Template:UsernamePolicy

English Wikipedia username policy summary

Your username must represent you as an individual person

Usernames are not allowed on Wikipedia if they:

• only contain the names of companies, organizations, websites, musical groups or bands, teams, or creative groups
• are promotional in nature, or appear to advertise, promote, sell, or gain support or user base of any person, company, market, product, channel, or other good or service
• imply that your user account will be shared between more than one person
• only describe a role, title, or position within an organization that can be represented or held by different people

Your username must be truthful, appropriate, and support a positive editing environment

Usernames are not allowed on Wikipedia and will be immediately blocked if they:

• are offensive, profane, violent, threatening, sexually explicit, libelous, or disruptive
• are deliberately deceptive, confusing, long, similar to other accounts or users, or try to impersonate or falsely represent yourself as someone else
• imply the intent to troll, vandalize, disrupt, advertise, or spam Wikipedia
• imply the intent to harass or threaten other Wikipedia users
• imply that you are not here to build an encyclopedia or will use Wikipedia for purposes that it is not created for

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