User talk:Termiteanus

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: people are likely to be offended. 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.

Wknight94 talk  12:14, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * This sure is a clumsy interface, I hope this is what you meant when you said "here". Termite's have mouths and anuses.  Actually it was the invention of the anus that was responsible for the Cambrian Explosion, hence the rise of animals including us.  At the Margulis Lab we study the symbionts that live in termite hindguts which happen to resemble the environment of early anoxic Earth some 2300+ million years ago.  This is the source of my Lab handle: termiteanus.  It is appropriately scientific, but I suppose I could change it to Mixotrichaparadoxaanus if that would be less offensive.  I am curious (scientists tend to be) is someone offended or is this a preemptive strike?
 * The context of your last question is flawed this isn't a "strike".  Just a friendly request.  Someone is bound to get offended at some point, but if you're okay with how it reflects on you, it's your call.   Wknight94  talk  19:46, 5 May 2009 (UTC)