Dr.SCUMM

July 2008

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. PeterSymonds (talk) 19:56, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Your username

Unfortunately, due to Wikipedia blacklists, your userpage and talk page have been automatically locked by Wikipedia because it contains the word "scum". If you wish to have it changed, please follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Changing usernames. Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 20:02, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, this really is not your fault. It's automatically locked because it contains that string. It's not because I, or anybody else, feels it's a delibrately attacking username. You can still edit, but only administrators can edit your userspace (they have the ability to bypass these filters). Therefore I suggest getting a name change, as that will allow you and others to edit within your userspace. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 18:40, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

slight correction: the problem is caused because the name includes the sequence of letters "CUM" in capitals, presumably to prevent vandals creating pages with offensive words/phrases, including "SCUM", in the title (although there may be concern over your username including the word "scum", as mentioned above). --Snigbrook ^(talk) 23:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

It depends on what other people think, your username is not an obvious violation of policy, although with the capital letters, unless the title blacklist for page creation is changed, it would prevent you creating pages within your user space. --Snigbrook ^(talk) 23:33, 15 July 2008 (UTC)