WikiIslam:User Names and Pages: Difference between revisions

This section lists the types of usernames that are considered inappropriate. The same criteria also apply to signatures.

Misleading usernames

The following types of username are not permitted because they may be misleading in a way that disrupts the project: Usernames that impersonate other people (see Real names and Similar usernames below). Usernames that give the impression that the account has permissions which it does not have, for example by containing the terms "administrator", "bureaucrat", "steward", "checkuser", "oversight", or similar terms like "admin", "sysop" or "moderator". Usernames which could be easily misunderstood to refer to a "bot" (which is used to identify bot accounts) or a "script" (which alludes to automated editing processes), unless the account is of that type. Usernames including phrases such as "wikipedia", "wikimedia", "wiktionary", "(WMF)", or similar if they give the incorrect impression that the account may be officially affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation or one of its projects. Usernames which resemble IP addresses (as these are expected to designate non-logged-in users), timestamps or other names which would be confusing within the Wikipedia signature format.

Disruptive or offensive usernames

The following types of usernames are not permitted because they are disruptive or offensive: Usernames that are likely to offend other contributors, making harmonious editing difficult or impossible, for example by containing profanities. Usernames that contain or imply personal attacks. Usernames that seem intended to provoke emotional reaction ("trolling"). Usernames that otherwise show a clear intent to disrupt Wikipedia. Note that usernames that are inappropriate in another language, or that represent an inappropriate name with misspellings and substitutions, or do so indirectly or by implication, are still considered inappropriate.

Certain disruptive and offensive usernames (for example those containing contentious material about living persons, or those that are clearly abusive towards any race, religion or social groups) should be immediately blocked by administrators and suppressed from logs by Oversighters to protect WikiIslam and the subjects involved from harm. Requests for removing attack usernames from logs should be reported to the Oversight team for evaluation and private removal.

Promotional names

The following types of usernames are not permitted because they are considered promotional: Usernames that unambiguously consist of a name of a company, group, institution or product (e.g. AlexTownWidgets, MyWidgetsUSA.com, TrammelMuseumofArt). Email addresses and URLs (such as "[email protected]" and "Example.com") that promote a web page and don't simply identify a person.