Bob Pervert

Hello, Bob Pervert! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! — Scientizzle 16:09, 17 September 2007 (UTC) Getting started Wikipedia tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

— Scientizzle 16:09, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Possible Username Problem

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

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

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 requesting comments from other Wikipedians. Wikipedia administrators 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.

Thank you. See WP:IU #5: "Usernames that promote a controversial or potentially inflammatory point of view." Thanks. OfficeGirl 16:44, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Dear OfficeGirl, For many years was teased about my name, both at school, at work, and socially. It has taken me many years of soul-searching and therapy to come to terms with my name, and to truly own it. I am proud of my heritage, and will not be made to feel ashamed because of other people's prejudices about my family name. Thank you for your concern, I wish you well with your username, and hope that one day you will feel able to use your real name with pride. Bob Pervert 16:47, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I looked at your contribution history and saw that you are making nothing but good faith edits in a clear effort to improve the encyclopedia. I appreciate that as does the Wikipedia community as a whole. I want you to feel welcome here and participate as a regular user in the long term. That being said, it surprises me to hear that this word is your actual surname. I am not an administrator and I am only alerting you to a possible problem because I want things to go smoothly for you on Wikipedia. If others take offense due to the ordinary dictionary meaning of the word "pervert," you might want to consider the path of least resistance and update to a new username. I'll leave that up to you and any Admins who may be called upon to address the name issue if someone else makes a report. I will not make a report of your username because I have observed you as a good faith user in your first several edits on Wikipedia. I wish you the best! OfficeGirl 17:00, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Bob Pervert 17:01, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I find this username extremely offensive and will be reporting it to an admin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Souffhampton City Council (talk • contribs) 15:49, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

The meaning of the word "pervert" is not particulary inflamatory (exept for the person that its being refered to as one), if this is his actual surname I don't have anything against it being used as a username. On a different note that last comment seems like trolling based on the edits that this user has made both on his IP address and this registered account. - Caribbean~H.Q. 16:14, 22 October 2007 (UTC)