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This page is for discussion about the username policy itself, not for discussion about problematic usernames. Please first discuss your concerns with the other editor about how their username violates policy(if it does) and if that does not resolve the issue, you may go to
829:), it only updates the adminbacklog template and editors remove the blocked entries manually. Is there a reason for this? Or is it time to ask if the bot operator can also implement the functionality to bot reported username violations? Pinging current bot operator, 305: 225: 220: 215: 210: 205: 200: 195: 822: 874: 341: 336: 331: 326: 321: 316: 826: 125: 52: 231: 377: 87: 530: 525: 520: 513: 508: 503: 496: 491: 486: 479: 474: 469: 462: 457: 452: 445: 440: 435: 1098: 428: 423: 418: 411: 406: 401: 394: 389: 384: 891:
No, I noticed that as well after doing it. I'm happy to leave it on, with the caveat that I'm happy for it to be reverted by anyone if it causes issues!
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on Knowledge (XXG). Policies have wide acceptance among editors and are considered a standard for all users to follow. Please review
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Fantastic! For what it's worth though, it doesn't look like the last version of the bot actually used to remove them when I look at
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cheers - the whitespace issue was fixed and the bot made less eager - guessed I missed the header not being in place any longer.
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The bot reports section no longer has a link for direct editing. I can't seem to pinpoint when this happened.
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While I wholeheartedly agree with 331dot that this isn't the place to discuss usernames, I will cut
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This isn't a policy question, just a stylistic one. If no one objects here, you can simply file a
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now redirect here. Click "show" for archive links and other relevant information on those pages.
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off from actually starting an RFCN, because in this case their name is perfectly acceptable.
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The bot supports the page, it had been turned off in the config in the header. I've
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is extra characters that I doubt will actually make anyone more likely to read it.
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probably won't help with getting more people to actually read the policy.
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before making any substantive change to this page. Always remember to
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for that page. If someone wants to turn it off again, feel free.
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The project page associated with this talk page is an official
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When creating an account, the current wording for the link to
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The link goes to the correct place. That's the talkpage for
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template (as needed) and removes blocked users from
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