Skankage

My concern about your username (Skankage)

Latest comment: 17 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Hello, Skankage, and thank you for contributing to Wikipedia!

I hope not to seem unfriendly or make you feel unwelcome, but I noticed your username, and am concerned that it might not meet Wikipedia's username policy. After you look over that policy, could we discuss that concern here?

I know that you are well-meaning, but your username may violate username policy as a sexual slur. If you would like to change your name, you may head over to WP:CHU to request. If you have any questions, you may click on the red "1" in my signature and post a message on my talk page.

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 asking for a "third opinion", or requesting comments from other Wikipedians. Admins usually abide by agreements reached through this process.
You can keep your contributions history under a new username. Visit Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV), or blocked on sight. This is more a case where opinions might differ, and it would be good to reach some consensus — either here or at WP:RFC/NAME. So I look forward to a friendly discussion, and to enjoying your continued participation on Wikipedia. Thank you again! bibliomaniac 1 5 17:40, 2 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

User response

“skankage” is just a username I thought of a long time ago; I just thought it was a funny screen name. It’s not sexual in any way, and it does not refer to myself or anyone else as a skank.

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