Test Wiki:Username policy

The following is a draft working towards a proposal for a Test Wiki policy. This draft must not be taken to represent actual policy.

When creating an account, a Test Wiki user must choose a name to represent them. That name must:

• Be representative of an individual (not imply shared use),
• Not end with a -bot suffix (unless a Steward or Bureaucrat other than the bot operator chooses to approve a bot account for trial or operation),
• Not contain the name of a user right,
• Not be offensive or profane,
• Not contain promotional, confusing (be nonsense or be similar to an already existing user), or misleading content.

A steward may grant exceptions to any of these requirements, at their discretion. Any bureaucrat may indefinitely block an account violating this policy.

Examples

Some examples of what would not be allowed:

1. Name not representative of an individual: "Mary&Dan", "Walmart", etc.
2. -bot suffix usernames: "Translate Bot", "Archive Bot", etc.
3. "user right names": "Administrator", "Bureaucrat", "Steward", etc.
4. Offensive names: "FUCK TEST WIKI", "FUCK(name of person)", etc.
5. Promotional, confusing, or misleading usernames: "Bob's lawncare: Friendly gardener for all your plant needs", "hsiikallxno", "Justarandomämerican"