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Project:Username policy

Also known as Wikipedia:Username policy, username policy

Project policy about what kinds of usernames are acceptable

AI overview

Project:Username policy sets guidelines for what names people are allowed to use when creating accounts on the platform. It matters because clear rules about acceptable usernames help maintain a respectful community and prevent problems like impersonation or offensive language.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

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Encyclopedic overview

This policy describes what kinds of usernames are acceptable on the English Wikipedia and how unacceptable or doubtful usernames can be dealt with. It also specifies that a user account should be used only by one person, and that in most cases one person should use only one account.

You choose your username when creating a user account. All contributions made using that account will then be attributed to the chosen username (contributions made while not logged in to any account are attributed to a temporary account with an automatically generated number as its name). It is also possible to request a change of username, and have your past contributions re-attributed to the new name.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Project:Username policy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.