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:

Thank you. User αTΩC 19:50, 4 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Re:Report edit

Yes, I'm concerned about your user name Mujahideen not matching our user name policy. I will not remove the report. Sorry. But you can change your user name if you'd like to. User αTΩC 19:50, 4 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

  • You can change your user name by clicking Wikipedia:Changing username. Then follow the instructions on that page. If you still have questions you can always ask me or another editor for help. There are some useful links included in the welcome message below. User αTΩC 20:04, 4 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
  • I'm not an admin and yes, I tried to tell you how to change your user name with the above user name concern message which already included a link to Wikipedia:Changing username. Well, then...so be it. Peace User αTΩC 20:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

ok, Peace. --Mujahideen54 (talk) 21:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

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