User talk:SFredSinger

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Username
Your username is that of a well-known person, Fred Singer. Use of this name would only be permissible if you are indeed FS. Could you please clarify that? William M. Connolley 15:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Climate Change Science Program
Please discuss your concerns and proposed edit on Talk:Climate Change Science Program rather than continuing to add the disputed content. Thank you, Vsmith 00:42, 27 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I make a simple request to discuss and you simply re-add the content containing what appears to be origninal research? Now please read the information on that page and respond to my request either here or on the article talk page. Also, I suggest that you respond to the username request above. Vsmith 01:50, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia policy on usernames
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. Your username is the name of a well-known person, S. Fred Singer, and you have not provided conclusive reassurance that you are in fact that person. After you look over the 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.

Let me reassure you that my writing here means I don't think your username is grossly, blatantly, or obviously inappropriate; such names get reported straight to Usernames for administrator attention or blocked on sight. This is more a case where there is concern about incorrect attribution that could be unfair to a living person, and it would be good to reach some consensus — either here or at Requests for comment/User names. So I look forward to a friendly discussion, and to your continued participation on Wikipedia. Raymond Arritt 01:22, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

This really is Singer
A note to others strongly suggests that this really is Fred Singer William M. Connolley (talk) 21:07, 10 March 2008 (UTC)