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This page was nominated for deletion on 12 October 2007. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

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2014 Request for Comment on reforming and updating this policy

Not sure on this

The username Iamnotblocked123 seems to be a challenge to the administrative oversight of Wikipedia. If that is the case, an ordinary user raising the matter on the user's talkpage does not really seem appropriate – and I am not 100% sure that we have an issue here in the first place. Hence flagging here for someone with more experience in the matter to take a look at. ThoughtIdRetired _TIR 08:37, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Username policy/RFC 2024 has an RfC

Wikipedia:Username policy/RFC 2024 has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 01:57, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion has been closed as premature. Primefac (talk) 12:46, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It has been a decade since the last major RFC on the username policy, it might not be a bad idea to consider putting together something more comprehensive like the 2014 RFC. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 02:31, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Probably. I will note that there have been changes made since that last reform, but they probably fall more under "tweaks" than "overhauls" (e.g. no emojis in 2017). Primefac (talk) 11:12, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Titles as potential violations of username policy

Does the use of legally protected titles such as "Dr.", "doctor," "dentist," "surgeon," "lawyer," "engineer" and "architect," which require licensure or sufficient education, violate username policy when the user is not legally entitled to describe themselves as such? One issue besides the law is that these imply a level of professional knowledge that might give them an advantage in a content dispute. In a similar vein, "professor" might be part of this list, though it is not a protected occupational dispute as my knowledge goes. Air on White (talk) 22:17, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]