placed a letter in front of it; however, should a problem exist with my usage of this username, I would be happy to change it to something else.S127.0.0.1 (talk) 23:04, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It's still confusing to users--changing your username might be a good idea. Blueboy96 23:25, 23 November 2008 (UTC)